This 2004-2006 Bridgewater State College Catalog Web Addenda contains the most up-to-date information. Information in this Catalog Web Addenda supersedes the published version of this catalog.

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MUSIC

Master of Arts in Teaching

General Music Education (New)

Admission Requirements:

1. A 2.75 GPA based upon fours years of work or a 3.0 undergraduate GPA based upon work completed during junior and senior years.
2. A composite score of 900 on the quantitative and verbal parts of the GRE General Test
3. A Bachelor’s degree in music
4. An initial teaching license and teaching experience in the field of music
5. Three appropriate letters of recommendation
6. A passing score on the music department proficiency test and either a formal audition or a video of the applicant’s teaching and/or conducting
7. Demonstrated proficiency in the use of technological applications for music education as assessed by the department’s technology specialist
8. MAT applicants are expected to have, or acquire in addition to degree requirements, an appropriate background of college level courses, to be determined by the department. (Appropriate background for a music concentration would include theory, history, ear training/sight singing, conducting, and piano proficiency.)

Program Requirements

Education Core Courses (15 credits)
EDMC 530 The Teacher as Researcher
EDMC 531 The Standards-Based Classroom: Curriculum
EDMC 532: The Teacher as Leader: From Issues to Advocacy
EDMC 533 The Standards-Based Classroom: Instruction and Assessment for Diverse Learners
EDMC 538 The Professional Teacher (final program course)

Music Courses (18 credits)
MUSC 459 Foundations of Music Education
MUSC 552 Seminar in Music Education Problems
MUSC 564 Music in the Arts: A Cultural Perspective
MUSC 575 Techniques for Arranging Classroom and Concert Music
MUSC 558 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training: Level I (MUSC 559 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training: Level II or MUSC 562 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training: Level III may be substituted for this course.)
MUSC 456 Music Methods and Materials
or MUSC 455 Creative Activities in Elementary School Music

Recommended Courses
MUSC 472 Form and Analysis II
MUSC 503 Directed Study
MUSC 559 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training: Level II
MUSC 562 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Training: Level III

Successful completion of a comprehensive examination is also required.