M.A. Music Therapy
Successful Graduates
Melissa Jones '02
Saunders House
Tracy Luecker '01
Elwyn Institute; Kardon Institute
Christine Manko-Morgan '86
The Vanguard School
Music Therapy has gained serious national attention over the past four decades. Music therapists strive to assess the needs of their clients and design a musical regimen based on those needs. This therapy helps people with any number of challenges such as Autism, Down's syndrome, emotional, mental or physical handicaps, and brain injuries. Therapists use melodies, rhythms, accompaniments, etc. to encourage communication, self-expression, rehabilitative goals and to motivate. Methods of treatment depend on each patient's individual needs.
Preparation for the Board Certification Examination in Music Therapy (B.C.) is accomplished as part of the Music Therapy degree program at Immaculata University. Graduates of this program enter the field ready to meet the challenges music therapists embrace with enthusiasm and competence every day.
Admission Requirements
- Completed application form and fee
- Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate study
- Two letters of recommendation
- Acceptable scores on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
- Official score on Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for international students
- Goals Statement
- Applicants must take the following music examinations: Performance, Music History and Literature, Music Theory, Music Therapy
In order to be admitted to the graduate program in Music Therapy each applicant must possess one of the following undergraduate degrees:
- Music and liberal Studies
- Music Therapy
- Performance
- Music Education
- Musicology
- Theory and Composition
- and/or a degree in related fields in which the candidate has had an undergraduate equivalency program in music.