Jody Kerchner, Associate Professor of Music Education; Director
Peggy Bennett, Professor of Music Education
Joanne Erwin, Associate Professor of Music Education
John Knight, Professor of Music Education
Major Study: Bachelor of Music with a major in Music Education
combined with a Master of Music Education
This is a unified five-year program of study that culminates in the
awarding of both an undergraduate and graduate degree. It is not a
graduate program for the student who has already completed an undergraduate
degree at Oberlin or elsewhere.
General. A student applies for admission to the BMus-MME degree
program near the completion of the second year of study and is accepted
as a candidate only after successful completion of the Comprehensive
Musicianship Exam and upon demonstration of ability to do work of
superior quality at an advanced level.
Application for admission must be made on forms obtained in the Music
Education office. An interview and an audition are required. All courses
listed in the first two years of the undergraduate program, or their
equivalent, and successful completion of the Comprehensive Musicianship
Exam, are prerequisite to consideration for this program. Undergraduate
transfer students will be accepted into the program only after one
year in residence as a Music Education major. The requirements below
must be satisfied in addition to all course and non-course requirements
listed for the undergraduate major in music education; a total of
155 credits is needed for graduation.
Course
Requirements
Recommended
Course Distribution
Hrs.
Fresh
Soph
Junior
Senior
5th
Year
4
Principal
Private Study
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
4
APST
350, 351 or 360, 361 (Advanced Instrumental or Choral Cond)
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
-
-
9
Adv.
Theory or Music History electives1
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
3
-
-
1
MUED
501 or 504 (Apprentice Supv or Studies in Music Education)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
6
MUED
500 (Student Teaching/Seminar)2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
2
MUED
502 (Rev of Research in Mus Ed)
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
5
MUED
503 (Graduate Project)3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
31
-
-
-
-
-
3
7
5
-
16
1 Must include one upper-division Music Theory course, one course
in Music History, and one elective course. MHST 301 (Introduction
to Music Research and Writing) is required.
2 Student teaching may be completed in either the first or second
semester. A graduate student teaching project is required; see the
Music Education Graduate Handbook.
3 A full description of this requirement may be found in the Music
Education Graduate Handbook.
Comprehensive Examination. A comprehensive final examination, both
written and oral, is required at the end of the program. The nature
of the examination and the membership of the Examining Committee are
described in the Music Education Graduate Handbook.
Master of Music in Teaching
The graduate programs leading to the degree Master of Music in Teaching
are designed especially for the undergraduate majors in performance
or composition who plan careers in elementary and secondary music
teaching. Both the undergraduate Bachelor of Music in Performance
or Composition and the Master of Music in Teaching can be completed
in five years provided the student enters the program in the first
two years. Late entry into the program is likely to extend the time
necessary to complete the requirements. Combination with an undergraduate
major in Jazz Studies will take considerably longer to complete.
Major Study: Bachelor of Music with a major in Performance or Composition
combined with a Master of Music in Teaching
This is a unified five-year program of study that culminates in the
awarding of both an undergraduate and graduate degree. It is not a
graduate program for the student who has already completed an undergraduate
degree at Oberlin or elsewhere. Typically, the candidate has a double
major in Music Education and Performance or Composition.
Application for admission must be made on forms obtained in the Music
Education office. An interview and an audition are required. Acceptance
as a candidate is based upon satisfactory completion of the Second
Major Committee Examination and the Comprehensive Musicianship Examination,
the approval of the student's private study teacher, and the
faculty of the Music Education Division. Interested students are urged
to confer with the director of the division as early in their study
as possible. The requirements below must be satisfied in addition
to all undergraduate MUED courses and non-course requirements; APST
260 and 261 or 262; instrument classes as listed for the vocal or
instrumental emphasis; and the undergraduate music education requirement
in music history; a total of 155 credits is needed for graduation.
Course
Requirements
Recommended
Course
Distribution
Hrs.
Fresh
Soph
Junior
Senior
5th
Year
8
Principal
Private Study
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
-
4
9
Music
Theory or Music History electives1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
6
-
1
MUED
501 or 504 (Apprentice Supv or Studies in Music Ed)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
2
EDUC
300 (Principles of Ed)2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
8
MUED
500 (Student Teaching/Seminar)3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8
2
MUED
502 (Rev of Research in Mus Ed)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
30
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
10
13
1 Must include one upper-division Music Theory course, one course
in Music History, and one elective course. MHST 301 (Introduction
to Music Research and Writing) is recommended.
2 Student teaching may be completed in either the first or second
semester. In this program MUED 400 (Student Teaching and Seminar)
is taken for a minimum of four credits, rather than 10. A graduate
student teaching project is required–see the Music Education
Graduate Handbook.
Comprehensive Examination. A comprehensive final examination,
both written and oral, is required prior to enrolling in Music Education
500 (Student Teaching). The nature of the examination and the membership
of the Examining Committee are described in the Music Education Graduate
Handbook.
For details about Licensure, see the description in the undergraduate
Music Education major.