Music Education, Bachelor of Music

Requirements for the B.Mus. Degree in Music Education

Prerequisites:

Acceptance into the School of Education by end of Sophomore Year ( Students must earn a B or better in EDU 2000: Fundamentals of Schools and Teaching, and maintain a 2.75 GPA).

Required Courses

MUTR 1011	Music Theory I: Foundations	3
MUTR 1012	Music Theory II: Diatonic Harmony	3
MUTR 2011	Music Theory III: Chromatic Harmony	3
MUTR 2012	Music Theory Iv: Advanced Chromatic	3
MUET 1021	Ear-Training I	1
MUET 1022	Ear-Training II	1
MUET 2021	Ear-Training III	1
MUET 2022	Ear-Training IV	1
MUKH 1031	Keyboard Harmony I	0.5
MUKH 1032	Keyboard Harmony II	0.5
MUKH 2031	Keyboard Harmony III	0.5
MUKH 2032	Keyboard Harmony IV	0.5
MUH 2011	Survey of Western Music I	3
MUH 2012	Survey of Western Music II	3
MUE 3051	History and Current Debates in Music Education	3
MUH 3998	Music Senior Project	2
EDU 3387	Student Teaching & Seminar: Music Education	12

MUA 4530	CLASSICAL AND POP FINGERSTYLE GUITAR	0.5
MUA 4575	PIANO	0.5
	OR
MUA 4531	CLASSICAL AND POP FINGERSTYLE GUITAR	1
MUA 4576	PIANO	1

MUA 4___	Lessons on Major Instrument or Voice	6
MUA 4___	Ensemble	6

MUA 1003	Voice Class Instruction	1
	OR
MUA 1004	Voice Class Instruction II	1

MU_ 3___	3000-level Music Elective	3
MUE 2067	Instrumental Rudiments III: Brass And Percussion	2
MUE 2068	Instrumental Rudiments IV: Woodwinds	2
MUE 2070	Instru Rud II: Strings	2
MUE 2090	Conducting	2
MUE 3054	Music Curriculum and Pedagogy I: Childhood	3
MUE 3057	Music Curriculum and Pedagogy II: Adolescence	3
EDU 2000	Fundamentals of Schools and Teaching	3
EDU 2010	Educating Children With Diverse Needs	3
SSE 2025	Child Development & Learning	3

Two 3000 level EDU courses from the following three courses

EDU 3367	Methods Teaching Literacy and Language Arts I	3
EDU 3370	Aesthetic Literacy	3
EDU 3278	Literacy in the Content Areas	3

Take the following

EDU 3387	Student Teaching & Seminar: Music Education	12
MUA 4494
Total Credit Hours:		75-86

Senior Recital
Students presenting a vocal or instrumental recital for credit toward a degree program in the music major must register for applied music lessons during the semester in which the recital is presented. The Recital Participation Form is available as a link on the Music Department web page and in the Music Department Office. Please see the section on Procedures for Senior Recitals at the end of the section on Music.

Performance Requirements
Freshman & Sophomore Years - At least one solo or ensemble appearance each semester on an approved public recital or concert.
Junior Year - At least one solo appearance each semester on an approved public recital or concert. At least one ensemble appearance each semester on an approved public recital or concert.
Senior Year - Perform a half- or full-length juried solo recital on the major performing vehicle (usually fall semester). Make at least one ensemble appearance each semester on an approved public recital or concert.

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.

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

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

MUET 1021 and MUET 1022: 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

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.