When students write music theses, they often do so as part of a larger course of study that also involves music performance and possibly music composition. Therefore, a music thesis should be a project that adds to and supports the other areas of one's study within the discipline. A large portion of relating the music thesis to one's broader study is choosing a good topic one may do this by identifying the center of his or her course of study and working outwards from there. For example, if a music history student has to perform a piece of music from the renaissance era and compose a piece that would fit well within that era, the center of study would be renaissance era music, and the student should write a music thesis that discusses some aspect of that subject. By contrast, the aforementioned student should probably avoid writing a music thesis on musical instruments from the ancient near east unless he or she can specifically relate those instruments to renaissance era music.

Students may write music theses in several different categories, including music history, music theory, composition, and style. The categories may intermingle, as long as the student clearly states the thesis idea in the introduction for example, a thesis writer may discuss the modes upon which the music of a certain period depends, but he or she should not write about music theory in a history thesis without clearly relating it to the period under discussion. Depending on what type of music thesis the student has chosen to write, the thesis may warrant some unusual appendices. Whereas the theses of other disciplines often contain appendices of additional charts or graphs, music theses may contain appendices of musical manuscripts or even possibly recordings of a piece of music. The student should talk with his or her major professor about how to convey the necessary information in an appendix the professor may be willing to allow the student to use some non standard appendix formats, such as a cd insert. The master of music in music education has two non certification options consisting of the research based research thesis/project option for fully certified music teachers who are seeking professionalization and our newly created community music option which serves to broaden the definition of music education to include other venues beyond public school teaching such as community outreach programs, arts organizations and educational media.

All of our degree programs are designed to facilitate students' growth and development as leaders in the profession of music education as creative problem solvers and innovative thinkers as individuals who love music and the arts and utilize their knowledge of and enthusiasm for music to inspire students and as contributors, through research, to the profession and discipline of music education. The music education curriculum is based on the belief that music educators must have comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter of music, an awareness of current theory and practice in music education, and an understanding of recent curriculum development and contemporary issues in general education. admission requirements in addition to the admission requirements for all applicants to the master of music programs, applicants to the music education program must submit: for the thesis option:

This may be a term paper or research paper written in any baccalaureate level music class, providing evidence of writing skills and potential for writing at the level of a graduate thesis.

for the certification option:

verification of appropriate mtel passing scores and/or provisional certification. an essay of at least three typewritten pages addressing the following: the applicant's purpose and specific objectives in pursuing graduate study in music education the applicant's philosophy of education in general and arts education in particular bloomington, in 47405 mailing address 1201 e. 3rd street bloomington, in 47405 hours: 8 am12 pm, 15 pm e mail: musgrad at indiana dot edu musicdgs at indiana dot edu eric isaacson .

Doctoral clerk

procedures for final submission of the mme thesis

after the defense, the student will need to submit the final version of the thesis to the music graduate office. Beginning january 2012, you have the option of submitting the final copy electronically or in a bound paper format. Electronically submitted thesis copies are hosted in the iu scholarworks repository ordinarily in pdf format. 160 electronic submission has several advantages: it is cheaper because you do not pay for paper and binding it is faster because you do not have to wait for a bindery to bind your thesis and deliver it and 160 it makes your research available to a much wider audience, since it is 160 provided a permanent url that can be found by web search engines, and is thus accessible world wide. 160 thesis copies that are submitted in bound paper format are available only to patrons of the music library and via interlibrary loan. 160 it may also be preferred by students who intend to pursue commercial publication of their thesis and who are concerned that potential publishers may be reluctant to publish a version of something that is already freely available via the web.

The student bears the cost of printing and binding, and will need to consider the costs of delivery to a bindery, how long it will take the bindery to complete the job, and the amount of time necessary for delivery of the bound copies to the music graduate office. These are 160 important considerations since the music graduate office must receive the bound copies before the degree can be posted. 160 students who submit their thesis electronically may of course arrange to have one or more personal copies bound. electronic submission using this method, you submit the final copy of the thesis electronically to the music graduate office, which transmits the document to iu scholarworks repository. 160 preparing the manuscript for submission before you submit your thesis, check it carefully to ensure that it complies with the styles guidelines for master's theses a link to these guidelines will be posted soon it will be similar to the style guidelines for doctoral documents . 160 this will be checked after submission and will be sent back to you for reformatting if not correct. If you submit the thesis too close to the semester deadline and it is returned because it does not comply with these guidelines, it could delay your graduation until the following semester.

Documents must be submitted in a special pdf format called pdf/a, an iso standard format designed for the long term preservation of digital documents. Information on creating pdf/a documents from some common platforms is provided below. If you are creating your thesis using different software, it is your responsibility to determine how to save your document in pdf/a format. Microsoft word on windows you will need to have adobe acrobat installed on the computer on which you complete this conversion. 160 open the word file click on the acrobat tab from the top menu bar click on preferences check the box next to the setting: create pdf/a 1a:2005 compliant file click ok to save, go to file, save as pdf.

Use the filename convention lastname_firstname_year.pdf note the location of the file when you save it. 160 macintosh all applications file print click the pdf button and select save as adobe pdf in the popup window, next to adobe pdf settings, select pdf/a 1b:2005 rgb click continue. When saving the document, use the filename convention lastname_firstname_year.pdf note the location of the file when you save it. Complete the information requested on the form and upload your pdf/a file to the form. The doctoral clerk will email you to confirm that the file was received and that it complies with the formatting guidelines.

The doctoral clerk will give final approval of the formatting and will upload the file to iu scholarworks. These 5 steps must be completed by the last day of the semester or jsom summer session in which you plan to graduate. bound paper submission using this method, you submit bound printed copies of the thesis.

160 after the defense of the thesis is passed and any final changes have been approved as directed by the thesis director, make the appropriate number of copies of thesis on proper paper see below and have them bound at a commercial bindery. For your convenience, two indiana based binderies are listed below, but you are free to use any bindery you wish. 160 the music graduate office must receive the actual bound copies by the last day of final exams for you to graduate. 160 if the copies are not submitted on time, it could delay your graduation until the following semester. Ask the bindery to put the final project or piano essay title and your full name on the front cover and the title and your last name on the spine of the bound copies.