Program Overview

Music Major with Music Education Instrumental Option

The Music Major with Music Education Instrumental Option is a comprehensive program designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and expertise necessary to excel in music education. This program is tailored to meet the needs of students who aspire to become music educators, with a focus on instrumental music.

Program Requirements

To complete the Music Major with Music Education Instrumental Option, students must fulfill the following requirements:

• Degree Core Requirements:
  • MUS 2025: European-American Music Theory (3 credits)
  • MUS 2026: European-American Music Theory (3 credits)
  • MUS 2045: Sightsinging Laboratory (1 credit)
  • MUS 2046: Sightsinging Laboratory (1 credit)
  • MUS 3025: European-American Music Analysis (3 credits)
  • MUS 3026: European-American Music Analysis (3 credits)
  • MUS 3035: Advanced Class Piano (1 credit)
  • MUS 3036: Advanced Class Piano (1 credit)
  • MUS 3045: Advanced Ear Training (1 credit)
  • MUS 3046: Advanced Ear Training (1 credit)
  • MUS 3174: Music as Global Culture (3 credits)
• Major Requirements:
  • MUS 2054: Introduction to Music Technology (2 credits)
• Option Required Courses:
  • Advanced Music Theory:
    • MUS 3044: Orchestration & Analysis (3 credits)
  • Advanced Music History:
    • MUS 3184: Histories of Music I: Music in the European and American Traditions (3 credits)
    • MUS 3194: Histories of Music II: Music in the 20th and 21st Centuries (3 credits)
  • Performance (Lower Division):
    • Select four credits (repeatable course to be taken four times for one credit each time) of the following:
      • MUS 2514: Individual Applied Voice
      • MUS 2524: Individual Applied Keyboard
      • MUS 2534: Individual Applied Violin
      • MUS 2544: Individual Applied Viola
      • MUS 2554: Individual Applied Cello
      • MUS 2564: Individual Applied Bass
      • MUS 2574: Individual Applied Flute
      • MUS 2584: Individual Applied Oboe
      • MUS 2594: Individual Applied Clarinet
      • MUS 2614: Individual Applied Saxophone
      • MUS 2624: Individual Applied Bassoon
      • MUS 2634: Individual Applied Horn
      • MUS 2644: Individual Applied Trumpet
      • MUS 2654: Individual Applied Trombone
      • MUS 2664: Individual Applied Baritone
      • MUS 2674: Individual Applied Tuba
      • MUS 2684: Individual Applied Percussion
  • Performance (Upper Division):
    • Select eight credits (repeatable courses to be taken four times for two credits each time) of the following:
      • MUS 4514: Advanced Individual Applied Voice
      • MUS 4524: Advanced Individual Applied Keyboard
      • MUS 4534: Advanced Individual Applied Violin
      • MUS 4544: Advanced Individual Applied Viola
      • MUS 4554: Advanced Individual Applied Cello
      • MUS 4564: Advanced Individual Applied Bass
      • MUS 4574: Advanced Individual Applied Flute
      • MUS 4584: Advanced Individual Applied Oboe
      • MUS 4594: Advanced Individual Applied Clarinet
      • MUS 4614: Advanced Individual Applied Saxophone
      • MUS 4624: Advanced Individual Applied Bassoon
      • MUS 4634: Advanced Individual Applied Horn
      • MUS 4644: Advanced Individual Applied Trumpet
      • MUS 4654: Advanced Individual Applied Trombone
      • MUS 4664: Advanced Individual Applied Baritone
      • MUS 4674: Advanced Individual Applied Tuba
      • MUS 4684: Advanced Individual Applied Percussion
  • Performance (Ensemble):
    • Repeatable course taken eight times for one credit each time:
      • MUS 3314: Instrumental Ensemble Music
  • Take all twenty-seven credit hours:
    • MUS 2214: Class Applied Piano (1 credit)
    • MUS 2214: Class Applied Piano (1 credit)
    • MUS 2224: Class Applied Voice (1 credit)
    • MUS 2234: Class Applied Strings (1 credit)
    • MUS 2264: Class Applied Percussion (1 credit)
    • MUS 2314: Woodwind Techniques I - Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone (1 credit)
    • MUS 2324: Woodwind Techniques II - Oboe and Bassoon (1 credit)
    • MUS 2334: High Brass Techniques (1 credit)
    • MUS 2344: Low Brass Techniques (1 credit)
    • MUS 2364: Introduction to Music Education (2 credits)
    • MUS 3214: Teaching Music in the Elementary School (3 credits)
    • MUS 3225: Conducting (3 credits)
    • MUS 3226: Conducting (3 credits)
    • MUS 4204: Secondary General and Choral Music Education Methods (3 credits)
    • MUS 4214: Instrumental Methods: Elementary (2 credits)
    • MUS 4224: Instrumental Methods: Secondary (2 credits)
  • Education:
    • MUS 4964: Field Study (P/F Only) (3 credits)
  • Elective Courses:
    • MUS 2815: Jazz Improvisation (2 credits)
    • or MUS 4234: Topics in Music Education
• Free Electives:
  • Select the minimum number of elective credits to satisfy the 120 total credit hours: 3 credits
• Other Requirements:
  • Department will process transaction when requirements have been met
  • Keyboard Proficiency
  • Continuation Exam
  • Convocation and Concert Attendance
  • Junior Recital
• Pathways to General Education:
  • Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse:
    • Select six credits in Pathway 1f: 6 credits
    • Select three credits in Pathway 1a: 3 credits
  • Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities:
    • Pathway 2 fulfilled by completing MUS 3184 and MUS 3194
  • Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences:
    • Select six credits in Pathway 3: 6 credits
  • Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences:
    • Select six credits in Pathway 4: 6 credits
  • Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking:
    • Select three credits in Pathway 5f: 3 credits
    • Select three credits in Pathway 5a: 3 credits
    • Select three credits in Pathway 5f or Pathway 5a: 3 credits
  • Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts:
    • Pathway 6a fulfilled by completing MUS 3314
    • Select three credits in Pathway 6d: 3 credits
  • Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States:
    • Pathway 7 fulfilled by completing MUS 3194

Satisfactory Progress Toward Degree

To comply with the "Satisfactory progress toward degree" requirement, students must complete the following by the end of the semester in which they attempt 54 hours:

• MUS 2025: European-American Music Theory (3 credits)
• MUS 2026: European-American Music Theory (3 credits)
• MUS 2045: Sightsinging Laboratory (1 credit)
• MUS 2046: Sightsinging Laboratory (1 credit)
• MUS 3025: European-American Music Analysis (3 credits)
• MUS 3026: European-American Music Analysis (3 credits)
• MUS 3174: Music as Global Culture (3 credits)
• MUS 3314: Instrumental Ensemble Music (two hours) (1 credit)
• or MUS 3414: Choral Ensemble Music

Graduation Requirements

To fulfill graduation requirements in the major, all courses used to fulfill requirements in the major must be completed with a grade of C or better. None of these courses may be repeated more than once for the purposes of raising the grade to C or better.

An overall and in-major GPA of 2.0 or higher is required. All Music courses are used in calculating the major GPA except MUS 1005 Theory Fundamentals, MUS 1006 Theory Fundamentals, MUS 1104 Music Appreciation, MUS 2115 Survey of Western Music, and MUS 2116 Survey of Western Music.

Prerequisites

Some courses listed on this check sheet may have pre-/co-requisites; please consult the University Course Catalog or check with your advisor.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students who do not successfully complete at least 2 units of a single language, classical language, or American Sign Language during high school must successfully complete 6 semester hours of a single college level language or classical language at the college level. Such semester hours are in addition to those normally required for graduation. Please see the undergraduate catalog for details.