Music Education, Grades K-12, B. MUS.

Program Learning Outcomes

“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

1. Develop future music educators who demonstrate knowledge of professional education practices.

2. Develop future music educators who demonstrate knowledge of music education practices.

3. Develop future music educators who demonstrate various teaching abilities/skills.

General Education Requirements - 41 Credit Hours

Music and Fine Arts majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements  as set out in the General Education Program .

• Fine Art Requirement: Music and Fine Arts majors fulfill the two-hour Fine Arts elective through major study.
• Global Studies Requirement: MUS 3003 - World Music  is required as the Global Elective.
• Science Requirement: PHY 1063 - Acoustics of Music  is required as the Science Elective.
• Social Science Requirement: EDU 2133 - Human Development and Learning  is required as the Social Science Elective.

Required Bachelor of Music Core - 30 Credit Hours

• MUS 0110 - Recital Seminar (every semester with Applied Study)
• MUS 1113 - Music Theory I
• MUS 1123 - Music Theory II
• MUS 1131 - Aural Skills I
• MUS 1141 - Aural Skills II
• MUS 1213 - Computer Applications in Music
• MUS 1480 - Piano Proficiency Exam
• MUS 2113 - Music Theory III
• MUS 2131 - Aural Skills III
• MUS 2133 - Music Theory IV
• MUS 2141 - Aural Skills IV
• MUS 2480 - Studio Recital
• MUS 3253 - Music History I
• MUS 3263 - Music History II
• MUS 3273 - Music History III
• MUS 3490 - Graduating Recital
• MUS 3552 - Fundamentals of Conducting
• MUS 4980 - Recital Attendance Documentation

Major Courses - 17 Credit Hours

• MUS 3063 - Teaching Music in the Elementary School

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• MUS 3561 - Choral Conducting (choral track) or
• MUS 3571 - Instrumental Conducting (instrumental track)

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• MUS 3711 - Brass Instrumental Methods
• MUS 3721 - Strings Instrumental Methods
• MUS 3731 - Percussion Instrumental Methods
• MUS 3741 - Woodwinds Instrumental Methods
• MUS 4063 - Teaching Music in the Middle & High School

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• MUS 4333 - Vocal Pedagogy (choral track) or
• MUS 4023 - Secondary Instrumental Methods (instrumental track)

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• MUS 4613 - Studio Arranging or
• MUS 4553 - Arranging for Choral and Instrumental Ensembles

Performance Requirements - 21 Credit Hours

• Applied Principal Area (7 Credit Hours)
• Class Piano or Applied Secondary Area (2 Credit Hours, minimum) Continuous piano study required until the piano proficiency exam is passed.
• Major Ensemble (7 Credit Hours, minimum) Oratorio Chorus, PBA Symphony, or Symphonic Band.
• Second Ensemble (5 Credit Hours, minimum) In addition to Oratorio Chorus, all Voice Principals are required to take Concert Choir; when space is not available, Women’s Chorale or an appropriate ensemble for male singers is to be substituted. In addition to PBA Symphony or Symphonic Band, all Instrument Principals are required to take an appropriate chamber music ensemble during 3 semesters of full-time enrollment. Instrument Principals must also take two semesters of Oratorio Chorus (one complete year). Keyboard Principals are required to take an appropriate combination of chamber ensembles. Music Education majors will normally not enroll in ensemble courses during the student teaching semester.

Professional Education Courses - 31 Credit Hours

• EDU 1013 - Introduction to Teaching
• EDU 2001 - Introduction to the Electronic Portfolio & Education Technology
• EDU 2023 - Survey of Exceptionalities
• EDU 3063 - Classroom Management, School Law, & Ethics
• EDU 3173 - Foundations of Assessment
• EDU 4273 - ESOL in Secondary Education
• EDU 4353 - Foundations of Secondary Language, Cognition, and Research
• EDU 4042 - Student Teaching Seminar
• EDU 43210 - Student Teaching - Music K-12 Classroom

Sample Degree Plan

Music Education B.Mus. Degree Plan