MUSIC AND THE ACADEMIC PROFESSION
Examines music in higher education as a career pathway. Provides preparation for the academic job market to be competitive to enter the higher education workforce after graduation. Topics and activities include higher education program development and planning, basics of higher education budgeting and finance, organizational structures, explorations of the various types of positions in higher education, recruiting in the arts in higher education, mock interviews, introduction to pedagogical structures and methods, and others.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Music MA, Music MM, Music PhD, Music: Performance DMA, or Doctoral Minor in Music Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Delineate the various ways music programs are situated and structured within various higher education contexts (community college, four-year universities, private, public). Audience: Graduate 2. Describe basic funding mechanisms for higher education, and apply these mechanisms to the idiosyncrasies of music programs within higher education. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop and polish professional materials, including a basic professional website, headshot, curriculum vitae, sample cover letters, etc. Audience: Graduate 4. Refine professional presentation, interviewing, and written skills. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe basic music higher education accreditation (National Association of Schools of Music and the regional accreditation bodies) and the application of accreditation to the operations of a music unit. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Delineate the various ways music programs are situated and structured within various higher education contexts (community college, four-year universities, private, public). Audience: Graduate 2. Describe basic funding mechanisms for higher education, and apply these mechanisms to the idiosyncrasies of music programs within higher education. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop and polish professional materials, including a basic professional website, headshot, curriculum vitae, sample cover letters, etc. Audience: Graduate 4. Refine professional presentation, interviewing, and written skills. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe basic music higher education accreditation (National Association of Schools of Music and the regional accreditation bodies) and the application of accreditation to the operations of a music unit. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027