Degree Information
Undergraduate & Transfer
In the Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree, you will acquire skills and knowledge to teach and direct band, orchestra, choir, and general music while engaging with techniques that embrace progressive approaches and ensembles that include, but are not limited to, digital music making, mariachi, pop/rock ensembles, steel drum, and hip-hop.
Sample sequences of Music Education coursework in Bachelor of Music Degree
In addition to the Bachelor of Music Degree and University General Education (GE) Graduation requirements, Music Education coursework includes the following:
Undergraduate Sample Sequence
Fall
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 125E: Strings
Spring
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 125H: Vocal
- MUS 126A: Choir Lab
Fall
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 125D: Percussion
- MUS 126B: Band Lab
- MUS 273A: Diction
Spring
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 125B: Woodwinds
- MUS 125C: Brass
- MUS 126B: Band Lab
- Piano Proficiency Exam
Fall
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 125F: Digital & Electronic Instruments
- MUS 326: Conducting
- MUS 387: Foundations in Elementary General Music
- MUS 440B: Beginning Jazz Methods
- EDSS 300N: Introduction to Teaching Music
Spring
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 484: Arranging
- MUS 486A: Emerging Practices in Music Education (Classroom)
- Recital
- MUS 422: Advanced Choral Conducting
- MUS 425: Advanced Instrumental Conducting
- HSC 411B: Health Science for Secondary Teachers
Fall
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 487: Emerging Methods in Music Ed
- MUS 382A: Choral Methods & Lit I
- MUS 382B: Instrumental Methods & Lit I
- MUS 480: Marching Band Techniques
- EDSP 355B: Collaborative Models of Inclusion
Spring
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 486B: Emerging Practices in Music Education (Ensembles)
- MUS 440D: Practical Piano for Music Education Majors
- MUS 482A: Choral Methods & Lit II
- MUS 482B: Instrumental Methods & Lit II
- EDP 301: Child Development and Learning
*or*
- EDP 302: Early and Late Adolescent Development
*or*
- EDP 305: Educational Psychology
Fall
- EDSE 435: US Secondary Schools—Intercultural Education
- EDSE 436: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment and Classroom Management
- EDSE 457: Reading and Writing in Secondary School
- EDSS 450N: Curriculum and Methods in Teaching—Music
Spring
- EDSS 472A, 472B, 472C: Student Teaching
- EDSS 473: Student Teaching Seminar
Transfer Sample Sequence
Fall
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 125F: Digital & Electronic Instruments
- MUS 326: Conducting
- MUS 387: Foundations in Elementary General Music
- MUS 440B: Beginning Jazz Methods
- EDSS 300N: Introduction to Teaching Music
Spring
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 484: Arranging
- MUS 486A: Emerging Practices in Music Education (Classroom)
- Recital
- MUS 422: Advanced Choral Conducting
- MUS 425: Advanced Instrumental Conducting
- HSC 411B: Health Science for Secondary Teachers
Fall
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 487: Emerging Methods in Music Ed
- MUS 382A: Choral Methods & Lit I
- MUS 382B: Instrumental Methods & Lit I
- MUS 480: Marching Band Techniques
- EDSP 355B: Collaborative Models of Inclusion
Spring
Core Music Education Courses
- MUS 486B: Emerging Practices in Music Education (Ensembles)
- MUS 440D: Practical Piano for Music Education Majors
- MUS 482A: Choral Methods & Lit II
- MUS 482B: Instrumental Methods & Lit II
- EDP 301: Child Development and Learning
*or*
- EDP 302: Early and Late Adolescent Development
*or*
- EDP 305: Educational Psychology
Fall
- EDSE 435: US Secondary Schools—Intercultural Education
- EDSE 436: Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment and Classroom Management
- EDSE 457: Reading and Writing in Secondary School
- EDSS 450N: Curriculum and Methods in Teaching—Music
Spring
- EDSS 472A, 472B, 472C: Student Teaching
- EDSS 473: Student Teaching Seminar
