Graduate Catalog 2017-2018
Graduate Catalog 2017-2018 > College of Arts and Sciences > Music Education M.M.Ed. (Online)
Dr. Tina Holmes-Davis, Coordinator
Mission
The mission of our MMED Distance Learning program is to meet the educational and professional needs of in-service music teachers while maintaining a liberal arts focus. Through a liberal arts education, we prepare students for the needs of various learners and communities, provide support to enhance pedagogical and leadership skills, and encourage personal identity as policy-makers in music education. Students from various musical backgrounds, regions, and specialties collaborate in a true liberal arts style during most courses. This is a music education specific program in which students engage in pedagogy, history, theory, research, and performance. Throughout the MMED Distance Learning program students will develop new curricula, engage in action and/or scholarly research, and develop new musical, pedagogical, or research skills that contribute to the body of knowledge and practice.
Regular Admission Requirements
Applicants for admission to the program leading to the Master of Music Education degree must comply with the general requirements of the University System and the University as described earlier in this catalog. Consideration for admission will be given to applicants who hold a baccalaureate degree in music education from a regionally accredited institution or who hold certification in music education and who present evidence of probable success in graduate work. The application procedures for the Master of Music Education program are listed below.
Application Procedures
All application items should be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to the Graduate Admissions Office:
Campus Box 107
Milledgeville, GA 31061
grad-admit@gcsu.edu
Toll Free: 800-342-0471 (in GA)
Phone: (478) 445-6289
Fax: (478) 445-1336
Conditional Admission
Applicants who apply too late for full consideration for admission or who have not submitted all required documents for evaluation may be assigned conditional admission status. While in this status, a student may register for one semester only by completing a Georgia College Conditional Registration Agreement for Graduate Students; this form requires the signatures of both the student and the graduate coordinator. Any student who registers under this agreement must be admitted either to regular or to provisional status by the end of the first semester of enrollment in order to continue taking courses in the degree program. Students may take no more than 12 semester hours of graduate course work in conditional admission.
Academic Dismissal
If a student’s institutional grade point average remains below 3.0 for two consecutive semesters, the student will fail to meet the requirements for progression and will be dismissed from the program.
The MMEd (Distance Learning) requires 30 hours of study, publication or presentation of a capstone project, and a comprehensive exam. All courses are listed below.
Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses:
3
Total Credit Hours: 30
Advisement
The general advisor of all students in the Master of Music Education program is the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music Education.
Further Information
Inquiries concerning the nature of the program, the availability of given courses, and the availability of graduate assistantships should be directed to the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music Education, CBX 066, Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Telephone: 478-445-4839 or 478-445-4966. Fax: (478) 445-1633. The coordinator's e-mail address istina.holmes-davis@gcsu.edu. Other information can be viewed at http://www.gcsu.edu/artsandsciences/music