GRADUATE PROGRAM APPLICATION
 

Please fill out and submit this application at the same time you are applying to Kent State University.

Last Name:
First Name:
E-mail Address:
 
Degree (Please check one):
 

M.A.        M.M.            Ph.D.
Major (Please check one):
 

Performance :
Conducting
Composition
Ethnomusicology
Music Education
Music Theory
Musicology
Musicology-Ethnomusicology
Music Theory-Composition
Undergraduate Degree:
      Date Conferred:
      School:
   
Graduate Degree:
      Date Conferred:
      School:
 

SCHOOL OF MUSIC ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS (please mail materials to: Graduate Coordinator, School of Music, Kent State University, PO Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242):

Performance/Conducting:  
  Audition (please submit an audition application)
   
Music Education:  
  Master’s:  An accredited teaching certificate.
  Doctoral:  Evidence of three years of successful teaching experience at elementary and/or secondary levels;  a videotape or DVD recording of teaching; an interview.
Musicology, Ethnomusicology:  
  Master’s:  Submission of an academic paper written in English (e.g., term paper).
  Doctoral:  Evidence of competence in written English, organizational skills and knowledge of basic research techniques.  A master’s thesis or a published scholarly paper will satisfy this requirement.
   
Composition, Theory:  
  Master’s: 
Composition - Submission of a portfolio of original compositions.
Theory – Submission of an academic paper written in English (e.g., term paper).
  Doctoral:  Evidence of competence in written English, organizational skills and knowledge of basic research techniques.  A master’s thesis or a published scholarly paper will satisfy this requirement; a portfolio of original compositions.