Master of Music with Areas of Preparation in Music Education or Performance as well as Master of Music in Jazz Studies

The Master of Music degree is a flexible program which allows the student to concentrate in his/her area of specialization in a program that develops performing, teaching, and creative skills while providing the student with a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of his/her area than can be obtained on the undergraduate level.

The University of Central Oklahoma and the School of Music have developed this program to help meet the needs of a growing urban population engaging in adult education by providing an opportunity for working students in the metropolitan and surrounding areas to earn the degree during summer, evening, and night classes, as well as during a regular semester schedule.

I. Admission Requirements for the Master of Music Program:
Students seeking a Master of Music must fulfill the following requirements before they will be formally admitted to the program:
A. Apply for admission to the Jackson College of Graduate Studies & Research.
B. Hold a music degree from an accredited institution.
C. Complete all prerequisites for the Master of Music Degree or Standard Teaching Certificate in Music.
D. Take the Advisory Examination in Music no later than the first term of enrollment.

II. Advisory Examination in Music
The applicant’s qualifications are assessed by means of the Advisory Examination, which is prepared, administered, and graded by the School of Music graduate faculty. The Advisory Examination includes written tests in music theory and music history/literature, vocal sight-reading, performance of the student’s major instrument, and piano skills performance. The committee administering the Advisory examination will notify the graduate advisor in music of the results of the examination for each Master’s Degree candidate, and in turn, the advisor will recommend suitable course work for each.

The Advisory Examination is given no later than the end of the first week of each regular semester, and no later than the first week of each summer session. Every graduate student working toward a degree in the School of Music must take the Advisory Examination during his/her first term of enrollment.

III. Advisory Committee
Every candidate for the Master of Music degree shall be appointed an advisory committee consisting of a chairperson and two other graduate faculty members. All course choices must be approved by the advisory committee. By the end of the second semester of study, a formal plan of study, signed by the graduate music advisor and each committee member must be submitted to the Jackson College of Graduate Studies & Research. The committee shall approve and assist in the preparation of graduate projects and shall serve as a jury for the candidate’s graduate recital or oral examination.

IV. Project
Every candidate for the Master of Music degree with preparation in performance must perform a graduate recital as a final project, and every candidate with a preparation in music education must present a thesis, recital, lecture-recital, composition, or other approved project. Satisfactory work in 5901-4 Practicum, 5921-4 Directed Reading, 5931-4Individual Study, or 5991-4 Thesis, plus an oral examination concerning the project, shall constitutes completion of the music education requirement.

V. Master of Music Curriculum 32 Hours
A. Professional Preparation 12-16 Hours
Select:
1. Performance
OR
2. Music Education
B. Music History and Literature 6 Hours
C. Music Theory 6 Hours
D. Research Methods 2 Hours
E. Electives* 2-6 Hours

*In the Music Education Professional Preparation Program, applied music will be required in lieu of some elective hours.

For more information about a Master of Music degree, contact the graduate music advisor at: thonea@ucok.edu or call (405) 974-5642.