Catalog 2005-2006
Graduate School of Education and Counseling

Information found in this online edition of the 2005-06 Catalog is unofficial and for informational purposes only. The official document of record is the printed edition of the 2005-06 Catalog. For more information, please contact the Dean of the Graduate School.

Please Note: This is the 2005-2006 catalog. It is now out of date, and included here only for archival purposes. Please use the current edition. Thank you.

Master of Arts in Teaching and Oregon Standard Licensure: Music

For practicing music teachers with a Basic License, Lewis & Clark offers a program to obtain the M.A.T. degree and a Standard License. This program, designed with a high degree of individuality, seeks to achieve a balance among musical, philosophical, and practical growth.

The music education curriculum includes a full range of courses in musicianship, performance, pedagogy, theory, research, and methodology. Full-time and summer session students study with specific members of the distinguished faculty, each a recognized expert in one or several fields.

This course of study gives the candidate extended knowledge, understanding, and skills that contribute to professional effectiveness as a teacher-musician in elementary, middle, and secondary schools. The M.A.T. in music fulfills all requirements for the Oregon Standard Teaching License.

Those who want to teach at the middle-level/high school grades must pass Praxis II tests in their specific subject area. Generally there are two or three tests in each subject-area endorsement in some combination of multiple choice and constructed-response formats.