Arkansas Tech University has received authorization from the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer two new master’s degrees.
The ATU Master of Music degree in music education will be offered beginning in fall 2024, while the ATU Master of Science degree in counseling will be available beginning in fall 2025.
Individuals interested in applying for admission to these programs may send e-mail to gradrecruiter@atu.edu to learn more.
Information provided by the ATU Department of Music indicates the Master of Music degree in music education will help students “demonstrate advanced competencies in music education” and provide students with “knowledge and skills in one or more fields of music outside music education such as performance, conducting, theory and analysis and history and literature.”
The proposed ATU Master of Music degree in music education will be offered 100 percent online.
Information provided by the ATU Department of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science states the Master of Science degree in counseling will provide “graduate-level instruction in counseling theory, individual and group facilitation skills, psychopharmacologic and psychopathologic interventions, research and assessment competencies, ethics, evidence-based decision making, diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice practices.”
The proposed ATU Master of Science degree in counseling will be offered through a hybrid model of 50 percent in-person learning and 50 percent online.
Learn more about these and other opportunities for graduate study at ATU by visiting www.atu.edu/gradcollege.
