Music

Just follow the link to The College of Graduate Studies and fill out the online application available at the bottom of the page. Once you’ve been admitted, you can register for your first online class.

We’re in the process of creating a MM in music education, which has received planning authority by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.  We’re building the program course by course.  The program will be complete by the time our charter students complete their coursework.  For those who wish to complete their degrees at other institutions, some of the coursework may be transferable.

Graduate credits at Tarleton State University are an incredible bargain!  Tarleton's tuition is lower than most other state and private universities in Texas.

Tuition assistance for MM students is available, such as loans, grants, scholarships.  Follow this link to Student Financial Aid to learn about the types of aid Tarleton has to offer.

The courses in our graduate program will be taught by Tarleton music faculty who are members of the university’s graduate faculty.  These professors have advanced degrees in music education, musicology, conducting, and performance.  You can read more from the Fine Arts Faculty pages.

Courses in music education research, advanced pedagogy, analytical techniques, and arranging are planned, as well as other elective courses, such as ethnomusicology, jazz topics, American music, and technology for the music classroom.  See the table at the bottom of the page for a peek at the curriculum development in progress.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis; but it’s best if you begin your graduate application at least one month before the semester begins.  The GRE is required for admission to the graduate program, but you can take one semester of classes before this deadline.

The courses within the program do not have pre-requisites.  You can jump into the program at any point.  The first course offered in the Fall of 2008 will be Foundations of Music Education, MUSC 5403.