Master of Music Education

APU’s Master of Music Education (M.M.Ed.) program prepares current and prospective teaching professionals as school music specialists qualified to lead K-12 music programs in private and public sectors.

NOTE: This program is not admitting new students for the 2024-25 academic year.

The Master of Music Education broadens the scope and increases the expertise of current teaching professionals and those training as school music specialists. Students may select the choral emphasis or the instrumental emphasis.

Requirements

Comprehensive Master’s-Level Exit Exam (0 Units) 1
Core Courses12
GMUS 500
Introduction to Graduate Research Methods
GMUS 503
Advanced Analysis of Form and Style
Students enroll in GMUS 501A or B, depending upon diagnostic entrance exam results.
GMUS 501A
Seminar in Musicology: The Renaissance
GMUS 501B
Seminar in Musicology: The Baroque
Students enroll in GMUS 502A or B, depending upon diagnostic exam results.
GMUS 502A
Seminar in Musicology: The Nineteenth Century
GMUS 502B
Seminar in Musicology: The Twentieth Century
Major Area18
GMUS 507A
Seminar A: Music Education
GMUS 507B
Seminar B: Music Education
GMUS 507C
Seminar C: Music Education
GMUS 507D
Seminar D: Music Education
GMUS 513
Philosophical and Psychological Foundations of Music Education
GMUS 516
Social and Historical Foundations of Music Education
GMUS 529
Literature and Resources for Music Education
GMUS 590
Directed Research 2
GMUS 591
Thesis
GMUS 588
Ensemble
Students enroll in GMUS 509A for the Choral Emphasis, and GMUS 510 for the Instrumental Emphasis.
GMUS 509A
Conducting I (Choral)
GMUS 510
Conducting II (Instrumental)
Electives 34
Total Units34
1

This exam must be taken and passed by all master’s degree candidates in the last semester of their degree coursework in order to graduate with the Master of Music Education from Azusa Pacific University.

2

Two units are required, but additional units may be taken each semester until completion of degree, and completion of research to the satisfaction of the advising professor.

3

Four elective units are required for this degree. It is suggested that the student enroll in 2 units of any graduate-level music course and 2 units of applied lessons. Applied lessons used in this requirement generate an additional fee.

Admission

University graduate admission and program-specific requirements must be met before an application is complete (see Admission to the University). Program-specific application requirements are available online.

International students should contact Graduate and Professional Admissions for application procedures.