The University of Southern Mississippi delivers the Master of Music Education degree in three different formats:

1) the Traditional Master of Music Education degree
2) the Licensure Master of Music Education degree
3) the Hybrid Master of Music Education

The Traditional degree of 30 hours is an “on-campus” degree. This means the majority of the curriculum (24 of the 30 required hours) must be taken on a USM campus. 

The Licensure degree is an “on-campus” degree for students who obtained a non-education degree like the Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Art degree and now wish to teach. This degree, requiring 54-57 credit hours, provides licensure to teach at the masters salary level. 

The Hybrid degree, like the Traditional degree, is 30 hours in length and combines internet classrooms with local intensive sessions.

For the Traditional and Hybrid degree, at least 18 of the 30 hours of coursework must be at the 600 level or higher. A 3.0 G.P.A. is required for graduation.  The degree can be completed between 18 and 24 months.  Undergraduate prerequisite: completion of a bachelor’s degree in music education at The University of Southern Mississippi or an equivalent program that included student teaching and state licensure. 

To learn more about the degree, please visit USM’s Masters of Music Education Degree.