Music Education

All of the core courses that are listed above under the heading General Requirements for All of the Bachelor’s Degree Programs in the College of Music (26 credits)
Music activity requirement (8 credits)
All students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music degree program in music education are required to participate in a major ensemble as designated by the College of Music during each fall and spring semester of enrollment in the program. A minimum of 8 credits in courses approved by the College of Music is required. Students who are enrolled in the music education major for more than eight semesters are required to complete more than 8 credits to satisfy this requirement. Students for whom a jazz instrument is their primary performance focus must participate in a band/wind ensemble, choir, or non-jazz orchestra for at least two of these semesters.
Complete the requirements for one of the following four performance areas (16 to 22 credits):
Private instruction in piano. This requirement must be met by completing 8 credits of Music 150A and 8 credits of Music 350A.
Stringed Instruments: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, and Harp; Wind Instruments: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, and Tuba; and Percussion Instruments (18 credits)
Private instruction in violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, and percussion instruments. This requirement must be met by completing one of the following pairs of courses, with 8 credits in the 100-level course and 8 credits in the 300-level course: Music 152A and 352A; 152B and 352B; 152C and 352C; 152D and 352D; 152E and 352E; 153A and 353A; 153B and 353B; 153C and 353C; 153D and 353D; 153E and 353E; 154A and 354A; 154B and 354B; 154C and 354C; 154D and 354D; 154E and 354E; 155 and 355 (16 credits)
Both of the following courses (2 credits):
For students who have studied piano previously, this requirement may be waived by examination.
Class Instruction in Piano I
Class Instruction in Piano II
Private instruction in voice. This requirement must be met by completing 8 credits of Music 151 and 6 credits of Music 351 (14 credits)
Both of the following courses (2 credits):
For students who have studied piano previously, this requirement may be waived by examination.
Class Instruction in Piano I
Class Instruction in Piano II
Both of the following courses (2 credits):
German Diction for Singers
French Diction for Singers
Jazz Instruments: Piano: Jazz, Woodwind Instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon); Jazz, Brass Instruments (trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba); Jazz, Stringed Instruments; Jazz, Percussion Instruments; Jazz (20 to 22 credits)
Private Instruction in Piano: Jazz, Woodwind Instruments: Jazz, Brass Instruments: Jazz, Stringed Instruments: Jazz, Percussion Instruments: Jazz. This requirement must be met by completing one of the following pairs of courses, with 8 credits in the 100-level course and 8 credits in the 300-level course: MUS 150J and MUS 350J; MUS 152J and MUS 352J; MUS 153J and MUS 353J; MUS 154J and MUS 354J; MUS 155J and MUS 355J.
One of the following two-semester sequences (4 or 6 credits):
Beginning Jazz Improvisation I
Beginning Jazz Improvisation II
Advanced Jazz Musicianship I
Advanced Jazz Musicianship II
Two of the following courses (4 to 6 credits):
Stringed Instruments: Jazz
Woodwind Instruments: Jazz
Brass Instruments: Jazz
Percussion Instruments: Jazz
Beginning Jazz Improvisation I
Beginning Jazz Improvisation II
Advanced Jazz Musicianship I
Advanced Jazz Musicianship II
Advanced Jazz Musicianship III
Advanced Jazz Musicianship IV
Introduction to Computer Music
Instrumentation and Basic Orchestration
Courses used to fulfill this requirement may not be used to fulfill requirement 3. c. above.
One of the following courses (2 credits):
Keyboard Literature to Mid-19th Century
Keyboard Literature since the Mid-19th Century
Art Song Literature: German
Art Song Literature: French, Spanish and Italian
Art Song Literature: British and American
Music of the 18th Century
Music of the 19th Century
Music of the 20th Century
Music, Sexuality, and Gender
All of the following courses (32 credits):
Class Instruction in Clarinet
Class Instruction in Stringed Instruments I
Class Instruction in Percussion Instruments I
Principles of Music Education I
Principles of Music Education II
Ensemble Conducting I
Student Teaching in Music
Reflections on Learning
Human Diversity, Power, and Opportunity in Social Institutions
Learners and Learning in Context - Secondary (W)
Becoming a School Music Teacher
Students who take MUS 153C and MUS 353C to satisfy the requirement 3. c. 2. (a) above must complete MUS 162 Class Instruction in Flute and Saxophone in lieu of MUS 163.
One of the following courses:
Students whose performance area is voice must take:
English Diction for Singers
Students whose performance area is not voice must take:
Class Instruction in Voice I
One of the following courses:
Class Instruction in High Brass Instruments
Class Instruction in Low Brass Instruments
Three of the following courses:
Students whose performance area is voice must take Music 144 as one of the electives. Students who wish to teach bands are strongly encouraged to take Music 162, 164, 174, and 165 or 166. Students who wish to teach strings are strongly encouraged to take Music 172. Students who wish to teach choral or general music are strongly encouraged to take Music 160. The electives selected cannot include the course used to satisfy section 3. h. above.
Italian Diction for Singers
Class Instruction in Guitar
Class Instruction in Flute and Saxophone
Class Instruction in Double Reed Instruments
Class Instruction in High Brass Instruments
Class Instruction in Low Brass Instruments
Class Instruction in Stringed Instruments II
Class Instruction in Percussion Instruments II
One of the following courses:
Ensemble Conducting II: Instrumental
Ensemble Conducting II: Choral
One of the following courses:
Teaching Instrumental Music
Teaching Stringed Instruments
Teaching Choral Music
One of the following courses:
Teaching General Music in the Elementary School
Teaching Secondary Classroom Music
Two courses from the following (4 to 6 credits):
The electives selected must be different from those courses used to satisfy sections 3. j., 3. k., and 3. l. above.
Ensemble Conducting II: Instrumental
Ensemble Conducting II: Choral
Methods and Literature for Voice
Teaching Instrumental Music
Teaching Stringed Instruments
Marching Band Methods
Music in Early Childhood
Teaching General Music in the Elementary School
Teaching Choral Music
Teaching Secondary Classroom Music