Bachelor of Music in Music Education (P-12)

This degree prepares musicians for careers as music educators. In addition to course work, practical field experience at all levels is included from the freshman year on. This degree includes all area emphases (vocal and instrumental) and qualifies students for certification at the P-12 levels in the state of Indiana and most other states.

University Enduring Foundations General Education (41 credit hours)

Major Requirements - Music and Education (88 credit hours)

• Applied Music: 7 semesters of applied lessons (APM) on primary instrument/voice
• Ensembles: 7 semesters of major ensembles on primary instrument/voice
• Senior Recital (half)

• MUS 141 Diatonic Harmony Theory I
• MUS 142 Chromatic Harmony Theory II
• MUS 241 Introduction to Form Theory III
• MUS 242 Post-Tonal Theory IV

• MUS 104/105 Basic Piano I and II (minor instrument)
• MUS 204/205 Basic Piano III and IV (minor instrument)

• MUS 355 Music History I
• MUS 356 Music History II

• MUS 350 Conducting
• MUS 308 Lab Ensemble I
• MUS 309 Lab Ensemble II

• MUS 171 Foundations of Music Education
• MUS 271 Practical School Music Experiences

• MUS 236 Guitar and Voice Techniques
• MUS 262 Woodwind Tech & Pedagogy
• MUS 263 Brass Tech and Pedagogy
• MUS 264 Percussion Techniques
• MUS 265 String Tech and Pedagogy

• MUS 370 Elementary Methods in General Music
• MUS 372 Methods/Materials in Choral Music
• MUS 373 Methods/Materials in Instrumental Music

• EDUC 150 Foundations/Diversity of American Education
• EDUC 363 Principals/ Strategies Teaching Secondary Schools
• EDUC 435 Supervised Teaching Seminar
• MUS 479 Student Teaching in Music

• MUS 330 Choir: two semesters of major ensemble (instrument primary only)
• MUS 476 Marching Band Techniques (instrument primary only)

• MUS 102 Diction I (voice primary only)
• MUS 103 Diction II (voice primary only)
• MUS 474 Vocal Pedagogy (voice primary only)