Music Education, B.M.E.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 92.5

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (7 semesters)
• MUC 101 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 102 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUC 111 - Tonal Harmony 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 113 - Tonal Harmony 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 112 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 114 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 133 - Keyboard Musicianship 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 134 - Keyboard Musicianship 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 135 - Voice Class, 1 credit hour [instrumentalists only]
• MUC 140 - Singers’ Phonetics, 1 credit hour [vocalists only]
• MUC 171 - Introduction to Music Education, 2 credit hours ^
• MUC 172 - Group Vocal Techniques, 2 credit hours
• MUC 201 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 202 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 205 - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour ³
• MUC 211 - Tonal Harmony 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 212 - Solfège 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 221I - Music History & Literature 1: World and Medieval Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 223I - Music History & Literature 2: Renaissance and Baroque Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 233 - Keyboard Musicianship 3, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 234 - Keyboard Musicianship 4, 1 credit hour
• MUC 235 - Keyboard Musicianship for the Practitioner, 1 credit hour [keyboardists only] ⁶
• MUC 271 - Music in a Diverse Society, 3 credit hours ^
• MUC 272 - General Music Methods, 3 credit hours ^
• MUC 273 - Brass Class, 2 credit hours ^
• MUC 274 - Woodwind Class, 2 credit hours ^
• MUC 275 - String Class, 2 credit hours ^
• MUC 276 - Percussion Class, 2 credit hours ^
• MUC 291 - Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 292 - Advanced Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 301 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 302 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUC 313 - Theory of Music Since 1900, 2 credit hours
• MUC 314 - Solfège 4, 2 credit hours
• MUC 321I - Music History & Literature 3: Music of the Classical and the Romantic Eras, 3 credit hours
• MUC 323I - Music History & Literature 4: Music Since 1900, 3 credit hours
• MUC 371 - Choral Music Methods, 3 credit hours ^
• MUC 372 - Instrumental Music Methods, 3 credit hours ^
• MUC 401 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 403 - Partial Senior Recital, .5 credit hour
• Music Electives 2 credits

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 20

• ENG 131 - Workshop in Exposition and Argument, 3 credit hours ^
• MTH 101 - Mathematics Modeling & Quantitative Analysis, 3 credit hours or higher
• FYE 100 - First-Year Experience, 1 credit hour
• PSY 100 - Principles of Psychological Science, 3 credit hours ^
• PSY 205 - Developmental Psychology, 3 credit hours ^
• HPE - Wellness Courses, 2 credit hours
• Liberal Arts and Sciences electives, 3 credit hours⁴

Minimum Education Credits Required: 23

• EDU 103DX - Education of Children with Special Needs, 2 credit hours ^
• EDU 212 - Curriculum and Instruction for Grades 4-12, 3 credit hours ^
• EDU 306 - Differentiated Instruction and Assessment, 3 credit hours ^
• EDU 348 - Reading in the Content Area, 3 credit hours ^
• EDU 491 - Clinical Practice in Music Education, 9 credit hours ^
• EDU 492 - Senior Capstone Seminar, 3 credit hours ^{5 ^}

Notes:

¹ Three credits per semester for 7 semesters.
² Secondary instrument is piano until Proficiency 4 is achieved. Depending upon placement results, piano study may occur in classes, lessons, or a combination. If the requisite proficiency is achieved in fewer than 4 semesters, continued piano study or study on another instrument is required. Secondary study beyond 4 semesters requires an additional fee.
³ One credit per semester for 6 semesters plus 1 semester of audit.
⁴ See Bachelor of Arts & Sciences Core  for more information about Core requirements. Note that specific University core requirements for Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and a minor field of study do not apply to Bachelor of Music Education degree programs.
⁵ Must be taken concurrently with Clinical Practice.
⁶ Replaces one semester of private instrument secondary study.