Master of Arts in Teaching Music

CIP Code

13.1312

Frank Martignetti, PhD

Assistant Professor and Director

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Master of Arts in Teaching Music

Sacred Heart's 42-credit Master of Arts in Teaching Music (MAT) with certification provides the skills and knowledge you need to be marketable in the job market and successful in the profession. The flexible program schedules courses on weekday evenings and can be completed on a full or part time basis. Benefit from top tier professional preparation as well as the Isabelle Farrington College of Education & Human Development's forward-thinking and culturally responsive approach to preparing teachers.

Sacred Heart's expert faculty apply their experience as music educators, performers, and scholars to prepare candidates for a rewarding and exciting career in music. It will take approximately 1.5-2 years to complete an MAT in music at Sacred Heart University.

A tuition-paid internship or residency yearlong school-based experience integrates and extends traditional student teaching timeline, providing additional experience and mentoring. Candidates are placed in a local district for one year (as opposed to the traditional 12-week student teaching placement), serving as instructional assistants and completing their student teaching, all while pursuing their coursework in evening classes.

Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree in music are invited to apply for the SHU's Master of Arts in Teaching Music program. Prospective music educators looking to build on their undergraduate education and professional experience can attain their Connecticut initial teacher certification in music while earning their MAT at Sacred Heart University.

Learning Outcomes

Candidates will be equipped with the professional knowledge and skills required to be an effective music educator.

Graduates will:

• Reach today's students through a deep understanding of the diverse field of music education, how it has evolved, and what could be in the future
• Foster healthy, productive classroom communities and support the learning needs of all students
• Create meaningful, significant music learning experiences for students that systematically develop their musical knowledge and skills
• Develop and refine skills in lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, score study, conducting, rehearsal technique, secondary instruments, and more

Career Outlook

Graduates will be attractive candidates for employment as music educators in public, private, and parochial PreK-12 schools and prepared to become leaders in their buildings and districts in the future. The skills and knowledge developed in this program will also make graduates more skilled teachers in nonprofit community music contexts as well as the private studio.

Practicing music teachers work in a wide and ever-expanding variety of contexts:

• Elementary classroom music
• Secondary general music classes including music technology, keyboard, guitar, music theory, music history, and interdisciplinary collaborations
• An evolving array of large and small ensembles including choral, wind band, string, jazz, gospel, rock, and other groups

Degree Requirements

Program Requirements - 42 credits

Requirements List - 39 credits

ED 523	Culturally Sustaining Education	3
ED 553	Educational Psychology	3
ED 566	Classroom Management: Secondary	3
EDM 508	Teaching Large Ensembles	3
EDM 510	Music for All Learners	3
EDM 512	Music in the Elementary School	3
EDM 514	Music in the Secondary School	3
EDM 516	Technology in Music Education	3
EDM 518	Curriculum & Assessment in Music	3
EDM 520	Student Teaching Seminar: Music Ed	3
EDM 522	Student Teaching: Music Education	6
EDR 510	Content Area Reading Instruction (Grades 7-12)	3

Additional Requirements - 3 credits

In addition to the courses listed above, take 3 of the following:

 

EDM 500	Group Instruction: Voice	1
EDM 501	Group Instruction: Percussion	1
EDM 502	Group Instruction: Woodwinds	1
EDM 503	Group Instruction: Brass	1
EDM 504	Group Instruction: Strings	1