2024-2025 Undergraduate General Catalog


Music Education Major

All major courses for all tracks must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

85-89 credit hours

Required Courses: 85-89 credit hours

Take MUSI 095 every term

Take 2 terms of MUSI 096 or MUSI 097

Take 7 terms of MUSI 161-167
(Lessons must be completed in the SAME performance area)

MUSI 095Music Ensemble:

1

MUSI 096-097MUSI Small Ensemble (MUSI 096, MUSI 097)

0-1

MUSI 161 - 167MUSI Applied Lessons (MUSI 161-167)

1

MUSI 120Music Theory I: Basic Concepts and Skills (A)

2

MUSI 120LAural Skills Lab I (A)

1

MUSI 121Music Theory II: Melodic Structures and Diatonic Harmony

2

MUSI 121LAural Skills II

1

MUSI 191Introduction to Music Technology

3

MUSI 210Music History and Literature to 1750 (WT)

3

MUSI 212Music History and Literature: 1750 to Present

3

MUSI 214Music History and Literature of the Non-Western World (PW)(W)

3

MUSI 220Music Theory III: Chromaticism and Formal Practices

2

MUSI 220LAural Skills III

1

MUSI 221Music Theory IV: Extended Chromaticism and Contrapuntal Genres

2

MUSI 221LAural Skills IV

1

MUSI 300Fundamentals of Conducting

3

MUSI 321Instrumentation and Arranging

3

Teacher Certification Coursework

33 + TBA

Includes taking MUSI 310 (Instrumental Emphasis) or MUSI 311 (Vocal Emphasis)

Teacher Certification Coursework- All-Grades Education second major

Complete the coursework for one of the following emphasis areas:

Instrumental Emphasis

15 credit hours

Winds, Brass, and Percussion students must take MUSI 098 three terms for credit. Keyboard and String students are exempt from the MUSI 098 requirement, but are encouraged to participate.

MUSI 098Marching Band

0-1

MUSI 108Vocal Pedagogy for Instrumental Majors

1

MUSI 250Brass Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 251String Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 252Woodwind Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 253Percussion Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 302Advanced Conducting

3

Vocal Emphasis

11 credit hours

MUSI 236Singer's Diction

2

MUSI 331Elementary and Middle School Music Methods

3

MUSI 336Vocal Pedagogy

3

MUSI 302Advanced Conducting

3


Music Education Sample Plan of Study

Following is one possible way to complete the major.  

Students should fill in gaps with coursework required for the core curriculum and other majors/minors to take an average of 14 credit hours each fall and spring, and 3-4 credit hours each Interim.  Total credit hours needs to be 124 for degree completion.

Music Education Sample Plan of Study [This will open a Google Sheet, which you can view as well as make and save a copy of.]

Majors and Minors must normally complete their Applied Music requirement in the same performance area.

 

  • A recital performance of at least 30 minutes duration is required during the junior or senior year for music majors. No recital is required for Music minors.
  • Students are required to demonstrate keyboard proficiency in order to be admitted into 300-level lessons.  Keyboard proficiency is demonstrated through passing the keyboard proficiency exam.  In the event that a student does not have prior keyboard experience, they should register for MUSI 152-155 and/or private keyboard lessons in order to gain the necessary skills to pass the proficiency exam.
  • Music Education - Vocal Emphasis majors whose major applied area is piano or organ must take a minimum of four terms in voice of either 30 or 50 minute lessons. If the major applied area is voice, seven terms of 50 minute lessons are required.
  • Music Education - Instrumental Emphasis majors must normally take the seven applied terms of 50 minute lessons on one instrument or in one instrumental area (woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion). If the major applied area is piano or organ, four terms must be on one other approved instrument. Exceptions are permitted only upon petition to the Dean of the School of Music.