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Begin an exciting career as a music educator through this cutting-edge certification program, where you will gain the professional skills and knowledge needed for success.

Why Earn Your Master of Arts in Teaching Music at Sacred Heart?

Sacred Heart鈥檚 42-credit MAT with certification provides the skills and knowledge you need to be marketable in the job market and successful in the profession. Our flexible program schedules courses on weekday evenings and can be completed on a full- or part-time basis. With an MAT from Sacred Heart, you鈥檒l benefit from top tier professional preparation as well as the Farrington College of Education & Human Development鈥檚 forward-thinking and culturally responsive approach to preparing teachers.

Benefits of a Sacred Heart MAT

While earning your MAT, you will benefit from:

• Sacred Heart鈥檚 expert faculty鈥搘ho apply their experience as music educators, performers and scholars to prepare you for a rewarding and exciting career in music education
• A tuition-paid internship or residency鈥揳 unique advantage over many programs: Yearlong school-based experience integrates and extends traditional student teaching timeline, providing additional experience and mentoring
• A 12-week, full-time student teaching experience, which provides graduates with the professional skills required to be an effective music educator

Who can earn their MAT in music?

Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree in music are invited to apply for SHU鈥檚 Master of Arts in Teaching Music program. Prospective music educators looking to build on their undergraduate education and professional experience can attain their Connecticut initial teacher certification in music while earning an MAT at Sacred Heart University.

Learning Outcomes

Students will be equipped with the professional knowledge and skills required to be an effective music educator. Graduates will:

• Reach today鈥檚 students through a deep understanding of the diverse field of music education, how it has evolved and what it could be in the future
• Foster healthy, productive classroom communities and support the learning needs of all students
• Create meaningful, significant music learning experiences for students that systematically develop their musical knowledge and skills
• Develop and refine skills in lesson planning, assessment, differentiation, score study, conducting, rehearsal technique, secondary instruments and more

Career Outlook

Graduates will be attractive candidates for employment as music educators in public, private and parochial PreK-12 schools, and prepared to become leaders in their buildings and districts in the future. The skills and knowledge developed in this program will also make graduates more skilled teachers in nonprofit community music contexts as well as the private studio.

Practicing music teachers work in a wide and ever-expanding variety of contexts:

• Elementary classroom music
• Secondary general music classes including music technology, keyboard, guitar, music theory, music history and interdisciplinary collaborations
• An evolving array of large and small ensembles including choral, wind band, string, jazz, gospel, rock and other groups

Dual Degree Program

In the 4+1 Music (grades PreK-12) Education Dual Degree option, students earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree in Music in four years, taking education courses during their junior and senior years, thereby reducing the time and tuition cost of the graduate degree when compared to following a traditional plan of study.