Music Education Major - Bachelor of Arts

Hours: 106  

Prerequisites for Licensure - 18 hours

COM 100 Spoken Word (3) C
EDU 195 Educator Essentials for Professional Practice (3)
ENG 101 Written Word (3) C
PSY 103 Introduction to Psychology (3) CEP
SOC 103 Our Social World (3) CS
Choose one discipline specific math (MTH) course in the Core Curriculum (3) CMA

Theory - 12 hours

MUS 101 Theory and Skills 1 (3)
MUS 118 Theory and Skills 2 (3)
MUS 307 Theory and Skills 3 (3)
MUS 404 Theory and Skills 4 (3)

History - 12 hours

MUS 131 World Music (3) CAM
MUS 212 American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 (3) CAM
MUS 233 Listen to This: Musical Masterworks from the Middle Ages to 1750 (3) CAM
MUS 234 Listen to This: Musical Masterworks from 1750 to Present (3) CAM

Ensemble Leadership  - 3 hours

MUS 403 Basic Conducting (3)

Piano - 6 hours

MUS 105 Piano I (3) CAM
MUS 106 Piano II (3)

Technology - 3 hours

MUS 124 Music Technology I (3)

Ensembles - 10 hours

**MUS 110E University Singers (0-1); or MUS 120F Concert Band (0-1); or MUS 120K Orchestra (1): 1 credit hour for 7 semesters (7 hours total)
MUS 110E University Singers (1)
MUS 120N Lab Band (1) credit hour for 2 semesters (2 hours total)

**Piano Instrumentalists may choose either University Band or University Singers.  Not performing in an Ensemble is not an option.  In Singers, a pianist is responsible for some accompanying.  Other students choose the appropriate ensemble.

Applied - 7 hours

MUS 140A - 200 Private Lessons  (6 hours total) 
MUS 405 (1) Senior Recital
MUS 000R Repertoire Class (0) Required every semester, unless student teaching.

General Licensure Requirements - 13 hours

EDU 207/PSY 207 Educational Psychology (3)
RDI 311 Content Area Reading (3)
SED 215 Human Exceptionalities (3)
SED 215S Service Learning: Human Exceptionalities (1) EXP
SED 340 Teaching in an Inclusive Setting (3)

Music Education Licensure Requirements - 22 hours

EDU 333M Music Education Practicum (3) EXP
EDU 444M Music Education Student Teaching (12) EXP
MUS 343 Methods of Music I (3)
MUS 344 Methods of Music II (4)