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Nov 23, 2024
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2024-2025 Academic Bulletin
Music Education, Teacher Certification BMus
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The Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree is designed for students seeking careers as certified K–12 teachers in pre-collegiate denominational or public schools. Students normally spend five years in residence to complete the requirements. Requires state teacher certification. First-year students must make application and consult with the certification clerk in the School of Education (College of Education & International Services) to keep abreast of certification requirements. Students can choose from the following focus areas: wind instruments, string instruments, keyboard, voice, or composition.
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Ensemble - 8
- 8 credits of ensemble (must be in a large instrumental or choral ensemble: University Singers, Chorale, Wind Symphony or Symphony Orchestra).
- Keyboard focus (piano or organ): must take 1 credit of MUPF 405 Keyboard Accompaniment and 1 credit of MUPF 410 Collaborative Piano as part of 8 credits of ensemble. Remaining 6 credits must be taken in one of the large ensembles.
Minor performance area - 3
Additional Requirements
- A minimum of 4 credits in applied music must be taken as upper-division credits.
- Attendance at major area master classes
- Piano Proficiency
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of this program will: - Exhibit effective technical and artistic skills in music performance of repertoire from a broad range of stylistic periods.
- Learn and apply pedagogical methods, techniques and tools related to their area of expertise as appropriate to their degree track.
- Demonstrate basic proficiency in the theoretical foundations of Western music through aural skills, analysis, composition, and improvisation.
- Demonstrate understanding of music history—including the development of musical styles and the contextual forces that shaped their development, primarily in the context of Western music, but also to a basic extent in American and world music.
- Demonstrate basic competencies in music technology (including digital notation and sequencing) and music research.
- Hone critical thinking skills by consciously making informed interpretation choices, connecting theoretical and historical understanding to musical performance, and developing a personal and discerning philosophy of music.
- Apprentice in a spirit of artistic community.
- Integrate faith and learning by hymnology/worship and music.
- Apprentice in a spirit of service.
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