Music Education, Vocal/General, K-12 Licensure (MUSVA.BME)

* This program requires a minimum 2.75 GPA overall, in English Composition, 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 core.*

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MUSVA.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

MUSG-286 Piano Proficiency Examination Credit Hours: 0
- Requires enrollment in piano according to placement unless waived by initial exam. Must enroll in piano every semester until successfully completed.
Applied Study - Primary Instrument - Voice (7 semesters) Credit Hours: 7
- MUSA 100VOL Voice Seminar - (7 semesters)
Applied Study - Secondary Instrument (2 semesters) Credit Hours: 2
- Until all proficiency exams are passed, the secondary instrument must be piano, and may be fulfilled by class or applied piano as assigned.
Performance Ensemble Requirements (10)
- Required (6) semesters
  - MUSE-101CU Choral Union OR
  - MUSE-101LC Chorale
- Elective (4) semesters
  - Any other vocal or instrumental ensemble(s)

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 226 - Introduction to Instrumental Music Credit Hours: 2
MUCO 330 - Fundamentals of Conducting Credit Hours: 2
MUCO 331 - Advanced Choral Conducting 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
MUST 341 - Orchestration and Arranging Credit Hours: 2
MUSG 185 - Performance 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: 55

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 405 - Methods of Teaching Music in the Elementary School Credit Hours: 2
MUED 421 - The Teaching of Vocal and General Music, Grades 6-12 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

Subtotal Professional Education: 28

Choose one from the following:

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

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