MMED Thesis Track Degree Plan Revision

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Master

of Music Education: Thesis Track




Required Major Courses (15 hours): 15
MUED 5332 Learning and Music 3
MUED 5333 Tests, Measurements, and Evaluations in Music 3
MUED 5340 Foundations of Music Education 3
MUED 6000 Thesis (at least 2 enrollments for a minimum of 6 hours) 6

Select 9 hours from the following: 9
At least 3 hours must be other than MUED.
May include MUAP, MUCP, MUHL, MUSI, MUTH or outside of music (e.g., EDCI, EDLE,
EDSE, EPSY) after consultation with music education academic advisor.
MUED 5300 Teaching Music in College
MUED 5031 Graduate Topics in Music Education: Graduate Seminar
(topics vary; may be repeated)
MUED 5325 Topics in Choral Music Education I, II, III (may be repeated)
MUED 5326 Topics in Band Music Education I, II, III (may be repeated)
MUED 5327 Topics in Orchestral Music Education I, II, III (may be repeated)
MUED 5344 Special Problems in Music Education (titles vary; may be repeated)
(e.g., international music education, multicultural music, urban teaching,
advanced woodwinds methods, low strings methods, and other classes for
music education practitioners as identified for the benefit of students)
MUED 5345 Topics in Kodaly Pedagogy (may be repeated)
MUAP 5308 Choral Conducting Methods I, II, III (may be repeated)
MUAP 5309 Orchestral Conducting Methods I, II, III (may be repeated)
MUAP 5310 Band Conducting Methods I, II, III (may be repeated)
MUSI 5305 Administration in Music
MUSI 5306 Music for Students with Exceptionalities
MUSI 5307 Current Issues in Music Education
MUSI 5342 Introduction to Applications of Technology in Music
MUSI 5343 Advanced Applications of Technology in Music
MUSI 7000 Research (may be repeated)

Select a minimum of 3 hours in MUHL 3
MUHL 5xxx Select any course from MUHL 5000 or above
MUHL 5300 Graduate Music History Review (summer)
MUHL 5311 Symphonic Literature (summer)

Select a minimum of 3 hours in MUTH 3
MUTH 5xxx Select any course from MUTH 5000 or above
MUTH 5300 Harmony & Voice Leading with AP Primer (summer)
MUTH 5305 Styles in Wind Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries (summer)
MUTH 5306 Pedagogy of Music Theory

Culminating Event
Oral Defense of thesis
TOTAL DEGREE HOURS: 30



Required Examinations
Music History and Literature and Music Theory Placement Examinations
Taken at the time of initial enrollment. Depending on results, MUHL 5300, and/or MUTH
5301 may be required as leveling courses. Those courses may not be applied toward the
Music History or Music Theory requirements. Summer only MMED students may count
any summer MUHL or summer MUTH course toward degree requirements.

Final Thesis Defense
Taken in the final term of enrollment. The Oral Thesis Defense for MMED-Thesis Track will
demonstrate the music education student’s ability to articulate background, procedures
and results of his/her thesis, and synthesize results to his/her own teaching setting.
See Chair of Music Education for instructions for preparing for the thesis defense.

Further information on all required examinations, including scheduling policies,
content standards, and study guides, can be found in the Texas Tech University
School of Music Graduate Student Handbook.

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