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 5000 | Foundations of Education | 3 |
| OR | |
| EDU 5211 | Intro to Multicultural Classroom | 3 |
| SPACE | |
| EDU 5393 | Foundations of Special Education | 3 |
| Take Manhattanville Writing Assessment | |
| Fingerprinting | |
Intermediate Level
To be completed (at the college level) during the first 18 credits of the program:
| EDU 5344 | Child 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:
Take the following:
| EDU 5387 | Fundamentals of Middle Childhood Education | 3 |
| MUE 5054 | Music Curriculum and Pedagogy I: Childhood | 3 |
| MUE 5057 | Music 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 5408 | Student Teaching & Seminar: Music Education | 3-6 |
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 |