此36学分的计划对具有教育背景的申请人开放。如果您是具有三年教学经验的认证教师，则在完成该计划后，您将有资格获得纽约州教育局（NYSED）的专业教学认证。教授音乐是向儿童介绍一种艺术形式这是全人类的基础。但是音乐教育的好处远远超出了学习唱歌，演奏和欣赏音乐的范围。认知能力的发展，良好的运动技能，文化意识和增强的智力能力都是音乐研究的进步。音乐教育将艺术表达的乐趣与课堂教学的挑战与回报结合在一起。音乐教育硕士课程是刘邮政教育学院，信息与技术学院和表演艺术学院的一项联合计划，提供两项学习计划：一项由纽约州教育
This 36-credit program is open to applicants with a significant background in education. If you are a certified teacher with three years of teaching experience, upon completion of the program you will be eligible to apply for Professional Teaching Certification by the New York State Education Department (NYSED). To teach music is to introduce children to an art form that is basic to all of humanity. But the benefits of music education go far beyond learning to sing, play and appreciate music. Cognitive development, fine motor skills, cultural awareness and increased intellectual capacity all progress from the study of music. Music education combines the joy of artistic expression with the challenge and rewards of classroom instruction. A joint program of the LIU Post College of Education, Information and Technology and School of Performing Arts, the M.S. in Music Education offers two plans of study: a 33-credit plan for initial teaching certification by the New York State Education Department and a 36-credit plan leading to professional certification, for students with a significant background in education.