Music Education - Bachelor of Music in Music Education - Vocal Emphasis

A minimum of 124 semester hours is required for all undergraduate degrees for graduation. Some majors may require more than 124 credits.

Major Requirements:

MUSIC R101 - Recital Attendance (minimum 7 semesters)
MUSIC 101 - One-Credit Private Lesson (Take two times on primary instrument)
MUSIC 110 - Introduction to Music Software
MUSIC 120 - Introduction to Music and Listening
MUSIC 123 - Music Cultures of the World
MUSIC 128 - Foundations of Audiation (B+ or better required)
MUSIC 129 - Foundations of Musicianship (B+ or better required)
MUSIC 131 - Musicianship I (C or better required)
MUSIC 132 - Audiation I (C or better required)
MUSIC 133 - Musicianship II (C or better required)
MUSIC 134 - Audiation II (C or better required)
MUSIC 181 - Class Keyboard I (B or better required)
MUSIC 182 - Class Keyboard II (B or better required)
MUSIC 201 - One-Credit Private Lesson (Take two times on primary instrument)
MUSIC 231 - Musicianship III (C or better required)
MUSIC 232 - Audiation III (C or better required)
MUSIC 241 - Introduction to Music Education (C or better required)
MUSIC 247 - Survey of Instrumental Methods
MUSIC 252 - Middle School Methods with Field (C or better required)
MUSIC 268 - Diction for Singers I
MUSIC 281 - Class Keyboard III (B or better required)
MUSIC 301 - One-Credit Private Lesson * (Take three times on primary instrument)
MUSIC 321 - History of Western Music I
MUSIC 322 - History of Western Music II
MUSIC 340 - High School Music Field Experience (C or better required)
MUSIC 342 - Choral Methods
MUSIC 343 - Exceptionalities and Interventions in Music Education
MUSIC 350 - Directing a School Musical
MUSIC 358 - Choral Conducting I
MUSIC 368 - Elementary Methods with Field (C or better required)
MUSIC 459 - Choral Conducting II
MUSIC 480 - Vocal Pedagogy
MUSIC R499 - Full Recital
PSYCH 121 - General Psychology or PSYCH 120 Introduction to Psychology
EDUC 232 - Educational Psychology (C or better required)
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

Additional requirements to complete

Take 7 semesters of Major Choral Ensembles from; MUSIC-060 MUSIC-061 MUSIC-062 MUSIC-063 MUSIC-065 MUSIC-066

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 * (Psych-121)
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.

Footnotes:

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

* One semester of Music-401 can be substituted for one semester of Music-301.