Music Education, Instrumental, K-12 Licensure, Piano Emphasis (MUSKI.BME)

* This program requires a minimum 2.75 GPA overall, in English Composition and Mathematics, in the Specialty Area Requirements, and in the Professional Education / Professional Semester Requirements, as well as a grade of C or higher in all Professional Education courses.*

*MTHS-135 Introduction to Statistics is required in the general education.*

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MUSKI.BME 20-21

General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 41

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Students majoring in Music Education will take ONLY ONE Humanities course: HUMN-201 Foundations of Western Culture.

Specialty Area Requirements

Applied Study - Primary Instrument - Piano (7 semesters) Credit Hours: 7
Applied Study - Secondary Instrument - Non-keyboard Instrument or Voice Credit Hours (2 semesters): 2
Performance Ensemble - Required (6) and Elective (3) Credit Hours: 9
- Required: (3) 1 semester each of the following:
  - MUSE-101CPI Instrumental Collaborative Piano
  - MUSE-101CU Choral Union OR 101LC Chorale
  - MUSE-102CM Chamber Music
- Required: (3) 3 semesters each of the following:
  - MUSE-101OR Orchestra OR
  - MUSE-101WE Wind Ensemble OR
  - MUSE-101SB Symphonic Band (if not accepted into Orchestra or Wind Ensemble)
- Elective: 3 semesters of any ensemble

MUST 111 - Materials of Music Credit Hours: 3
MUST 112 - Aural Skills I Credit Hours: 1
MUST 121 - Music Theory II Credit Hours: 3
MUST 122 - Aural Skills II Credit Hours: 1
MUST 231 - Music Theory III Credit Hours: 3
MUST 232 - Aural Skills III Credit Hours: 1
MUST 241 - Music Theory IV Credit Hours: 3
MUST 242 - Aural Skills IV Credit Hours: 1
MUSB 135 - Music Technology Credit Hours: 1
MUED 120 - Vocal Techniques for Instrumentalists Credit Hours: 1
MUED 231 - Brass Techniques Credit Hours: 2
MUED 241 - Woodwind Techniques Credit Hours: 2
MUED 251 - String Techniques Credit Hours: 2
MUED 261 - Percussion Techniques Credit Hours: 1
MUCO 330 - Fundamentals of Conducting Credit Hours: 2
MUCO 332 - Advanced Instrumental Conducting Credit Hours: 2
MUST 341 - Orchestration and Arranging Credit Hours: 2
MUHL 212 - Music History: 1700 - 1850 Credit Hours: 3
MUHL 311 - Music History: Antiquity to 1700 Credit Hours: 3
MUHL 312 - Music History: 1850 - Present Credit Hours: 3
MUSG 185 - Performance Seminar Credit Hours: 0 (7 semesters)
MUSA 186 - Piano Seminar Credit Hours: 0 (7 semesters)
MUSA 288 - Upper Division Admission Examination Credit Hours: 0
MUSA 495 - Senior Recital Credit Hours: 0 - 1, depending on student’s degree program.
MUSW 495 - Senior Seminar in Music (Capstone) Credit Hours: 2

Subtotal Specialty Area Requirements: 60

Secondary Professional Education Requirements

MUED 225 - Introduction to Music Education Credit Hours: 2
MUED 350 - General Secondary Methods - Music Education Credit Hours: 1
SPED 316 - Exceptional Child Credit Hours: 3
MUED 422 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Marching Band Credit Hours: 2
MUED 423 - Methods and Materials of Teaching Concert Band and Orchestra Credit Hours: 2
EDUC 496 - Student Teaching I Credit Hours: 5
EDUC 497 - Student Teaching II Credit Hours: 5
EDUC 498 - Student Teaching Seminar Credit Hours: 2
Choose one of the following:
SCED 315 - Historical, Philosophical, and Sociological Foundations of Education (for Music Education majors) Credit Hours: 3
OR
EDMG 315 - Foundations of Middle Grades Education Credit Hours: 3

Choose one of the following:

PSYC 361 - Child Development Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 312 - Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3

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