Fall 2026

Music and the Academic Profession

MUSIC 720 prepares Music graduate students for the academic job market by examining higher education career pathways, program development, budgeting, and pedagogical methods.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Dan Cavanagh

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Lectures are small, with a median of 5 enrolled students in the recorded sections.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Music MA, Music MM, Music PhD, Music: Performance DMA, or Doctoral Minor in Music

    • Declared in Music MA
    • Music MM
    • Music PhD
    • Music: Performance DMA
    • Doctoral Minor in Music
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MUSIC 720

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    • Declared in Music MA
    • Music MM
    • Music PhD
    • Music: Performance DMA
    • Doctoral Minor in Music

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Fall 2026
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Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction5 / 120

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Student experience

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Examines music in higher education as a career pathway. Provides preparation for the academic job market to be competitive to enter the higher education workforce after graduation. Topics and activities include higher education program development and planning, basics of higher education budgeting and finance, organizational structures, explorations of the various types of positions in higher education, recruiting in the arts in higher education, mock interviews, introduction to pedagogical structures and methods, and others.

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Topics

  • Higher education program development and planning
  • Higher education budgeting and finance
  • Organizational structures in higher education
  • Types of positions in higher education
  • Recruiting in the arts in higher education
  • Mock interviews
  • Pedagogical structures and methods

Skills

  • Academic job market preparation
  • Higher education program development and planning
  • Higher education budgeting and finance
  • Understanding higher education organizational structures
  • Arts recruiting in higher education
  • Mock interview skills
  • Pedagogical structures and methods

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MUSIC 720 · Fall 2026

Music and the Academic Profession

Recorded 2026-09-07
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