Assessment / Examination
To apply for a programme leading to the lower university degree, students are required to have completed the Estonian secondary school or other education of equivalent level. Assessment takes place continuously in the course of the study process, through feedback in the form of praise, encouragement or constructive criticism. The following table illustrates the overall number of examinations in music education study programmes and the relative proportion of oral, practical and written examinations.
Programme Level | Total Amount of Examinations | Incl. Pass/Fail Examinations | Oral / Practical Examinations | Written Examinations |
BA | 66 | 29 | 79,3 % | 20,7 % |
MA | 10 | 4 | 75 % | 25 % |
Table 5: Total amount of examinations
Entrance examination requirements | · Sing - a cappella - a children’s song freely chosen, along with piano accompaniment, and transpose it up and down a half tone. · Display their musical knowledge and abilities · Respond to questions from a panel. · Take an examination in their main instrument (either piano or another instrument). |
Graduation requirements | · Completion of the entire study programme · Passing the Bachelor degree examination. The Bachelor degree examination represents an integrative educational science examination, whose components are the major educational science subjects taken during studies – music education didactics, pedagogical practical training, educational science, learning psychology and educational philosophy. |
Table 6: The Bachelor Programme
Entrance examination requirements | · To present one long work of research · To respond to questions pertaining to a narrower speciality field (music pedagogy, educational science, music education) as well as to general cultural themes |
Master graduation requirements | · Complete the study programme in full · Defend the Masters Thesis |
Table 7: The Master Programme
Entrance examination requirements | · Masters degree or equivalent qualification · Entrance examinations. Admission to the doctoral programme is decided on the basis of candidate's academic performance and on the basis of an interview on the subject of the proposed dissertation |
Table 8: The Doctoral Programme