Master of Music Education

The graduate music program at Gordon College offers you a curriculum leading to a master's degree in music education (M.M.Ed.) and provides a means for experienced music teachers to progress from initial to professional licensure. The program enables you to grow in knowledge, improve your own musicianship, and develop outstanding teaching skills that you can apply right away in your classroom.

PROGRAM DISTINCTIVES

• Affordable
  The M.M.Ed. program at Gordon is the best value for the highest quality program of its type in New England. You can earn a Master's Degree for approximately $18,000.
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• Summers-only
  You may complete all of your primary coursework during the summer months, which means you don't have to take time off from teaching to earn your degree. Classes meet for three weeks, suspend for one week of optional workshops, and then resume for three more weeks.
• Three-year Commitment
  If you take a full course load (9 credits per summer on average) you may complete the program in just three summers. During one semester of an academic year you will complete the capstone project for your study--your choice of a mentored field-based experience or thesis.
• Workshops
  You may choose to fulfill your elective requirement by attending Gordon's summer music education workshops taught by nationally recognized clinicians. These 2.5-day courses are open to all music teachers, so you can begin collecting elective credits even before you begin full-time graduate study!

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Do you have an undergraduate degree in music education from an accredited institution with a GPA of at least 2.85? Do you already hold the Initial License in music? Do you have at least two years of experience teaching music in the classroom? If you can answer yes to all these questions then you are ready to start submitting your application materials!
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In May 2009, we graduated our fourth class of MMEd students, adding 14 more to the growing ranks of music educators who have deepened their knowledge and skills at Gordon College.  This growing program offers music teachers the oppportunity to pursue a master's degree with professonal licensure in three summers (plus a capstone project in their own classroom) at affordable tuition.

If you are interested in pursuing your master's degree in music educaion at Godon, this website will explain the admission process and show our current course offerings.

Thank you for considering Gordon College.