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The master of arts in teacher education is a two-year evening- and summer-intensive program tailored to the working professional. the curriculum is based in both theory and practice. course work is completed on the byu campus..

This rigorous yet responsive program prepares teachers to improve classroom practices, become skilled teacher-leaders, and pursue doctoral studies or other advanced scholarship. Our curriculum provides opportunities to engage in meaningful inquiry and analyze important educational issues affecting classrooms.

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Teaching music in schools is an exciting professional choice that can bring a lifetime of satisfaction and artistic fulfillment. Toward that end, the BYU School of Music offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education. Students may pursue bachelor’s degrees and teaching certification in general music education as well as secondary choral and secondary instrumental music education. Master of Arts and Master of Music degrees in music education are also offered.

Like all music majors, undergraduate students in the music education division participate in BYU performing ensembles and complete the music core curriculum. In addition, music education majors take a wide range of classes and participate in a wealth of unique experiences that prepare them for teaching all grade levels and programs within their chosen specialty area. Music education majors engage in ongoing practical teaching opportunities in the public schools, beginning with their first semester in the program. Students are supervised by a dedicated team of nationally renowned music education faculty members, each bringing a distinctive specialty and perspective to the division. Graduates of the BYU music education program are actively sought by employers because of their superb preparation and can be found teaching in schools throughout the United States and Canada.

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This program is designed for licensed music teachers with at least one year of successful public school teaching experience who wish to pursue further academic study as a means to develop professionally. Coursework combines the study of philosophical, research-based, and theoretical views of teaching and learning music with pragmatic approaches to improving instruction. Outcomes of our program include students demonstrating increased ability as: informed, reflective educators/practitioners; emerging scholars; and improved musicians.

Although the MA degree is offered, all students enter the program through the MM degree. After the first term of study, through a joint decision of the student and the faculty, a student may transfer into the MA program if he or she wishes to follow the path leading to a thesis. The culmination of the MM degree is the professional improvement project. A masters degree leading to teaching licensure is not offered. Available for summers-only or full-time study.

Our masters programs consist of 32 hours, including coursework and a final document (Personal Improvement Project for the MM; Thesis for the MA). The coursework is usually done over the course of three to four summers, with occasional classes taken after hours during the school year if possible. Very limited spots for full-time study are available. However, all programs begin with a summer term. The timeframe for completion of the degree depends on the diligence of the student in completing the final exams and final document.

MM AND MA DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

All students coming into the program are to apply to the MM Degree . After the first term of study, through a joint decision of the student and the faculty, a student may transfer into the MA degree if he or she wishes to follow the path leading to completing a thesis.

MM DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (32 HOURS)

• Electives (10 hours)
• Music 533R—Choral Conducting and Development (6 hours)
• Electives (8 hours)
• Music 595—Score Analysis (2 hours)
• Music 508—Orchestra Literature 1 (2)
• Music 509—Orchestra Literature 2 (2)
• Music 510—Band Literature (2)
• Music 532R—Score Preparation and Development: Band (2)
• Music 534R—Score Preparation and Direction: Jazz (2)

MA DEGREE REQUIREMENTS (32 HOURS)

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The undergraduate program in mathematics education at BYU is unique in its approach to preparing future secondary mathematics teachers. This uniqueness is reflected in its course offerings, student teaching experience, and research opportunities.

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Mathematics Education majors and minors across the US typically take three types of courses for their degree:

• College mathematics courses  focused on mathematical content that is more advanced than the mathematics taught in secondary schools.
• Teacher education courses  focused on general issues, topics, and skills related to secondary school teaching.
• Mathematics education courses  focused on the mathematics content taught in secondary schools and the issues, topics, and skills related specifically to teaching mathematics.

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A lesson for the kids: 8 BYU student-athletes who exemplified to high school seniors what it takes to succeed

C rossing the finish line at the end of a 13-year marathon is cause for celebration, and thousands of Utah’s graduating high school seniors are doing just that this week. Congratulations is in order! You did it (including my daughter Lauren)!

As dinners, dances and Dr. Peppers escort parties deep into the night, a magical metamorphosis takes place. That same finish line that brought an end to state-mandated education turns into a starting point for the next marathon — life. For many, that includes higher learning.

A significant separator from a high school and college mentality is no one makes you seek additional education. It’s a choice that requires a commitment — emotionally, physically and, in many cases, financially. This run isn’t easy, especially for student-athletes, but it boasts another finish line that can make high school graduations feel like the warm-up band to the main event.

Here are eight of the outstanding BYU student-athletes who reached the second finish line this spring and paved a path for high school graduates to follow.

Huntyr Ava: Family life

The Rose Park, Utah, native earned her degree while hitting 63 career home runs for Gordon Eakin’s softball team. Ava delivered 233 hits and drove in 233 runs while earning first team All-Big 12 honors during BYU’s debut season in their new conference.

Bryce Robison: Exercise and wellness

Only seven pitchers in BYU baseball history finished with more wins than Robison’s 24. The Las Vegan struck out 212 batters in 42 starts (fifth most in program history).

Whitney Bower: Exercise and wellness

Reliable and relentless, Bower played in 136 matches during her BYU career. The Nampa, Idaho, product produced 451 kills, 4,583 assists and 1,230 digs for the nationally ranked women’s volleyball team.

Jaxson Robinson: Communications

The 6-foot-7 shooting guard from Ada, Oklahoma, led BYU men’s basketball back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2021 while earning the Big 12′s Sixth Man of the Year award. Robinson made 142 3-point shots and scored 750 points over his two seasons in Provo while completing his degree.

Kaylee Smiler: Biology (master’s degree)

Smiler played in 137 games and finished with 633 points, 250 assists and 102 steals. The Hamilton, New Zealand, guard also made 128 3-point shots while playing for two women’s basketball head coaches — Jeff Judkins and Amber Whiting.

Olivia Katoa: Psychology

Starting 97 games for BYU’s heralded soccer program, the Kaysville, Utah, native scored 25 goals and had 20 assists. Her Cougar run included two appearances in the College Cup, including the national championship game in 2021.

Aubrey Frentheway: Mathematics education

The BYU runner is from Cheyenne, Wyoming, and is a four-time All-American and a four-time All-West Coast Conference honoree. Frentheway was part of BYU’s 2021 NCAA cross-country national championship team. Last fall, she was named All-Big 12 and helped cross-country win BYU’s first Big 12 championship in all sports.

Keanu Hill: Exercise and wellness

The son of Texas Tech Hall of Fame receiver Lloyd Hill has 73 career receptions for 1,212 yards and 11 touchdowns, and he’s not finished. With his degree in hand, the 6-foot-4, 235-pound Bedford, Texas, product moved from receiver to tight end for his final year of eligibility this fall.

These eight BYU graduates, and all the rest of us, have a message for Utah’s high school graduates — congratulations! Be smart in your celebrations. Enjoy this time with your family and remember to thank your parents (you too, Lauren).

Finishing high school is great, but it’s not the end. In fact, it’s just the beginning. A new starting line will be waiting for you in the morning with the best times of your life still to come. If that journey includes higher education, there are plenty of good examples to follow, on and off the field.

Dave McCann is a contributor to the Deseret News and is a play-by-play announcer and show host for BYUtv/ESPN+. He co-hosts “Y’s Guys” at ysguys.com and is the author of the children’s book “C is for Cougar,” available at deseretbook.com .

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Billionaire rains cash on UMass graduates, $1,000 each, but they must give half away

By nick perry, associated press | posted - may 20, 2024 at 8:01 p.m., billionaire robert hale, right, with a graduate student onstage at the graduation ceremony, may 16, in dartmouth, mass. hale gifted graduates each with $1,000. (karl christoff dominey, university of massachusetts dartmouth ).

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MEREDITH, N.H. — The clouds weren't alone in making it rain on the commencement ceremony at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth last week. On stage, billionaire philanthropist Rob Hale surprised the graduating class of more than 1,000 by pointing to a nearby truck holding envelopes stuffed with cash.

Huddling under ponchos and umbrellas at the soggy ceremony, the graduates yelled and cheered, their mouths open wide, as Hale announced he was showering cash upon them. Security guards then lugged the cash-filled duffel bags onto the stage.

Hale told the students each would get $1,000. But there was a condition: They were to keep $500 and give the rest away.

Hale said the greatest joy he and his wife Karen had experienced in their lives had come from the act of giving.

"We want to give you two gifts. The first is our gift to you," Hale told the students. "The second is the gift of giving. These trying times have heightened the need for sharing, caring and giving. Our community needs you, and your generosity, more than ever."

The founder and chief executive of Granite Telecommunications, Hale is estimated by Forbes to have a net worth of $5.4 billion. He owns a minority stake in the Boston Celtics.

It's the fourth year in a row that he has given a similar gift to a group of graduating students. Last year it was to students at UMass Boston, and before that it was to students at Roxbury Community College and Quincy College.

But the students at UMass Dartmouth had no idea in advance that Hale would be speaking. Graduating students who didn't attend the ceremony missed out on the money. Hale told students his path to success had been rocky after his previous company Network Plus filed for bankruptcy in 2002, during the dotcom crash.

"Have you ever met someone who lost a billion dollars before?" Hale said, as he joked about giving the students career advice. "I may be the biggest loser you ever met, and you have to sit in the rain and listen to me."

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REXBURG — Brigham Young University-Idaho has released its official Spring 2024 enrollment numbers for both campus and online.

The university estimates that approximately 14,500 students are living in Rexburg during the Spring 2024 Semester with a total enrollment of 17,195 campus-based students. This number includes 12,584 campus-based students who are enrolled in face-to-face courses and 4,611 campus-based students who are enrolled in online courses and/or internships.

This semester, the campus-based student body consists of 8,864 male students and 8,331 female students (52% and 48% respectively). The total number of married students is 4,318, comprising 25 percent of the total campus-based student population.

In addition, BYU-Idaho has 18,720 online students who are serviced in partnership with BYU-Pathway Worldwide. This leads to a total of 35,915 total enrolled students at BYU-Idaho.

BYU-Idaho continues to integrate its unique student and academic emphasis that includes: the teaching focus of its faculty, the opportunity to gather with other students who share common values, the university’s focus on real-world preparation, and a high-value educational experience.

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