Graduate Degrees are offered in Master of Arts and Master of Music. Degree opportunities include: collaborative piano, composition, conducting (wind, choral, and orchestral), jazz studies, music education, music performance (brass, percussion, piano, strings, voice, and woodwinds), music theory, musicology, and piano pedagogy.

Applicants must submit a teaching demonstration video of at least 60 minutes of instruction. Any level of student may be presented. Upload to the College of Music Supplemental Application. Deadline is Dec 1. Audition: Use the College of Music Supplemental Application to register for an audition. Interview: An interview with the Director of Piano Pedagogy is required of applicants for the MM in Piano Pedagogy. Interviews will be 15 to 30 minutes in length, and will occur on the assigned audition day.

Applicants to the master's program in orchestral conducting must submit a video of the applicant in rehearsals and performances. Upload this to the College of Music Supplemental Application. Deadline is Dec 1. Virtual Audition Those invited to audition will be contacted by the orchestral conducting faculty.

Starting Fall 2021, we are introducing the Master's in Advertising and Public Relations. This degree highlights the exciting intersections between the practices of Advertising and PR. For more details and to apply, visit https://comartsci.msu.edu/academics/academic-departments/advertising-public-relations/graduate/master-arts-advertising. In the Public Relations Master's Program from Michigan State University, you'll get the chance to learn leadership skills, strategic and theoretical principles of public relations, research training and more. Whether you're interested in climbing the professional ladder or continuing your academic career, this program will give you the skills you need to succeed.

We seek people aspiring to high-impact careers in our rapidly changing media world. A keen sense of urgency about civic life and technology propels them; academic and journalistic principles guide them. Our graduates will not just make a difference in the world, they will be the difference. In these times, journalism is more essential, intense and challenging than ever. The people who lead it must be passionate, courageous and exceptional, not just in the practice of journalism but in elevating it.

The Master's Degree Program in Communication from Michigan State University has two major directions, the thesis option (pre-Ph.D. track) and the final examination option (career-oriented track). For either option, you can select a focus area in communication as an emphasis, such as interpersonal communication, organizational communication, mediated communication, persuasion and social influence, political communication or intercultural communication.