bachelor of music in music education

 

The Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree is a specialized professional
degree designed to prepare students for teaching in public school music programs. In
addition to a general studies program leading to teacher certification, students have the opportunity to specialize in:

General Education Core in Vocal or Instrumental Education - ENGL 1301, 1302, 2303, and either 2301 or 2302; three hours from ART 1301 or studio course, or MUSI 3304 or 3305, or THEA 1303; HIST 2301 and 2302; MATH 1304 or equivalent; EXSS 1112 and two activity courses; POLS 2301; EDUC 2307; RLGN 1301 and 1302; One life science and one physical science course; SPCH 1301 or 2302; FREN 1301-1302 or GERM 1301-1302 or SPAN 1301-1302 (Language requirements may be waived if student had two years of foreign language study in the same language and the student maintained a B average for the two years of study in high school); COSC 2311 or EDIT 2310 or MUSI 3302; UNIV 1100; GRAD 0001,
for a total of 60 hours.

*MUSI 3302 - Music Technology must be taken in the May micro-term after the freshman or sophomore year.

Major (Teaching Field) - Students pursuing all-level music certification must complete a major as well as a specialization block in music.

All-Level Vocal Music Education (EC-12): developing performance and leadership
skills in mixed chorus, men and women's ensembles, opera, musical theatre,
and chamber vocal groups; applied voice; conducting; music theory and history; and
vocal music education. 58 semester hours with *6 hours from the general education
core.

MUSI 0002 - Piano Proficiency
MUSI 4003 - Senior Recital
MUSI 1401 - Theory, Form and Counterpoint I
MUSI 1402 - Theory, Form and Counterpoint II
MUSI 2401 - Theory, Form and Counterpoint III
MUSI 2402 - Theory, Form and Counterpoint IV
MUSI 3106 - Strings
Two hours from
MUSI 3102 - Brass I
MUSI 3104 - Woodwinds I
MUSI 3107 - Percussion
MUSI 3203 - Diction I: English, Italian and Latin
MUSI 3202 - Conducting
MUSI 3212 - Choral Conducting
*MUSI 3302 - Music Technology
*MUSI 3304 - World Music
MUSI 3305 - American Music
MUSI 4213 - Vocal Pedagogy
MUSI 4216 - Orchestration
MUSI 4301 - History of Music from Antiquity to 1750
MUSI 4302 - History of Music from 1750 to Present
Seven semesters of applied music
Ensembles - seven semesters of participation in at least one major
ensemble each semester

All-Level Instrumental Music Education (EC-12): developing performance
and leadership skills in marching band, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, and various
instrumental chamber ensembles; applied instrument; conducting; music theory and
history; and instrumental music education. 58 semester hours with *6 hours from the
general education core.
MUSI 0001 - Recital hour - 7 semesters
MUSI 0002 - Piano Proficiency
MUSI 4003 - Senior Recital
MUSI 1401 - Theory, Form, and Counterpoint I
MUSI 1402 - Theory, Form, and Counterpoint II
MUSI 2401 - Theory, Form, and Counterpoint III
MUSI 2402 - Theory, Form, and Counterpoint IV
MUSI 3102 - Brass I
MUSI 3103 - Brass II
MUSI 3104 - Woodwinds I
MUSI 3105 - Woodwinds II
MUSI 3106 - Strings
MUSI 3107 - Percussion
MUSI 3202 - Conducting
MUSI 3213 - Instrumental Conducting
*MUSI 3302 - Music Technology
*MUSI 3304 - World Music
MUSI 3305 - American Music
MUSI 4216 - Orchestration
MUSI 4301 - History of Music from Antiquity to 1750
MUSI 4302 - History of Music from 1750 to Present
From one (1 semester only):
VOIC 1101 - Class Voice
VOIC 1105 - Private Voice
Seven semesters of applied music
Ensembles - seven semesters of participation in at least one major ensemble
each semester.

Professional Education - Music - Students pursuing all-level music certification will take a slightly different professional education sequence. Students must have taken and passed the basic skills test before taking professional education courses.

Courses included in this sequence follow:
EDUC 3313 - Educating Students from Diverse Backgrounds
EDUC 3301 - Principles and Practices in Education
MUSI 3310 - Music Education Methods: Introduction to Teaching
and Elementary Music
EDUC 4318 - Becoming a Teacher
EDUC 4664 - All Level Student Teaching
One from:
MUSI 4342 - Developing Choral Score Reading, Analysis,
Communication Skills and Survey Literature
MUSI 4343 - Developing Instrumental Score Reading, Analysis,
Communication Skills and Survey Literature
One from:
MUSI 4321 - Instructional Strategies and Practices in Secondary
Instrumental Music
MUSI 4323 - Instructional Strategies and Practices in Secondary
Choral Music

See current course catalog page 206-209 for recommended course schedule