Music Education (P-12), B.M.

Location(s): Main Campus

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Major Requirements

Major Requirements: 55 Credit Hours within the content area. An additional 42 Credit Hours of professional education courses are required for students pursuing secondary certification. Emphasis options can be added with additional requirements; for more information view Music Education (P-12), B.M. Emphasis Requirements .

Exit Exam: MUED 425

Music majors must achieve a grade of “C” or higher in prerequisite courses.

Required Music Courses: 39 Credit Hours

MUPR 100 - Class Piano Credits: 1 hour
MUPR 117 - Class Piano I Credits: 1 hour
MUPR 118 - Class Piano II Credits: 1 hour
MUSC 131 - Music Theory and Skills I Credits: 3 hours
MUSC 132 - Music Theory and Skills II Credits: 3 hours
MUSC 231 - Music Theory and Skills III Credits: 3 hours
MUSC 232 - Music Theory and Skills IV Credits: 3 hours
MUSC 312 - Basic Conducting Credits: 1 hour
MUSC 313 - Advanced Conducting Credits: 1 hour
MUED 324 - Teaching Music in the Elementary School Credits: 2 hours
MUSC 333 - Music History I Credits: 3 hours
MUSC 334 - Music History II Credits: 3 hours
MUED 336 - Instrumental Methods Credits: 3 hours
MUSC 401 - World Music Credits: 3 hours
MUSC 422 - Arranging Credits: 2 hours
MUSC 423 - Form and Analysis Credits: 2 hours
MUSC 424 - Twentieth-Century Music Credits: 2 hours
MUED 425 - Music Core Seminar Credits: 2 hours
Notes:
- Transfer students may have the pattern of prerequisites altered at the discretion of the Department Chair.
- Voice emphasis students must take MUPR 121 - Class Voice and Diction .
- Piano majors will substitute MUPR 221 - Piano Pedagogy for MUPR 117 - Class Piano I and MUPR 118 - Class Piano II .

Applied Lessons and Ensemble: 16 Credit Hours

Applied lessons and/or ensembles are taken every semester until the completion of MUAM 499 .

MUAI 021 - 421 - Applied Lessons
MUAM 001 - Applied Music Lab Credits: 0
MUPR 114 - Marching Band Credits: 1 hour (each Fall until MUAM 499)
MUPR 115 - Concert Band Credits: 1 hour (each Spring until MUAM 499)
MUAM 499 - Senior Recital Credits: 2 hours

Required Professional Education Courses: 42 Credit Hours

Notes: Music Education majors should take MUED 130 as a substitution in professional education and/or general education requirements.

COMM 230 - Introduction to Public Speaking Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 130 - Technology in the P-12 Classroom Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 235 - Basic Concepts Concerning Education Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 237 - Effective Teaching Practices Credits: 3 hours
PSYC 232 - Child and Adolescent Development Credits: 3 hours
PSYC 238 - Educational Psychology Credits: 3 hours
SOWK 436 - Human Diversity in a Global Society Credits: 3 hours OR SPAN 134 - Spanish for Public Service
SPED 233 - Survey of Individuals with Exceptionalities (P-12) Credits: 3 hours
The following may not be taken until admitted into the Teacher Education program:
EDUC 331 - Studies in Education: Special Topics in Literacy Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 432 - Fundamentals of Secondary Education Credits: 3 hours OR EDUC 430 - Classroom Management & Behavior (P-12 candidates only)
EDUC 497 - Supervised Student Teaching Credits: 12 hours *
*Student Teaching placements determined by Director of Student Teaching the semester before Student Teaching begins.