Music Education (Pre-K-12), B.Mus.
About the Program
The music education program leads to a New York State Initial Certificate for teaching general, vocal, and instrumental music in New York State schools at the pre-kindergarten through grade 12 levels. The program requires intensive study in music performance, music history, music theory, and methodology of teaching, with an emphasis on world music and urban culture.
For current information regarding policies and procedures for music program acceptance, continuance, and completion, see the Music Major Handbook.
Music education majors are qualified for a New York State Initial Certificate for teaching general, vocal, and instrumental music to students from infancy through grade 12.
Intellectual Foundations Requirements 39–66 cr
Total Required Credit Hours in Basic Musicianship and Performance 70 cr
MUS 171 - 471 Applied Instruction (7 semesters; 7 cr)
MUS 314 or 335 Ensemble Requirement (7 semesters; 7 cr)
MUS 113 Brass Techniques (1)
MUS 114 Percussion Techniques (1)
MUS 115 String Techniques (1)
MUS 116 Woodwind Techniques (1)
MUS 119 Vocal Pedagogy
MUS 122 Introduction to Music Studies and Careers (2)
MUS 206 Foundations of American Popular Music
MUS 218 Aural Perception I (1)
MUS 219 Aural Perception II (1)
MUS 220 Technology Applications for Music Education (2)
MUS 230 Music Theory I
MUS 231 Music Theory II
MUS 302 Music History: Antiquity-Baroque
MUS 303 Music History: Classic-Contemporary
MUS 318 Aural Perception III (1)
MUS 319 Aural Perception IV (1)
MUS 321 Composition, Improvisation, and Arranging (2)
MUS 322 Instrumental Conducting (2)
MUS 330 Music Theory III
MUS 331 Music Theory IV
MUS 333 Choral Conducting (2)
MUS 345 Elementary Methods of Music Instruction
MUS 346 Field Experience in Elementary Music (1)
MUS 353 Field Experience in Music for Exceptional Learners (1)
MUS 360 Secondary Instrumental Methods
MUS 361 Field Experience in Secondary Instrumental (1)
MUS 362 Secondary Choral Methods
MUS 363 Field Experience in Secondary Choral Music (1)
MUS 440 Ethnomusicology
Total Required Credit Hours in Professional Education 30 cr
EDF 203 School and Society
EDF 303 Educational Psychology
EDF 403 Historical and Philosophical Forces Influencing Secondary Education
EDU 211 Introduction to Literacy Instruction
EDU 416 Teaching Literacy in Middle and Secondary Schools
EXE 100 Nature and Needs of Individuals with Special Needs
MUS 457 Elementary Student Teaching (5)
MUS 458 Secondary Student Teaching (5)
MUS 460 Student Teaching Seminar (2)
In addition to the course requirements for music education majors, the class piano sequence is strongly recommended in the freshman and sophomore years of study:
MUS 161 Class Piano I (1)
MUS 162 Class Piano II (1)
MUS 261 Class Piano III (1)
MUS 262 Class Piano IV (1)
Total Required Credit Hours 139 cr
