Music Education

Among the admission requirements of a minimum cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, an active U.S. teaching certificate or license, at least one year of full-time music teaching experience in a K 12 classroom environment completed before beginning coursework, and a resume, a goal statement and three letters of recommendation are also required.

The goal statement is an opportunity for the faculty reviewers to learn more about you and your goals. You can also share how this degree will help you obtain your goals. Be sure to submit your best writing. We want to see not only that you have great reasons for pursuing the degree but also that you can clearly articulate those reasons. You might consider having a colleague or advisor read over your goal statement before you submit it to make sure that you’ve communicated clearly. It would be especially helpful to have someone with a graduate degree look at it.

Three letters of recommendation are also required. Try to get letters from a diverse group of people. They should not all be from teacher colleagues. We are looking for two things from these letters: evidence of your effectiveness as a teacher and an assessment of your potential to succeed as a graduate student. Find people to write these letters who can provide information on one or both of those things.

It can take about two business weeks for application packets to be reviewed. Applications are reviewed by program faculty who understand your previous college and teaching experiences.

You can start the program in the Fall (August), Spring (January), or Summer (May) semesters. Check the application deadline for each semester so you can start when you want to.

Yes, there is an application fee of $45; however, if you attend an informational webinar, you can receive a waiver code. Sign up for a webinar.

Yes, our program qualifies for Financial Aid, and students can apply for the FAFSA at https://www.kent.edu/financialaid/fafsa. Students must be enrolled in at least four credit hours to be eligible.

Kent State also offers payment plan options for the Fall and Spring semesters. As of now, summer is not an option. Click below to learn more about payment plan options: https://www.kent.edu/bursar/monthly-payment-plan-options.

Yes, All courses are offered 100% online and are asynchronous. This means that unless you and your professor schedule a meeting time, you won’t be required to attend any scheduled class meetings. You’ll be subject to due dates within each class for assignments, usually once or twice a week.

Canvas is our Learning Management System, and all your classes will be on this site. Many students are already familiar with Canvas from their teaching. It’s also similar to Google Classroom and other LMS.

Courses are seven weeks long, and students tend to take two classes per semester. We use the same structure for Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters.

The only course not on the 7-week schedule is the Capstone course, which will be the last one you take before graduation. It lasts an entire 14-week semester. Courses are offered on a rotation, so you can start at the beginning of any semester. We recommend enrolling in a course for every 7-week term so that you can finish the program as quickly as possible; however, if you need to take a term off, we can work with you to develop a personalized schedule.

You will have a dedicated academic advisor throughout your program. They will help you with selecting and enrolling in courses and working through any concerns that arise.

The faculty are committed to your success. A faculty coordinator will contact you regularly with program updates and helpful advice. The faculty who teach your classes will be either the full-time faculty at Kent State or adjunct faculty who we trust and who are located elsewhere. All faculty in the MMME program are experienced teachers and understand online learning.