Performing Arts, Choral Music Concentration, M.A.T.

Program Requirements

• Credit Hours: 45
  • 24 credit hours of core requirements
  • 21 credit hours of specialty course work in the specific arts concentration
• Field Experiences: Candidates will also take specific coursework integrated with sequenced field experiences related to the instructional pedagogy of the arts including a semester long clinical practice capstone. The integration of fieldwork occurs before the full semester of clinical practice, spans two semesters, or one academic year and is specifically connected with the elementary methods and secondary methods courses.
• Teacher Licensure: Requirements for recommendations for licensure by the South Carolina Department of Education are described in the teacher education program information packet and the Clinical Practice Handbook. Successful completion of clinical practice requirements and passing scores on the Praxis specialty exams corresponding with the candidate’s area of concentration are two of the requirements for licensure recommendation. The Praxis specialty exams should not be taken prior to specialty coursework completion. It is the candidate’s responsibility to register for these exams and have scores sent to the School of Education, Health, and Human Performance and the South Carolina Department of Education.

Core Requirements

• EDFS 635 Educational Research (3)
• EDFS 501 Introduction to Exceptional Children and Youth (3)
• EDFS 550 Classroom and Behavior Management (3)

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• EDFS 687 Introduction to Educational Technology (3)

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• TEDU 536 Using Instructional Technology in Problem Based Learning (3)

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• MTLA 648 Teaching Content Area and Disciplinary Literacies (3)
• EDFS 794 Clinical Practice in Music Education, Theatre, or Dance Education (9)

Choral Music Concentration

In the area of Choral Music, the requirements for graduate study are specified by the NASM accrediting body and the requirements of the State Department of Education for teacher certification. Assigned field experiences total a minimum of 75 clock hours and are required during the music methods courses as indicated by an *.

• MUSE 501 Graduate Choral Ensemble (1)
• MUSE 601 Applied Voice (1)
• MUSE 602 Vocal Pedagogy (2)
• MUSE 610 Foundations and Elementary Music Education Methods (3) *
• MUSE 611 Middle Grades and Secondary Music Methods (3) *
• MUSE 701 Graduate Conducting I: Renaissance Through Classical Eras (3)
• MUSE 702 Graduate Conducting Style and Analysis II: Romantic Period to the Present (3)
• MUSE 703 Choral Music Literature Seminar (2)
• MUSE 704 Trends and Critical Issues in Performing Arts Education: Music (3)

Transfer Credit Policy

No program specific guidelines. Please refer to the Graduate School’s transfer credit policy .