Prospective Student Information: Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program

The Master of Arts in Teaching with emphasis on Music Education (MAT Program), administered through the School of Education, is a full-time twelve-month program providing initial certification to teach music in the public schools. It offers students a reflective, student-centered curriculum, which uses the realities of the public school classroom as the motivation for students to connect theory and practice.

Admission requirements include a baccalaureate degree with a major in music or its equivalent, application to the Graduate School at UNC-CH, the Graduate Record Exam, documentation of experiences working with young people, and may require videotaped or a demonstration in person of musical competency and preparation.

MAT Program faculty in Music Education include:

• Dr. Daniel M. Huff, Program Chair, secondary choral music education, (919) 962-4219, dhuff@email.unc.edu
• Ms. Mérida Negrete, secondary instrumental music education, (919) 962-3501, mnegrete@email.unc.edu

Application and further information may be obtained by contacting any of the program faculty above or by visiting the School of Education Graduate Programs page at http://www.unc.edu/depts/ed/mat/index.html.

The director of admissions for the MAT program in the music department is Professor Daniel Huff, email: dhuff@email.unc.edu, or you may contact the department at the following address:

Department of Music
CB#3320 Hill Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3320

phone: 919-962-1039
fax: 919-962-3376