Graduate Program: Area of Study: Music Education
ABOUT THE MUSIC EDUCATION
AREA
Historically, the music education area at UW-Madison has been a center of
leadership and creativity; it has been home to some of the finest music education
scholars and teachers in the world. It was among the first graduate programs
in music education to embrace interpretive (qualitative) research, and its
current faculty continues a tradition of innovation in research paradigm
and theory, specializing in the emerging areas of revisionist history, ethnography,
critical textual and discourse analysis, semiotics, iconography, policy studies,
and action research. The following research areas are of particular interest
to the faculty:
- Policy issues and their influence on music education
- Equity issues (i.e., issues concerning gender, race, social class, sexuality
and ability/disability) in music education
- Revisionist historical analysis of music education in the United States
- Relationships between popular culture and music education
- Philosophical questions in music education
GRADUATE MUSIC EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Graduate music education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison inhabits
two worlds: the Department of Curriculum of Instruction in the School of
Education, and the School of Music. This position provides graduate students
with maximum flexibility to design graduate programs tailored to their particular
interests. Students have two master's degree options:
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Master
of Science (M.S.) with a concentration in music education,
offered through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction; and
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Students who want to emphasize music content are advised
to enroll in
the M.M. program, while those who want to explore music education
within the
context of education at large are directed toward the M.S.
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree with a concentration
in music education is offered through the Department of Curriculum
and Instruction.
All students are encouraged to cross disciplines and to experience
the rich educational opportunities provided in both schools,
as well as those
offered
by other departments throughout the university.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN MUSIC EDUCATION
The Graduate School Catalog is the most up-to-date and comprehensive source
of information about graduate programs at UW-Madison. Students are urged
to consult that document or the graduate office of the department offering
the degree. What follows are brief summaries of the music education graduate
degrees and program requirements:
Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction
with an Emphasis in Music Education (M.S.)
- Credit Requirement: 24 credits (all at or above the 500 level in C & I;
may be at or above the 300 level for courses taken outside of the department)*
- Residency Requirement: 16 credits (all of which must be completed at
UW-Madison)
- Grade-Point Average: A minimum of 3.25 on all work completed
- Course and Final Project Requirements:
- Comprehensive music education courses (a minimum of 6 credits, including 272-946: Past Perspectives on Music Education)**
- Master's thesis
- Examination Requirement: A written comprehensive examination is required
of M.S. students in music education.
*This requirement excludes thesis credits and credits required to remove
deficiencies. At least 12 credits must be in C & I courses other than
independent reading.
** These credits may not be transferred in from another institution.
For more information:
Graduate Program Office
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
210 C Teacher Education Building
225 N. Mills St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608)263-7466
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Master of Music in Music Education (M.M.)
- Credit Requirement: 30 credits (all at or above the 300 level)
- Residency Requirement: 16 credits (all of which must be completed at
UW-Madison)
- Grade-Point Average: A minimum of 3.25 on all work completed
- Course and Final Project Requirements:
- 14 credits from the following
three categories, distributed as follows:
- Comprehensive music education courses
(6-8 credits, including 272-946: Past Perspectives on Music Education)*
- Courses in area of specialty (5-7 credits); area open for
negotiation with advisor
- Final project (2-4 credits)**
- Music electives (6 credits)
- Musicology and theory (9 credits) (Students must take theory and musicology
credits)
- Examination Requirement: A written
comprehensive examination is required of M.M. students in music
education.
* These credits may not be transferred in from another institution
** A final project is required.
For more Information:
Kathy Rutlin
School of Music Graduate Admissions Coordinator
5553 Humanities
455 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 263-3220
http://music.wisc.edu/education
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Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction
with an Emphasis in Music Education (Ph.D.)
Credit Requirement: To be determined by major professor, but C & I requires
a minimum of 12 C & I content credits; independent reading, and research
or thesis credits do not count toward this minimum. (All courses must be
at or above the 500 level in C & I; may be at or above the 300 level
for courses taken outside of the department.)*
- Residency Requirement: 32 credits (all of which must be completed at
UW-Madison beyond the Master's degree)
- Grade-Point Average: A minimum of 3.25 on all work completed
- Course and Final Project Requirements:
- Comprehensive music education courses (a minimum of 6 credits, including 272-946: Past Perspectives on Music Education)*
- Ph.D. minor (a minimum of 10 credits)**
- AND Research methods course***
- AND Doctoral dissertation
Examination Requirements:
- A written comprehensive preliminary examination is required of doctoral
students in music education.
- An oral defense of the dissertation is required.
*Students are required to take a minimum of six credits of comprehensive
music education courses. These credits may not be transferred in from another
institution. Comprehensive music education courses completed on the master's
level at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may count toward that requirement.
** Check with minor area for more specific information. Option A requires
a minimum of 10 credits, all in one department; option B requires a minimum
of 10 credits in two or more departments.
***The research methods course must be taken at UW-Madison.
For more information:
Graduate Program Office
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
210 C Teacher Education Building
225 N. Mills St.
Madison, WI 53706
(608)263-7466
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Designing a Graduate Program in Music Education
Within a flexible framework, individual tailoring of graduate programs is
informed by the following considerations:
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We use students' interests and perceived goals as guides;
recognizing that goals can sometimes change at later points in life, we
also encourage
students to construct programs that keep future options open.
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Because the intellectual culture of graduate music
education at UW-Madison is quite different from that found in most other
music education graduate
programs, we want students to become immersed in the culture. Thus,
we require comprehensive courses that must be taken at this institution.
The following
are considered comprehensive music education courses:
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Curriculum and Instruction 272: 761: Introduction to Resources in Music
Education
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Curriculum and Instruction 272:945: Seminar in Music
Education
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Curriculum and Instruction 272-946: Past Perspectives
on Music Education
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Curriculum and Instruction 272-947: Current Issues in
Music Education
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Curriculum and Instruction 272-948: Diversity Issues
in Music Teaching
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In addition, we want students to become involved in
the larger intellectual cultures both of the Department of Curriculum
and Instruction and the School
of Music, and we strongly recommend course work from both of these units.
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Finally, we encourage students to devise cross-disciplinary
programs that involve course work from outside of C & I and the School
of Music. (For example, past programs have included significant components
from Educational
Policy Studies, Educational Administration, Philosophy, and Sociology.)
In the case of doctoral students, our advising is guided by our goal of
preparing students to function as contributing scholars in a variety of intellectual
settings. Doctoral students in music education at UW-Madison have a wide
range of academic and professional goals; this diversity can be measured,
in part, by the professional directions our students have taken upon completing
the dissertation. Some students have become administrators within and outside
of music; others have returned to K-12 teaching; some have become consultants;
some have accepted positions at major research institutions; and others have
become professors at small colleges and universities where they are expected
to teach music (i.e., applied music, musicology, and music theory) as well
as music education courses. Thus, we seek to design programs that induct
students into scholarly communities both inside and outside of music education.
A primary goal is to create scholars who can produce critical, innovative
scholarly work and can articulately defend that work.
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