Master of Music Education
The Master of Music Education degree is designed to prepare teachers, department chairmen, and supervisors for a dynamic ministry in the Christian school. Certification or public school preparation is not a goal for this program. With this degree we are trying to produce thinking teachers. We want teachers to be able to prepare fresh, original lessons and not be bound to structured teacher's manuals. Your training in this program will equip you to evaluate academic curricula as well as to formulate a strong Christian philosophy of education.
Curriculum Highlights
- The Christian Musician
- Theory Review
- Music Curriculum
- Principles & History of Music Education
- Psychology of Music
- Testing & Research in Music Education
For further details see complete major information:
Master of Music Education Personal Opportunity Profile
You may also contact Admissions (1.800.BJ.AND.ME) to receive a printed copy of this information.
Key Courses
Music Curriculum Processes and approaches to music curricula including planning scope and sequence, writing behavioral objectives and instructional outcomes, evaluation techniques, and the integration of learning theories and scriptural philosophy with music content and methodology.
The Christian Musician The development of a distinctly Christian philosophy of music based on and in agreement with Scripture. Readings in and examination of twentieth-century trends, styles, and movements in secular and church music in the light of Scripture.
Testing and Research in Music Education An introduction to the relevant areas of music education testing and research including music aptitude testing, music achievement testing, and the standard education research methodologies as applied to the field of music education.
Principles and History of Music Education An introduction to the history of American school music from the European antecedents through the present. Emphasis will be placed on the underlying philosophies of music and the historical justifications for music teaching.
Psychology of Music A comprehensive overview of human music behaviors from a psychological perspective. Psychoacoustics, music perception, affective and aesthetic responses to music and the function of music in society are systematically investigated through research methodologies and literature.
Other courses include Music for Exceptional Learners, Advanced Choral Conducting, Advanced Instrumental Conducting, and literature courses in all fields—voice, piano, organ, brass, percussion, strings, and woodwind.
Career Opportunities
You could have as many as three good teaching opportunities to choose from as you look for a place to teach. We receive over three times as many requests for teachers as we have teachers to fill those requests. And, in the future, this ratio is going to increase as we, as a nation, face a national teacher shortage. You will be qualified to help meet this need and train young people both in the states and abroad.