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Music Education - CAS *No new applications are being accepted*

Program Overview:

Program Contacts:

Program Requirements:

Ear Training/Sight singing

(8)

Music Theory/Analysis

(12)

Music History

(6)

Keyboard Harmony

(8)

Child and Adolescent Development (EPY 244)

(4)

Applied Music

*(7)

Senior Recital requirement

*(0)
EPY 502Survey of Educational Psychology

3
SED 515Including Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms

3
EPY 637Substance Abuse Workshop

0
EDU 603Child Abuse Prevention

0
EDU 602Violence Prevention

0
EDU 606HIV/Aids and Communicable Diseases Workshop

0
EDU 611Dignity For All Students

0
MED 597On-Site Professional Experience

6
MED 595Student Teaching Seminar

2
MED 611-612Brass Techniques

2
MED 613-614Woodwind Techniques

2
MED 615-616Percussion Techniques

2
MED 617-618String Techniques

2
 
MED 671Voice Class 1

1
or
MED 672Voice Class 2

1
 
MED 621Instrumental Conducting

3
MED 631-632Instrumental Methods

6
plus
MED 639-640Laboratory Teaching

2
MUS 634Orchestration

3
MED 635Elementary Music Methods

3
MED 637Laboratory Teaching

1
MED 647Introduction to Winds and Percussion Instruments

2
MED 628String Techniques Non-Instrumental Students

1
MED 623Choral Techniques

2
MED 624Choral Conducting

3
MED 641Choral Arranging

2
 
MED 635Elementary Music Methods

3
MED 636Secondary Vocal Methods

3
MED 637-638Laboratory Teaching

2
MED 631Instrumental Methods 1

3
MED 639Laboratory Teaching

1
 
MED 671Voice Class 1

1
or
MED 672Voice Class 2

1
 
MED 535Vocal Pedagogy

2
MED 536Diction

2

Teaching Certification
Students who have successfully completed the program requirements for the Certificate of Advanced Study will be recommended by the College to New York State for New York State initial certification. It is, however, the student’s responsibility, independent of the College, to fulfill all other State requirements (including NYS certification tests—SEE below) in order to achieve NYS initial certification.

New York State Certification Tests
All students must successfully pass the New York State Examinations for Teacher Certification as part of the process to gain New York State initial certification. Certification is required to teach in New York State public schools. Certification is also required or preferred in many New York State private institutions as well.

These examinations are:
ALST – Academic Literacy Skills Test
edTPA – Teacher Performance Assessment
EAS – Educating All Students
CST - Content Specialty Test (in Music Education)

Total Program Credits: 41 (Instrumental concentration) / 40 (Vocal concentration)

Internship/Field Experience/Service:

MED 597On-Site Professional Experience

6

Culminating Academic Experiences:

MED 595Student Teaching Seminar

2

Professional Accreditation:

Admissions and Financial Aid Information:

  1. Submission of a completed application and a Statement of Purpose of approximately 300 words detailing the applicant’s goals for graduate study.
  2. Evidence of the possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution through submission of official transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended
  3. Academic and professional qualifications for graduate study, as indicated by two letters of recommendation.
  4. A grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale), overall and in the undergraduate major.
  5. Other admission criteria specified by academic programs such as submission of resumes, writing samples, portfolios, test scores, and participation in interviews or admissions workshops.

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