Program Recognition
•Extends a music-teacher lineage in which more than a quarter of Colorado Teachers of the Year have been UNC alumni
Training
•66-credit Doctor of Arts centered on research methods, the philosophical and psychological foundations of music education, and the pedagogy of teaching and learning music
•Combines research training with explicit preparation for college teaching — the stated distinction from a PhD — plus a secondary area that may be drawn from outside music, such as educational leadership, special education or psychology
•The 16-credit dissertation is framed around practice: extending the candidate's teaching ability and applying music education theory to working school music programs
Value
•WRGP participation prices the doctorate at Colorado resident tuition for most students from Western member states
