Music Education (All Grades), CERT (E302)

27 credits

Prerequisites:

  • Masters Degree or above in a functionally related area.
  • 36 credits in Music, including: four courses in Music History or Literature; four courses in Music Theory, one course in or competence in woodwind instrument performance, brass instrument performance, stringed instrument performance, percussion, and conducting.

*Note: It is of critical importance that students meet with a music department advisor early in their programs to plan their music coursework.

Program and Certification Requirements:

Entry Level

EDU 5000Foundations of Education

3

OR

EDU 5211Intro to Multicultural Classroom

3

 

EDU 5393Foundations of Special Education

3

Take Manhattanville Writing Assessment

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Intermediate Level

To be completed (at the college level) during the first 18 credits of the program:

EDU 5344Child Development and Learning

3

A course in Science

Study of Communication

A course in History

A course in Literature

A course in Mathematics

Study of Written Analysis and Expression

One year or the equivalent of coursework in a Language other than English

Complete any remaining Music prerequisite credits

EDU 5344: or other child development course

To be completed during the first 18 credits of the program:

Take NYS CONTENT SPECIALTY test in Music

Take 2 of 3:
EDU 5026Literacy in the Content Areas

3

EDU 5367Methods Teaching Literacy I

3

EDU 5391Aesthetic Literacy

3

Take the following:
EDU 5387Fundamentals of Middle Childhood Education

3

MUE 5054Music Curriculum and Pedagogy I: Childhood

3

MUE 5057Music Curriculum and Pedagogy II: Adolescence

3

To be completed by the start of semester prior to student teaching semester:

Take NYS EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS Elementary test

Capstone Level

EDU 5408Student Teaching & Seminar: Music Education

6-Mar

To be completed by the end of student teaching semester:

edTPA Student Teaching Assessment plus 3 seminars as follows:

Child Abuse Workshop

0

Violence Prevention Workshop

0

Dignity for All Students Workshop

0