1. Different professional categories: musicology is an art major, and music education is an education major.
2. Different learning directions: The courses of musicology major mainly include classics, vocal music, piano skills and harmony. In addition to music majors, music education majors also need to learn pedagogy, educational psychology, music teaching methods, Putonghua teaching and other teaching-related contents.
3. Different training objectives: Musicology majors mainly train applied talents with basic theory of music performance and artistic practice knowledge. Music education major is to cultivate talents with practical skills and teaching ability.
Musicology is the general name of all theoretical disciplines that study music. The research objects and emphases of musicology in different periods are different. In addition to the basic research objects, musicology also includes the physiological behavior, creative behavior, performance behavior, aesthetic behavior, acceptance behavior and learning behavior of music.
Music education majors train and bring up specialized talents with good music literacy and teaching ability to meet the needs of socialist market economy construction and educational reform and development. Through the study of this major, we can adapt to the development requirements of teachers' specialization, systematically master the basic theories and methods of music education, and engage in the education and teaching work after the new curriculum reform of music education in primary and secondary schools.
Employment fields of graduates majoring in music education
1, music teachers in primary and secondary schools, art colleges.
2. Performers, singers and creators of professional art groups.
3. Music teachers and counselors in social children's art training institutions, youth palaces and Children's Home.
4. Cultural bureaus, cultural stations, trade unions of grass-roots factories, mines and enterprises, relevant departments, administrators, counselors, organizers of cultural performances, competitions and other activities.