Music Program Capstone Assessments

All music students undertake program-specific components in their senior year. The nature of these undertakings emphasizes personal responsibility and independent professional development.

Required Courses

B.A. in Music

MUH 3997Music Senior Seminar

2

MUH 3998Music Senior Project

2

MUH 3998: includes Recital

B.A. in Music Business

MUB 3997Internship Project Seminar

2

MUH 3998Music Senior Project

2

MUH 3998: includes Presentation

B.A. in Music Technology

MUAT 3032Advanced Topics in Music Technology

3

MUH 3998Music Senior Project

2

MUH 3998: includes Presentation

B.F.A. in Musical Theatre

MUA 3996Musical Theatre Performance Seminar

2

MUH 3998Music Senior Project

2

MUA 3997Musical Theatre Performance Seminar

2

MUH 3998: includes Recital

B. Mus. in Music Education

MUE 3051

MUH 3998Music Senior Project

2

MUA 4493

EDU 3387Student Teaching & Seminar: Music Education

12

MUH 3998: Combined B.Mus./M.A.T.)//includes Recital

MUA 4493, EDU 3387: B. Mus. alone

*Seminars (MUH 3997, MUB 3997, MUAT 3032, MUA 3996, MUE 3051) may be substituted by arrangement of the Music Department.

Student Teaching: B.Mus. in Music Education students are required to complete a full semester of supervised student teaching with an associated seminar, EDU 3387: Student Teaching and Seminar: Music Education. They are placed in both an elementary placement (grades preschool through upper elementary) and a secondary placement (middle school or high school). Student teachers work with an on-site cooperating teacher and are supervised by college faculty. Students typically participate in general music, choral music, and/or instrumental music environments. One of the student teaching placements must be in an urban setting and the other in a suburban setting. Assessment is made based upon on site evaluations, cooperating teacher recommendation and a series of rubrics based assessments undertaken in the seminar. Topics for assessment and associated rubrics include the following:

  • Reaching the expectations of the profession and of the School of Education.
  • Writing curriculum with reference to national and state standards.
  • Writing a personal philosophy of the teaching and learning of music.
  • Working through pedagogical process and materials.
  • Knowledge and application of vocal and instrumental pedagogy.

Internship Seminar: Students in the B.A. in Music Business program undertake a semester of supervised internship associated with a seminar. Students are responsible for finding, and participating in an internship at a placement associated with the music industry. Students will be evaluated by an onsite supervisor and a faculty member, and will be required to submit an ongoing log of activities to the faculty member. As part of the seminar assignment for the course, students research current controversial issues in the music business, document findings in a paper, and present to the class.