Music Education, Bachelor of Music

Requirements for the B.Mus. Degree in Music Education

Prerequisites:

Acceptance by the School of Education by end of Sophomore Year (2.75 GPA & B- or better in EDU 2000: Fundamentals of Schools and Teaching)

Required Courses

MUTR 1011Music Theory I: Foundations

3

MUTR 1012Music Theory II: Diatonic Harmony

3

MUTR 2011Music Theory III: Chromatic Harmony

3

MUTR 2012Music Theory Iv: Advanced Chromatic

3

MUET 1021Ear-Training I

1

MUET 1022Ear-Training II

1

MUET 2021Ear-Training III

1

MUET 2022Ear-Training IV

1

MUKH 1031Keyboard Harmony I

0.5

MUKH 1032Keyboard Harmony II

0.5

MUKH 2031Keyboard Harmony III

0.5

MUKH 2032Keyboard Harmony IV

0.5

MUH 2011Survey of Western Music I

3

MUH 2012Survey of Western Music II

3

MUE 3051

MUH 3998Music Senior Project

2

EDU 3387Student Teaching & Seminar: Music Education

12

 

MUA 4075

OR

MUA 4076

 

MUA 4___
Lessons on Major Instrument or Voice

6

MUA 4___
Ensemble

6

 

MUA 1003Voice Class Instruction

1

OR

MUA 1004Voice Class Instruction II

1

 

MU_ 3___
3000-level Music Elective

3

MUE 2067Instrumental Rudiments Iii: Brass And Percussion

2

MUE 2068Instrumental Rudiments IV: Woodwinds

2

MUE 2070Instru Rud II: Strings

2

MUE 2090Conducting

2

MUE 3054Music Curriculum and Pedagogy I: Childhood

3

MUE 3057Music Curriculum and Pedagogy II: Adolescence

3

EDU 2000Fundamentals of Schools and Teaching

3

EDU 2010Educating Children With Diverse Needs

3

SSE 2025Child Development & Learning

3

MUE 3051: Seminars may be substituted by arrangement of the department

MUH 3998: Combined B.Mus./M.A.T.

EDU 3387: B. Mus. Alone

MUA 1003 or MUA 1004: not required for students with voice as major instrument

Two 3000 level EDU courses from the following three courses

EDU 3367Methods Teaching Literacy and Language Arts I

3

EDU 3370Aesthetic Literacy

3

EDU 3278Literacy in the Content Areas

3

Take the following

EDU 3387Student Teaching & Seminar: Music Education

12

MUA 4494

Total Credit Hours:75-86

EDU 3387: Capstone II

MUA 4494: BMus

Distribution Requirements for Education Degree:

  • A course in Literature (3 credits)
  • A course in Science (3 credits)
  • A course in Mathematics (3 credits)
  • One year or equivalent of coursework in a language other than English (6 credits)
  • Passing score on the NY State test LAST
  • Passing score on the NY State test AST-W
  • Child Abuse Seminar (Student Teaching semester)
  • Violence Prevention Seminar (Student Teaching semester)
  • Fingerprinting

The following courses meet NY State requirements, if taken at Manhattanville:

  • MUT 1040 and MUT 2021: Ear Training I and II for a course in Communications
  • MUH 3000-level elective for a course in History
  • The College writing requirement for a course in Written Analysis and Expression
  • The Aesthetic Requirement is met by the major