Admission

APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 1
Minimum Requirements

• Initial licensure in music
• Undergrad degree in music ed. (3.0 GPA)
• Two Years of Teaching Experience

Application Materials

• Application with signed statement of compliance
• Nonrefundable application fee of $50, payable to Gordon College
• Letter of introduction about yourself
• Professional resumé
• Two recommendations (one personal, one professional); forms are included in the application
• Three- to four-page typed essay on your philosophy of teaching and the importance of music in the school curriculum
• Two official transcripts from each undergraduate or graduate institution you have attended
• Video demonstration of your teaching; please review guidelines
• Conducting Seminar Application and video demonstration of conducting; only required for applicants who wish to waive MU616 Techniques of Conducting and substitute the upper level conducting course
• Copy of teaching license
• Current negative Mantoux (TB) test as required by the state of Massachusetts and a record of immunization for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); TB test must be no more than three years old to be considered current
• International students: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
• Interview with the program director; this is a requirement for full admission, but you can complete it during your first summer of classes without it affecting your initial acceptance to the program

Your acceptance to the program will be determined by the director of graduate studies in music education following a careful review of your application materials. If you do not meet the minimum requirements for admission, or your admissions materials are incomplete, you may be granted provisional status and take up to nine (9) hours of courses. After completing no more than nine (9) hours, you are expected to have matriculated by meeting all of the admissions requirements.