Music Education
Required Credits: 93
Required GPA: 2.5
(Completion of these courses with a grade of “C” or
better is required.)
I REQUIRED MUSIC CORE COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE (REQUIRED 7 TIMES):
- MUS 1800 Performance Laboratory (0 credit)
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- MUS 2201 Music Theory and Musicianship I (5 credits)
- MUS 2202 Music Theory and Musicianship II (5 credits)
- MUS 2110 World Music: Western Hemisphere (2 credits)
orMUS 2111 World Music: Eastern Hemisphere (3 credits) - MUS 3201 Music Theory and Musicianship III (5 credits)
- MUS 3202 Music Theory and Musicianship IV (4 credits)
- MUS 3501 Music Technology I (2 credits)
- MUS 3618 Conducting Fundamentals (2 credits)
- MUS 3801 History and Literature of Music I (3 credits)
- MUS 3802 History and Literature of Music II (3 credits)
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- MUS 2310 Piano Proficiency (0 credit)
- MUS 3898 Degree Recital (0 credit)
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- ED 5000: Introduction to FasTrack (1 credit)
- ED 5100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
- ED 5110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
- ED 5140 Human Relations In Education (3 credits)
- ED 5350 Pedagogy: Planning for Instruction (3 credits)
- ED 5780 Adaptation and Management: Designing the Learning Environment (3 credits)
- ED 5737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
- ED 5799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)
- HLTH 5400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)
Complete 12 credits of student teaching:
- ED 5830 Student Teaching – Secondary (1-12 credits)
VOCAL AND CLASSROOM MUSIC
REQUIRED CORE COURSES
NOTE: Piano majors replace MUS 3417 with MUS 4106,
Piano Pedagogy I (2 credits). MUS 4106 requires
consent of instructor.
Select two of the following methods courses(2 credits):
- MUS 1348 String Methods (1 credit)
- MUS 1368 High Brass Methods (1 credit)
- MUS 1369 Low Brass Methods (1 credit)
- MUS 1378 Percussion Methods (1 credit)
- MUS 1388 Single Reeds Methods (1 credit)
- MUS 1389 Double Reeds/Flute Methods (1 credit)
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
Note: Piano majors replace MUS 2417 with MUS 4106, which
requires consent of instructor.
- MUS 2417 Diction For Singers I (2 credits)
- MUS 2418 Diction for Singers II (2 credits)
- MUS 2607 Music Education I: Introduction (2 credits)
- MUS 3300 Piano Accompanying (2 credits)
- MUS 3400 Vocal Pedagogy (1 credit)
- MUS 3607 Music Education II: Elementary Methods (3 credits)
- MUS 3638 Choral Conducting (2 credits)
- MUS 4607 Music Education III: Secondary Methods (2 credits)
- MUS 4811 Choral Notation and Arranging (1 credit)
- MUS 4812 Choral Studies (2 credits)
REQUIRED MAJOR APPLIED AREA
NOTE: All music majors are required to register for
applied area lessons until the Degree Recital is
passed.
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- MUS 2138 Voice, Level II (1 credit)
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- MUS 3138 Voice, Level III (1 credit)
REQUIRED VOCAL PERFORMING ORGANIZATIONS
NOTE: All music majors are required to participate in a
major ensemble every semester they are enrolled. MUS
4800 and 4810 are by audition only.
Select 6 semester credits from the following courses:
- MUS 3800 Varsity Singers (1-2 credits)
- MUS 4800 Bemidji Choir (1-2 credits)
- MUS 4810 Chamber Singers (1-2 credits)