Master of Arts in Music Education (Online Program)
The Online Master of Arts in Music Education is offered for those whose circumstances preclude the more traditional campus residency route.
Course Requirements
Curriculum for the MA in Music Education
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Tentative Online Course Schedule
Spring Semester 2009
- Music 750D: Major Issues in Music Education (3 cr)
- Music 477: History of Rock n Roll (3 cr)
- Music 695: Plan B Project/Exam (for students in final semester of degree)
Summer Session 2009 (summer course dates may vary)
- Music 661: Music Bibliography (3 cr)
- Music 407 Music Cultures of the World (3 cr)
- Music 477: History of Rock n Roll (3 cr)
- Music 400: Music as Therapy (3 cr)
- Music 601: Topics "History of Music Education" (3 cr)
Fall Semester 2009
- Music 477: History of Rock n Roll (3 cr)
- Music 695: Plan B Project/Exam (for students in final semester of degree)
- Music 600F: Music Education & the Internet (3 cr)
- Music 650/750B: Music in Childhood/Seminar: Childhood (3 cr)
Spring Semester 2010
- Music 651: Foundations of Music Education (3 cr)
- Music 701B: Psychology of Music (3 cr)
- Music 477: History of Rock n Roll (3 cr)
- Music 695: Plan B Project/Exam (for students in final semester of degree)
Summer Session 2010 (summer course dates may vary)
- Music 400: Music as Therapy (3 cr)
- Music 407: World Musics (3 cr)
- Music 477: History of Rock n Roll (3 cr)
Fall Semester 2010
- Music 600F: Music Education & the Internet (3 cr)
- Music 701C: Research in Music Education (3 cr)
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Faculty
- Chet-Yeng Loong, Area Head
Assistant Professor of Music Education - Barbara Payne McLain
Professor, Music Education - Arthur W. Harvey
Lecturer in Music Education - Gregg Geary
Librarian, Music Specialist and Head, Sinclair Library, Public Services - Jay W. Junker
Lecturer in Music - Frederick Lau
Professor of Ethnomusicology
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Computer Needs
Windows – Minimum System
- Any well-known, IBM-compatible computer (Dell, Gateway, HP, IBM with Windows 2000 or higher)
- 64 mb RAM (memory)
- CD player
- DVD player
- Printer
- Sound card/speakers
Macintosh – Minimum System
- PowerPC -- G4, G5 (iBook, iMac, and PowerBook are fi ne as well as most Macs made in the last 3-4 years.)
- Mac OS 10.0 or higher
- 64 mb RAM (memory)
- CD player
- DVD player
- Printer
- Sound card and speaker(s)
Required Software
Each of these software packages come in versions for either Macintosh or Windows. They can also share documents between these two computer platforms.
- Microsoft Word® - version 1997 or higher (discount for educators from www.microsoft.com)
- Web Browser: Netscape 4 or higher --or-- Internet Explorer 4 or higher; Mozilla, Safari
- Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download from www.adobe.com)
- Shockwave & Flashplayer plug-ins for browser (free download from www.adobe.com)
- Quicktime (for audio and video) free download from www.apple.com)
Internet Connection
High speed access HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (cable modem, DSL, T1, etc..)
Backup System
All online music students are required to have a designated “backup” computer site prepared in case they experience hardware problems at their primary study location. Computer malfunctions are not accepted as excuses for late or missing assignments. (Libraries, “Kinko’s,” school, neighbor, relatives, etc.. )
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Registration and Costs
Complete registration information
See the list of Tuition and Fees
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Examinations for Online Graduate Music Students
Course examinations
Quizzes and exams for individual courses will be managed within the course website. Your professor will create multiple choice, matching, short answer and essay questions. Exams may or may not have a time limit. If your instructor has limited the time for you to complete a quiz or exam, then you must carefully watch your time. The website will “lock you out” at the end of the allotted time period. Some instructors may create exams that may be taken more than once--others will only allow one attempt. All exams are considered “open book” in an online class.
Master of Arts Degree Diagnostic Examinations
Your advisor and the Online Program Administrator will help you arrange for a “Remote Examination” at a site near you. This will require that you hire an approved exam proctor. All exam materials will be sent to the proctor. The proctor will verify your identity, administer the exam, and then mail the exams to the University of Hawaii in envelopes provided. Should you fail any portion of the exams, you will need to arrange subsequent remote administrations after an approved period of time and/or enroll in remedial coursework.
Complete diagnostic exam information