The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University

Topic
The Field Study, usually completed at the end of the degree program, will be a scholarly document dealing with current issues in music education.  It may be a research project, a curriculum development project, a lecture-recital or any other type of project concerned with current music education issues.


Proposal
A brief proposal of the topic, including purpose and rationale for the project, a brief outline of the project and a brief bibliography must be approved by the Music Education faculty by February 1 of the year of anticipated graduation.  In the case of a longitudinal research project, an earlier submission of the proposal is in order.


Format
The document will be scholarly in nature and will adhere to the guidelines set forth by Turabian or APA for both references and writing style.  Another source that may be used is The Elements of Style by Strunk and White.  Margins are as follows:  left - 1.5 inches; top, right and bottom - 1.25 inches.  The paper should be double-spaced, with the exception of tables and other figures.


Procedure
The candidate will select one of the Music Education faculty members to be his or her primary reader.  The candidate should work closely with that faculty member, submitting several drafts prior to submitting the completed document to the entire faculty.  The completed document should be free of all proofreading, grammatical and editing concerns.  At this point, the faculty should be reading for content and concepts, not for editing purposes.

The candidate will submit three copies of the complete document to the Music Education faculty by April 1 and be prepared to discuss/defend the document by April 20 if he or she anticipates graduation at the conclusion of the academic year.  Following official acceptance of the Field Study, candidates must submit two clean copies, incorporating all additions and corrections, for placement in the Peabody Library Archives and the Music Education Library.