MM Music Learning and Teaching at Arizona State University

Programme overview

The Master of Music program in music learning and teaching is designed for you as a music educator, teaching artist or music professional, to help you seek new and expanded opportunities for career development in learning and teaching. Program flexibility affords you opportunities to customize degree pathways; advance your goals; and develop musical, scholarly and leadership roles in your professional settings.

What you will study

32 credit hours and a portfolio The degree credit requirements are distributed as follows: music learning and teaching core (10 credit hours) musicianship core (10 credit hours) specialization (12 credit hours) Additional Curriculum Requirements Completion of diagnostic exams in musicology and music theory is required of all new graduate music students prior to enrollment in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre.

Career pathways

The flexibility of the MM program in music learning and teaching affords students opportunities to customize degree pathways toward multiple kinds of careers while still working as music educators, teaching artists or music professionals. Career examples: arts administrator, community arts advocate, performing musician, public or community school teacher, teaching artist or university professor, worship music leader, youth development facilitator.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a U.S. bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution or the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree from an institution in another country that is officially recognized by that country. Applicants must have achieved a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 credit hours or 90 quarter hours of their first bachelor's degree program. All applicants must submit: online graduate admission application and application fee School of Music, Dance and Theatre application (including a resume) official transcripts three letters of recommendation proof of English proficiency Additional Application Information An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency. The School of Music, Dance and Theatre does not offer conditional admission under any circumstances.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer; the terms available for each programme are listed in Degree Search.

Graduate application deadlines are set by each programme office and listed in Degree Search; the application opens almost a year before the start term. The nonrefundable application fee is $75 for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, DACA and international online students outside the U.S., and $120 for international students on a nonimmigrant visa studying in the U.S. Apply with ASU's graduate application (Law applicants use the law college's site); GRE/GMAT requirements vary by programme.

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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