Music Education

The Ph.D. degree in Music Education from Kent State University integrates teaching, theory and research in inquiry about music teaching and learning. 

Through a collaboration with Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, the degree program allows for emerging scholars to engage in coursework and research in areas connecting musical and educational pedagogies. Students pursuing the Ph.D. degree are interested in preparing music teacher educators at institutions of higher learning; engaging in arts education activities; and exploring emerging practices in curriculum, artistic instruction and educational thought.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Music Education Music Education program from Kent State University Kent State University will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of music education research and practice relative to primary, secondary, undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels through writing and oral communication.

• Engage in research activities appropriate to doctoral and professional level practice in music education.

• Demonstrate active involvement at local, national and global levels through diverse professional activities, including but not limited to scholarly publications and presentations, collaborative research and engagement with other scholars in order to share knowledge in music and related fields.

• Communicate a comprehensive and sophisticated knowledge of music education through the lens of history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, research methodologies, advanced pedagogy, learning theories and methods of curricular structure.

• Demonstrate reading, research, writing and critical-thinking skills related to contemporary music education contexts.

Courses include:

• Curriculum

• Theory and Research in Teaching

• Advanced Studies in Secondary Choral and General Music

• Advanced Studies in Instrumental Music

• Advanced Studies in General Music for Children

• Research in Music Education