Department of Performing Arts (Music, Theatre and Dance)

Other Information — Music

Music Teacher Licensure

Music teachers are now licensed in this state at four levels: temporary, provisional, initial, and professional. The Music Program in the Department of Performing Arts offers a program leading toward the Initial License. This in turn can lead to the Professional License. There is currently no degree program in music offered beyond the bachelor of arts, although there are master’s degree programs offered through the Graduate College of Education. The Music Teacher Licensure Program at UMass Boston is approved by NCATE.

Requirements for Initial Licensure include a bachelor’s degree in music, completion of a prescribed prepracticum educational component, and successful completion of a practicum component.

Requirements for admission to the program include sophomore standing, a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0, and approval of the Music Education faculty.

A handbook describing the requirements for teacher certification in music is available in the Music Program office.

Honors

Admission to the senior honors program is open to music majors with a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and a 3.25 average in music courses. The honors project must be approved by the faculty supervisor and the departmental honors committee during the semester before the project is to begin. During the semester in which the project is completed the student must be enrolled in MUSIC 498.

Transfer Credit Policy

The department puts no limit on the number of transfer credits it will accept but the transfer student must earn at least 15 credits in the major to be taken in residency over a minimum of one academic year.