Music (Music Education) - Master of Music

Requirements

Students must make the grade of B or better in a course for it to count toward degree completion.

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Students must make a B or better before taking additional music theory/music history courses.

New Mexico State University master’s accelerated program provides the opportunity for academically qualified undergraduate students to begin working on a master’s degree during their junior and senior years while completing a bachelor’s degree. Typically, a bachelor’s degree requires four years to complete, and a master’s degree requires an additional two years. The master’s accelerated programs allow students the opportunity to complete a graduate program in an accelerated manner. You can also check NMSU’s catalog for additional information about our programs. 

MAP Requirements

• The Graduate School allows qualified junior or senior students to substitute its graduate courses for required or elective courses in an undergraduate degree program and then subsequently count those same course as fulfilling graduate requirements in a related graduate program.
• Undergraduate students may apply for acceptance to the accelerated master’s program after completing 60 semester hours of undergraduate coursework of which a minimum of 25 semester credit hours must be completed at NMSU.
• The grade point average must be at a minimum of 3.00.
• Students must receive a grade of B or higher in this coursework to be counted for graduate credit. If a grade of B- or lower is earned, it will not count toward the graduate degree.

Accepted MAP Courses

The following courses are accepted for use in the MAP program, any other courses may be considered after a consultation with an advisor. An exception will need to be made to the degree audit in order for the additional course(s) to be included on both the Undergraduate and Graduate degrees.

Enrollment in graduate courses requires the approval of the Department Head and a completed MAP form before the first semester to take MAP courses for dual credit. Please meet with Department Head or Graduate Advisor for more information.

Undergraduate Students will be able to count MUSC 477 Graduate Music History Review as an upper-level music history course and fulfill the Master’s requirement.
Undergraduate Students will be able to count MUSC 471 Graduate Theory Review as a 400-level elective and fulfill the Master’s requirement.
Undergraduate Students will be able to count MUSC 486 Applied Music Pedagogy and Literature II as an upper level elective (or fulfill the 486 degree requirement for the piano performance BM), and fulfill the Master’s requirement.