Regular Admission

An applicant will be granted regular admission to the M.M.E. program if he/she:

• Holds the B.M.E, Bachelor of Music in Music Education, the B.S. in Education with a major in music education, or the B.A. in Music with an emphasis in music education and a valid teaching certificate;
• Has an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale;
• Has completed successfully an applied music audition in his/her principal performance medium;
• Has completed successfully with a minimum score of 75 on a 100 point scale the departmental entrance examination in music theory.

Provisional Admission

An applicant will be granted provisional admission* to the M.M.E. program if he/she:

• Holds a baccalaureate degree in music but does not meet the degree requirements of the program and/or hold a valid teaching certificate;
• Is a senior in his/her last semester who is seeking admission for the subsequent semester;
• Has an undergraduate GPA of 2.5 but less than 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; or
• Has not completed successfully one or more of the entrance examinations (applied music or music theory).

*Applicants granted provisional admission to the program are not eligible for departmental scholarship assistance and may be required to take remedial coursework to correct deficiencies in academic preparation or may be required to take Major Field Achievement Test in music and earn a total score at or above the 50th percentile of the national mean score.

Required Core Courses

The MME degree requires a minimum of 32 credit hours for completion. Seventeen of the total 32 hours must be taken in required Core courses:

MM503	Seminar in Music Analysis (3) variable content; may be repeated for elective credit
MH504	Seminar in Music History (3) variable content; may be repeated for elective credit
MU683	Introduction to Research in Music Education (3)
ME681	Foundations of Music Education (3)
ME682	Administration and Curriculum Development (3)
MP6xx*	Applied Music (principal area) (1)
MP5xx*	Applied Music (secondary area) (1)

           
*All students are required to complete 2 credit hours of Applied Music in their principal and/or secondary performance area(s).

Elective Courses

ME651*	Special Topics in Music Education (1)
ME652*	Special Topics in Music Education (2)
ME653*	Special Topics in Music Education (3)

*These courses vary in content and credit; may be repeated up to 6 credit hours.

MP6xx	Applied Music (principal area) (1 - 4)
MP5xx	Applied Music (secondary area) (1 - 4)

                       

Ensemble Choices

MU589**	Choral Union
MU590**	Wind Symphony
MU592**	University Orchestra
MY594**	University Choir
MU598**	Opera Workshop

**A student may elect up to 2 credit hours of ensembles.

MU800           Workshops – variable content and credit; may be repeated up to 6 credit hours.

Terminal Project Option

Thesis: Core Requirements plus

GR699	Master’s Oral Examination
ME694	Thesis (3)
ME65x	Special Topics in Music Education (1 – 6 hours)
Electives	6 – 9 hours

Creative Project in lieu of Thesis: Core Requirements plus

GR699	Master’s Oral Examination
ME694	Thesis (3)
ME6xx	Applied Music (4 hours)

For students who elect to perform a recital or lecture-recital with supporting paper

Comprehensive Examination/Graduate Paper: Core Requirements plus

GR699	Master’s Oral Examination
ME65x	Special Topics in Music Education (6 -9 hours)
Electives	12 - 15 hours

              
For those students electing this option, the Graduate Coordinator recommends elective hours be taken in the Music Analysis and History Seminars, in non-core courses, and in other music electives on demand.

Graduate Faculty

The graduate faculty of the Department of Music are faculty members actively engaged in professional activities as research scholars and/or performers.  All members are presently members of graduate thesis committees or have served as members in recent semesters and teach in the graduate program.

Robert Conger (graduate coordinator), Sara Edgerton, Robert Fruehwald, Steven Hendricks, Christopher Goeke, Leslie Jones,
Gary Miller, Carol McDowell, Jeffrey Noonan.

Application materials and information available from:

Dr. Robert Conger, Graduate Coordinator (rconger@semo.edu )
Department of Music MS7800
Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
(573) 651-2398 or (573) 651-2141
www.semo.edu/music

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