Mansfield University Home PageMansfield's music education program is known throughout the Northeast for training some of the best music teachers in the region. If you have a love of music and a passion for education, Mansfield will prepare you to be a leader in the classroom.
- The Bachelor of Music in Music Education is designed to develop public school music teachers who are intelligent and competent musicians, well-prepared educators, and informed citizens. The program is general in nature, preparing the graduate to teach vocal, instrumental, and general classroom music at all levels.
- Completion of the music education degree prepares students to teach both vocal and instrumental music at the kindergarten through high school levels, and is designed to meet the certification requirements set by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The music education program is accredited by NASM, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, The National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education, and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
- The program attempts to provide a balance between a broad general education, the intensive training necessary to develop a professional musician, and the background of professional study and experience necessary for entering the field of education in today's society. Students have the opportunity to gain teaching experience in both the elementary and secondary music classroom during their course of study, in lab settings and in student teaching.
- Individual students select to be tracked in either the vocal or instrumental area, thereby meeting the needs of the public school systems in their demand for specialization. Voice, piano, and guitar students are considered in the vocal track, and band and orchestra instrument students are considered in the instrumental track. Exceptions to this designation may be petitioned to music education faculty no later than the sophomore year.
- For information about the Master of Music degree in music education, click here.
- Questions about teaching music? Visit our blog! You can post questions to our faculty, see what other music teachers are doing, and improve your own teaching!
For more program information, click here for the Music Dept. Handbook or contact Dr. Sheryl Monkelien
