Music Education-Instrumental Emphasis (Bachelor of Music in Music Education)

Major Requirements:

• MUSIC R101 Recital Attendance  (minimum 7 semesters)
• MUSIC 101 One-Hour Private Lesson  (on primary instrument)
• MUSIC 101 One-Hour Private Lesson  (on primary instrument)
• MUSIC 110 Intro to Music Software  
• MUSIC 120 Introduction to Music and Listening  
• MUSIC 124 World Music Lab: Asian  
• MUSIC 125 World Music Lab: Caribbean  
• MUSIC 126 World Music Lab: South American  
• MUSIC 127 World Music Lab: West African  
• MUSIC 128 Foundations of Audiation  
• MUSIC 129 Foundations of Musicianship  
• MUSIC 131 Musicianship I  ***
• MUSIC 132 Audiation I  ***
• MUSIC 133 Musicianship II  ***
• MUSIC 134 Audiation II  ***
• MUSIC 145 Class Voice  
• MUSIC 181 Class Keyboard I  **
• MUSIC 182 Class Keyboard II  **
• MUSIC 201 One-Hour Private Lesson  
• MUSIC 201 One-Hour Private Lesson  
• MUSIC 231 Musicianship III  ***
• MUSIC 232 Audiation III  ***
• MUSIC 241 Introduction to Music Education  *** 
• MUSIC 245 Percussion Methods  
• MUSIC 252 Middle School Methods with Field  *** 
• MUSIC 281 Class Keyboard III  ***
• MUSIC 301 One-Hour Private Lesson  *
• MUSIC 301 One-Hour Private Lesson  *
• MUSIC 301 One-Hour Private Lesson  *
• MUSIC 321 History of Western Music I  
• MUSIC 322 History of Western Music II  
• MUSIC 340 High School Music Field Experience  *** 
• MUSIC 341 Instrumental Methods   
• MUSIC 343 Exceptionalities and Interventions in Music Education  
• MUSIC 344 Woodwind Methods  
• MUSIC 345 Brass Methods  
• MUSIC 346 Choral Methods for Instrumentalists  
• MUSIC 356 Instrumental Conducting I  
• MUSIC 368 Elementary Methods with Field  *** 
• MUSIC 441 Marching Band and Jazz Band Methods  
• MUSIC 445 String Methods  
• MUSIC 456 Instrumental Conducting II  
• MUSIC R499 Full Recital  

• PSYCH 121 General Psychology  
• EDUC 232 Educational Psychology  ***
• EDUC 371 Reading for Learning  
• EDUC 401 Developing as a Professional Educator IV  
• EDUC 441 Student Teaching Elementary Music Education  
• EDUC 442 Student Teaching Secondary Music Education  

Footnote:

Special Requirements: approvals of Education Student Assessment and Monitoring Committee and Music Education Council: see the Education section of this bulletin. 

*    Minimum 7 semesters of Private Lessons and passing the 301 level. Performance Level Primary Lessons (e.g., 301P) may be used as a substitute.

**   Minimum grade of B required.
***  Minimum grade of C required. 

Signature Learning - Bachelor of Music in Music Education

• First Year Seminar (MUSIC 120 Introduction to Music and Listening for all music majors)
• Reading and Writing (minimum grade of C required) 
• Oral Communication (minimum grade of C required) 
• Ethics   
• Quantitative Reasoning (minimum grade of C required) 
• Religion
• Fine Arts - (Requirement waived for Bachelor of Music majors)
• Social Science *
• Cultural Pluralism *
• Natural Science (Students must take a minimum of six (6) credit hours of Natural Science and the laboratory science requirement) *
• Humanities
• Global Systems

*See Signature Learning Pathways for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses.