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.
Course Requirements: 31 Total Hours
Principal Private Study Credits: 4 hours
APST 350, 351 or 360, 361(Advanced Instrumental or Choral Cond) Credits: 4 hours
Adv. Theory or Music History electives 1 Credits: 9 hours
MUED 501 or 504 (Apprentice Supv or Studies in Music Education) Credits: 1 hours
MUED 502 (Rev of Research in Mus Ed) Credits: 2 hours
MUED 503 (Graduate Project) 3 Credits: 5 hours
Notes
1 Must include one upper-division Music Theory course, one course in Music History, and one elective course. MHST 301 (Introduction to Music Research and Writing) is required.
2 Student teaching may be completed in either the first or second semester. A part-time graduate student teaching project is required; see the Music Education Graduate Handbook.
3 A full description of this requirement may be found in the Music Education Graduate Handbook.
Recommended Course Distribution
Junior Second Semester: 3 Total Hours
Adv. Theory or Music History electives - Credits: 3
Senior First Semester: 7 Total Hours
Adv. Theory or Music History electives - Credits: 3
A comprehensive final examination, both written and oral, is required at the end of the program. The nature of the examination and the membership of the Examining Committee are described in the Music Education Graduate Handbook.
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