 Radford
University
offers a
Master of
Science
Degree
concentration
in Music
Therapy with
a choice of
two options.
Both options
prepare the
student for
advanced
practice in
the
profession
as well as
further
advanced
study. The
degree
program
includes a
required
core of
studies in
performance,
history and
theory.
The
Clinical
Option
includes
Level I
training in
the Bonny
Method of
Guided
Imagery and
Music
(BMGIM),
along with
course work
focused on
the
development
of verbal
counseling
skills and
techniques.
The course
work is
consistent
with state
requirements
for
licensure as
a
professional
counselor in
the
Commonwealth
of Virginia.
The
Research
Option
requires the
completion
of a thesis
with the
areas of research
open to the
student's
particular
interests.
(Clinical
Option)
– 42 credits
Bibliography
and
Research.
(3)
Music
History
Period
Course. (3)
Form and
Analysis.
(3) or
Analytical
Techniques.
(3)
Advanced
Methods &
Materials in
Music
Therapy.
(3)
Practicum in
Music
Therapy.
(4)
Special
Applications
in Music
Therapy I.
(3)
Special
Applications
in Music
Therapy II.
(3)
Music
Therapy
Project. (4)
Supporting
Music Course
- 1 credit
Behavioral
Science
Elective
to be
determined
in
consultation
between
student and adviser - 3
credits
Supporting
Counselor
Education
Courses
- 12 credits
COED 610
Individual
Differences
in Human
Development.
(3)
COED 611
Introduction
to the
Counseling
Theories and
Techniques.
(3)
COED 612
Professional
Issues in
Counseling.
(3)
COED 614
Group
Counseling
Theories and
Procedures.
(3)
(Research
Option) - 33
credits
Bibliography
and
Research.
(3)
Music
History
Period
Course. (3)
Form and
Analysis (3)
or
Analytical
Techniques
(3)
Educational
Research.
(3)
Advanced
Methods &
Materials in
Music
Therapy.
(3)
Practicum in
Music
Therapy.
(2)
Seminar in
Music
Therapy.
(6)
Research and
Thesis. (6)
Supporting
Music Course
- 1 credit
Behavioral
Science
Elective
to be
determined
in
consultation
between
student and adviser - 3
credits
Admission
Requirements
Minimum
overall
grade point
average
required is
2.7. Minimum
major grade
point
average
required is
2.7. All
graduate
students in
Music must
take written
diagnostic
exams in
Music
History and
Theory
before the
end of the
registration
period of
their first
semester of
study and
prior to
admission to
regular
graduate
status. Two
letters of
reference
are to be
submitted
from
professional
sources
(i.e.,
former
professor/mentor,
private
teacher,
etc.). All
students
pursuing a
master's
degree in
music must
have, at the
undergraduate
level, music
courses
equivalent
to those
required in
an
appropriate
undergraduate
degree
program at
Radford
University.
All students
entering the
M.A.(Music)
program
(which
requires at
least two
hours of
graduate
level
applied
study) must
also present
an entrance
audition in
their
applied
performance
area for
placement
purposes.
Students
entering the
M.S. in
Music
Therapy
without a
bachelor's
degree from
an NASM
member
institution
must also
present an
entrance
audition in
their
undergraduate
major and
minor
performing
areas for
diagnostic
purposes.
All students
applying for
admission to
a graduate
music
program are
required to
take the
Graduate
Record
Examination
(GRE) or the
Praxis II
music
content
examination.
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