This is a unified five-year program of study that culminates in the awarding of both an undergraduate and graduate degree. It is not a graduate program for the student who has already completed an undergraduate degree at Oberlin or elsewhere.
General. A student applies for admission to the BMus-MME degree program near the completion of the second year of study and is accepted as a candidate only after successful completion of the Comprehensive Musicianship Exam, a methods course, and upon demonstration of ability to do work of superior quality at an advanced level.
Application for admission must be made on forms obtained in the Music Education office. An interview and an audition are required. All courses listed in the first two years of the undergraduate program, or their equivalent, a music methods course, and successful completion of the Comprehensive Musicianship Exam, are prerequisite to consideration for this program. Undergraduate transfer students will be accepted into the program only after one year in residence as a Music Education major. The requirements below must be satisfied in addition to all course and non-course requirements listed for the undergraduate major in music education; a total of 155 credits is needed for graduation.
Graduate Studies Committee
This committee, which administers the graduate study programs, is comprised of a representative from each department awarding a graduate degree and from each department awarding the associated undergraduate degree, plus a representative from the administration. The committee is responsible to the Conservatory faculty for all graduate degree programs, their curricula and interrelationship, and is responsible for admissions to graduate programs as well as for certification of completion of graduate degree requirements.
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