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Music Education
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The Music Education program offers degrees at the following levels:
Bachelor of Music Education (BME) -- Instrumental, Choral, or General
Master of Music Education (MME)
Doctorate (Ph.D. in Music Education)
One certificate program is also offered:
Certificate in Special Music Education

Doctorate
The Doctor of Philosophy degree in music education with an emphasis in music therapy is offered to candidates who pursue the course of study with distinction and who show ability to do research and scholarly study.
Seventy semester hours beyond the baccalaureate degree (forty hours beyond the master's degree) is the minimum requirement for graduation excluding credit earned in the dissertation. At least twenty semester hours beyond the baccalaureate degree must be in music education. Nine hours each must be taken in two of the following areas: musicology, composition, theory, education, psychology, performance or related fields.

The Doctor of Education degree in Music Education is offered to candidates who pursue the course of study with distinction and show promise as outstanding administrators or master teachers of music.

Seventy semester hours beyond the baccalaureate degree (forty semester hours beyond the master's degree) is the minimum requirement for graduation excluding credit earned in dissertation. At least twenty semester hours beyond the baccalaureate degree must be in music education. Nine hours each must be taken in two of the following areas: musicology, theory, education, psychology, composition, performance, or related fields.

  
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