BM in Performance to MM in Education at Boston University

Programme overview

A bachelor's-to-master's pathway in which students complete a BM in Performance, an MM in Music Education and Initial Teacher Licensure in Massachusetts. Units taken as BM students (5-8 depending on instrument) count toward the MM.

Faculty: College of Fine Arts | Department: School of Music | Duration: BM completed in year four, student teaching in year five, MM coursework completed at the end of the 11th term; 45-unit MM curriculum (at least 24 units as a graduate student) | Study mode: full-time | Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

The MM curriculum includes Elementary and Secondary General Music Methods, Music Education Labs (choral and instrumental), Technology for Musicians, Access and Equity in Music Education, Theoretical and Cultural Applications in Music Education, Curriculum in Music Education, and practica.

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Entry requirements

Students must first matriculate into the BM in Performance or BM in Music Education, and admission requires support from both faculties. Students apply to the bachelor's-to-master's programme before the bachelor's degree is conferred, typically in their fourth year.

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences master's programmes admit for Fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for selected programmes (Economics MS programmes, History of Art & Architecture MA, Preservation Studies MA, Online MS in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence).

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fall 2027 master's deadlines are mostly priority January 15 and final March 15 (African American & Black Diaspora Studies priority February 15, final March 15; Preservation Studies February 15; Sociology and History of Art & Architecture January 15). Spring 2027 deadlines for selected programmes are priority October 15 and final November 15. Applications are submitted through the online application; the GRE is required only for the Economics MS/MA programmes and the MS in Psychological & Brain Sciences.

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