Table of Contents

Indiana University

Jacobs School of Music

Music Education Department

Graduate Student Handbook

2024–2025

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Music Education Department

Graduate Student Handbook

2023–2024

1. Introduction

a. Music Education Welcome and Mission Statement

b. Faculty & Staff

c. Current Graduate Students

d. Doctoral Alumni in Music Education

e. Degrees in Music Education

2. General Information

a. Etiquette – Email and Otherwise

b. Housekeeping

c. Key Contracts, Lockers, Instrument Rental

d. Door Locking and Other Security Concerns

e. Video Equipment Check-out

f. Special Room Reservations

g. Equipment and Supplies

h. Copies and Printing

i. Grade Rosters and Grade Confidentiality

j. IU Email Policy

k. In-house Reserves

l. Office Hours

m. Criminal Background Checks

n. Mail – US and Campus

3. AI Teaching Information

a. Important Course Procedures for All Music Instructors

b. Approved Curricular and Extracurricular Activities

c. Suggestions for Course Syllabi

d. IU Health Center Excuse Policy

4. Campus Resources

a. Jacobs School of Music Health and Wellness Resources

b. Jacobs School of Music Office of Entrepreneurship (Project Jumpstart)

c. Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL)

d. Writing Tutorial Services (WTS)

e. IU Health Center

g. Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)

h. Division of Student Affairs30

g. Disability Services for Students (DSS)

i. LGBTQ+ Culture Center

j. Substance Abuse Intervention Center

k. Office of Student Conduct

l. Student Advocates Office

m. Student Legal Services (SLS)

n. Center for Veteran and Military Students

o. Office of International Services (OIS)

p. Parking Operations

5a-b. JSOM Graduate Programs in Music Education

a. Overview

b. Additional Crucial Information

i. Academic Conduct

ii. Problems, Difficulties, and Appeals

iii. Withdrawal from Courses

iv. Incompletes and Deferred Grades

v. FNN and FN Grades

5c. JSOM Graduate Programs in Music Education

c. Master’s Program Details

i. Overview

ii. Master’s Program Requirement Sheets

iii. MS Degree Requirement Sheets

iv. MME Degree Requirement Sheet

v. MS First-Year Review

vi. Music Education Department: MME Capstone Procedures

vii. Guidelines for Research Involving Human Subjects

(IRB Approval)

viii. Music Education Master’s Research Approval Form

ix. How to Prepare and Submit the Final Document

x. Sample Title and Signature Pages

xi. Submission Checklist for Doctoral Final Project, Piano Essay,

DME Dissertation, MME Thesis

5d. JSOM Graduate Programs in Music Education

ii. Doctoral Program Policies

iii. Coursework Requirements

iv. Qualifying Exams

v. Doctoral Final Project, Dissertation, or Piano Essay

vi. PhD and DME Requirement Sheets

vii. DME Requirement Sheet

viii. PhD Requirement Sheet

ix. Certificate in Music Education

x. Doctoral Minor Field Proposal Form

xi. Typical Timeline for PhD and DME in Music Education

xii. Advanced Research Courses

xiii. Music Education Progress Oral Examination

xiv. Rubric for Progress Oral Evaluation

xv. Music Education Doctoral Progress Oral Examination – Advice for

Student Preparation

xvi. Guidelines for Research Involving Human Subjects

(IRB Approval)

xvii. MUS-E662/E663 Public Lecture

xviii. Public Lecture Approval Form

xix. Music Education Department: Dissertation Procedures

xx. Doctoral Advisory Committee Request Form

xxi. Submission Checklist for Doctoral Final Project, Piano Essay,

DME Dissertation, MME Thesis

6. Financial Support

a. Support for Graduate Students

b. Assistantships in Music Education

c. Jacobs School of Music Awards

d. Internal University Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships

e. Grants-in-Aid of Doctoral Research

f. Student Travel Funding Grants

g. Textbook Expenses

h. Additional Helpful Information

7. Academic Advising

a. Jacobs School of Music Academic Advising

b. Music Education Graduate Course Offerings Planning Chart

8. Research Events

a. Introduction

b. Music Education Research Colloquium, MUS-E650

c. Jean Sinor Memorial Lecture Series

d. BTAA Conference

e. Other Research Presentation Opportunities