Overview

About Music Education Jazz at Temple University

You’ll prepare for a career in music education with an emphasis on jazz through a comprehensive curriculum of applied music, internships and externships, and jazz studies.

In this interdisciplinary, five-year undergraduate curriculum, you’ll study music history and theory. Coursework emphasizes hands-on learning, including music arrangements, editing, orchestration, performance and recording. The Music Education/Jazz BM program’s education courses delve into teaching instrumentation, rehearsal techniques, listening and articulation, rhythm development and more.

You’ll also have opportunities to explore teaching across grade levels. Students can study elementary, secondary or higher education, as well as special needs education, to gain the groundwork needed to teach a diverse community of future learners and musicians.

Completion of the program requires a concentration and two student teaching placements. The number of required credit hours is between 158 and 161, depending on your concentration.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Collaboration & Creativity in the New Music Community,
Composing Music for Films,
History of Jazz,
Music Learning & Development,
Music in History,
Music Technology,
Orchestration, and
Teaching Instrumental Music to Inclusive Populations.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

39072 USD / year

≈ 39072 USD / year
Out-of-State

39072 USD / year

≈ 39072 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

22248 USD / year

≈ 22248 USD / year

Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

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Overview

About Music Education Jazz at Temple University

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Philadelphia

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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