484697 - Music (MA)
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Application Deadline
Fall: December 1
Contact Information
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801-422-3149
musicgraduate@byu.edu
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Required Tests
School of Music Entrance Exam (GEE): Deadline: Jan 15th
Additional Requirements
Specific materials related to intended specialization (contact department for details).
Please indicate in the application your desired area, degree, and specialization, as well as your desired advisor.
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
The master of arts degree is offered with specializations in Music Education and Musicology. A student whose background exhibits deficiencies in academic areas of music may be required to complete additional prerequisite courses during the MA.
MA in Music Education. This program is for those with an undergraduate degree in Music Education who wish to pursue further academic study as a means to develop professionally. The culminating project is the completion of a thesis. Coursework combines the study of philosophical, research-based, and theoretical views of teaching and learning music with pragmatic approaches to improving music instruction. Efforts are made to plan a program of study based on individual students' needs and interests while maintaining standards of musical and scholarly excellence. Available for full-time or summers-only study.
MA in Musicology. This program prepares students to be teachers and scholars who will promote musical understanding and appreciation for the arts. Students are expected to add to the body of historical and analytical publication that has increased understanding of the history, practice, sociology, and aesthetics of the cultural heritage of Western (and to a lesser degree non-Western) music. This effort should also increase awareness of cultural and historical diversity represented in concert programs and recordings.
Requirements for Specialization—Music Education
Examinations: (A) comprehensive written examination; (B) final oral exam and defense of thesis.
Requirements for Specialization—Musicology.
Prerequisite: baccalaureate degree in music or equivalent.
Credit hours (32): minimum 26 course work hours plus 6 thesis hours (course).
Any four courses (12 hours) from course, course, course, course, course, course.
Any three courses (9 hours) from course, course, course, course, course, course, course.
Electives: 3 hours in music or other departments.
Thesis.
Examinations: (A) department language proficiency examination, normally in French or German; (B) comprehensive written examination; (C) final oral exam and defense of thesis.
