Georgia College Online MME
Master of Music Education Distance Learning program
Description
The purpose of Georgia College’s MMED Distance Learning program is to provide a degree that meets the educational and professional needs of in-service music teachers while maintaining a liberal arts focus. Through a liberal arts education we prepare students for the requirements of various learners and communities, provide support to enhance pedagogical and leadership skills and encourage personal identity as policy-makers in music education.
Ours is a music education specific program in which students study pedagogy, history, theory, research and teaching performance. We offer a few specialized courses to meet the specific needs of teachers in elementary school music education, choral music education or instrumental music education. Students in the MMED Distance Learning program will generate a variety of creative endeavors. Throughout the program, they will develop new curricula, engage in action and/or scholarly research and develop new musical, pedagogical or research that contribute to the body of knowledge and practice. In the capstone, they will select a project from one of their courses, refine it and submit it for publication and/or presentation in appropriate venues.
Students collaborate with in-service and pre-service teachers from many different areas, specializations and backgrounds in a variety of music education related courses. Courses such as Community and Philosophical Music Perspectives and American Music and Politics are specifically designed to challenge preconceived notions of the role music education plays in society. This expansion of thought contributes to our student’s preparation for the profession. Graduates from this program are prepared to become policy makers and exemplars in music teaching.
There are no residence requirements in this distance-learning program. Applicants are required to demonstrate a standard of knowledge and application in music education through presentation of a current and valid teacher certificate or scores from a teacher preparation assessment (GACE II or PRAXIS II). This program requires 30 hours of course study, publication or presentation of a capstone project and an oral comprehensive exam.
Curriculum
- MUED 6020 Curriculum and Assessment
- MUED 6040 Curriculum Development- Includes capstone project and oral comprehensive exam
- MUED 6300 Technology in Music Education
- MUED 6400 Community and Philosophical Music Perspectives
- MUED 6800 Research in Music Education
- MUSC 6100 Graduate Theory and Analysis
- MUSC 6640 American Music and Politics
- MUSC 6650 Jazz History
Choose one of the following:
- MUED 6909 Elementary Music Techniques
- MUED 6919 Choral Techniques
- MUED 6929 Instrumental Techniques
- MUSC 6509 Elementary Musical Performance
- MUSC 6519 Choral Literature and History
- MUSC 6529 Wind Band Literature and History
Application Procedures
- GC Graduate Application
- Transcript(s): One official copy of all transcripts from undergraduate and graduate institutions should be submitted to the Graduate Admissions Office at the time of application or at least eight weeks prior to the admission deadline. Transcripts must show a baccalaureate degree in music education from an accredited institution and present evidence of probable success in graduate work. Other bachelor degrees in music may be considered on an individual basis but additional coursework may be required. Any application with lower than a 2.5 GPA in music courses may gain provisional admission and once they earn at least a 3.0 GPA their first semester (nor more than 12 hours), they will be moved to regular admission status.
- Recommendations: Three recommendations are required from persons outside the university who have knowledge of the candidate's ability to work with children and adolescents and/or potential as a graduate student
- Resume/Curriculum Vita: A brief account of your education, experience (administrative, teaching, teaching-related, include any experience working with children), other work experience, activities/skills, etc.
- 500 Word Applicant Statement: This statement should include your objectives and frank observations of your professional and personal strengths and weaknesses, and any significant professional experiences or honors and any other information you think important.
- Why are you pursuing a Master of Music Education?
- What do you hope to get out of the experience?
- What significant professional experiences or achievements have you had?
- What areas do you wish to further explore?
- What areas will you focus on for skills development or improvement?
- Is there anything else you wish to share?
- Test Scores: choose one or more of the following to submit.
- Summary from Georgia PSC website showing passing scores on Music section for valid Georgia teaching certificate.
- GACE II or Praxis II Music test scores or any music specific tests for certification.
- GRE scores: For all applicants, there is no minimum required combined score but it is recommended that the combined GRE score (i.e. the Verbal section score plus the Quantitative section score) be above 1000.
- If any music test scores are more than 10 years old, the applicant must take a Music Theory Diagnostic exam.
- Submission of a video-recorded lesson or rehearsal with written lesson plan (minimum of 30 minutes of instruction)
- Interview with the Graduate Coordinator
- What is your philosophy of music education?
- What is your greatest strength in the classroom?
- How do you hope to use the skills and knowledge gained from your MME to make your students better learners?
- Why do you want to attend Georgia College?
- Admission to the Georgia College Master of Music Education distance learning program is determined as a result of a comprehensive file review process involving a number of review criteria.
- A limited number of graduate assistantships are offered to departments with graduate degree programs, as well as to other administrative offices.
Dr. Jennifer Morgan Flory
Interim Department Co-Chair
Professor of Music
Technology in Music Education
Choral Techniques
Choral Literature and History
Dr. Dana Gorzelany-Mostak
Assistant Professor of Music
American Music and Politics
Dr. Tina Holmes-Davis
Assistant Professor of Music
Community and Philosophical Music Perspectives
Curriculum and Assessment
Curriculum Development
Research in Music Education
Dr. Maureen Horgan
Professor of Music
Jazz History
Dr. Clifford N. Towner
Interim Department Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Music
Instrumental Techniques
Wind Band Literature and History
Georgia College Department of Music
Email: jennifer.flory@gcsu.edu
Website: http://music.gcsu.edu/
Location: CBX 066
Phone: 4784454839
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