Teaching: Secondary Education (Music Education Program Emphasis), M.A.

The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program aims to develop reflective and transformative teachers capable of working collaboratively with children, youth, their families and communities for the sustainable well-being of educational, social and ecological systems. The mission of the Chapman MAT program is to prepare reflective teacher-researchers who use integrated, developmentally appropriate, and critical pedagogies, and are ready to collaborate within diverse educational communities in order to lead us towards a more economically, socially, environmentally and politically just world.

In California, the appropriate credential to teach music at the elementary, middle and secondary level is the Single Subject credential in Music.

The Master of Arts in Teaching: Secondary Education program allows the candidate to obtain both the single subject credential and the master’s degree through an integrated program of coursework, fieldwork, and student research. Students will take the courses listed below.

In addition to the courses below, see the Teacher Education Programs page for admission requirements, California Commission on Teacher Education requirements for credentialing, graduate degree demonstration of mastery requirement, and graduate degree progression and completion requirements.

The following courses make up the M.A. in Teaching: Secondary Education (Music Education Program Emphasis) curriculum:

credential courses

TCHR 504 - Language Acquisition for Secondary Settings 3 credits
TCHR 508 - Designing Effective Learning Environments in Secondary Settings 3 credits
TCHR 522 - Educational Technology for Secondary Settings 3 credits
TCHR 532 - Content Literacy 3 credits
MUS 533 - Foundations of Music Education 3 credits
OR
MUS 693 - Directed Research 1-3 credits (3 credits required)
MUS 534 - Managing School Programs 3 credits
OR
MUS 693 - Directed Research 3 credits
TCHR 547 - Theories of Learning and Development for Education 3 credits
TCHR 550 - Evaluating Teaching Performance Expectations 0 credits
TCHR 571 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners 3 credits
MUS 583 - Student Teaching: Single Subject, Music 3 credits
TCHR 583 - Student Teaching: Single Subject 3-6 credits
TCHR 589 - Secondary Teacher Inquiry, Professionalism, and Wellbeing 3 credits

total credits for the credential 33

additional requirements for the Master of Arts in Teaching (6 credits)

The initial semester, after the completion of the credential program coursework, students enroll in ONE of the following (3 credits):

TCHR 543 - Integrated Pedagogy and Systems Thinking 3 credits
OR
TCHR 570 - Pedagogies for Social Change 3 credits
OR
TCHR 654 - Introduction to Educational Research 3 credits *
required Capstone
MUS 698C - Capstone: MAT Music Education Emphasis 3 credits

total credits for credential and Master of Arts in Teaching 39

*Other 600-level electives not appearing on the list above may be taken with approval of the portfolio/capstone project advisor.