Music Education Major: Choral/General Emphasis

Coursework required for certification to teach music at any grade level (K-12) (44 hours)

Introductory Course (2 hours)

MUS 1800 - Experiencing Music Education Credits: 2 hours

Teaching and Learning in Music (3 hours)

MUS 2480 - Teaching and Learning in Music Credits: 3 hours

General Music Methods (3 hours)

MUS 3360 - General Music Methods Credits: 3 hours

Choral Techniques (2 hours)

MUS 3390 - Choral Techniques Credits: 2 hours

Choral Methods (3 hours)

MUS 3400 - Choral Methods Credits: 3 hours

Conducting (2 hours)

MUS 3300 - Choral Conducting and Literature Credits: 2 hours

Instrument (1 hour)

MUS 2790 - Instruments of the Band and Orchestra Credits: 1 hour

Methods Elective II (2 hours)

Select from the following:

MUS 1260 - Fundamentals of Guitar Credits: 1 hour
MUS 2800 - Instruments of the Music Classroom Credits: 1 hour
MUS 3860 - Music Technology Concepts Credits: 2 hours

Senior Seminar in Music Education (1 hour)

MUS 3850 - Senior Seminar in Music Education Credits: 1 hour

Second Instrument (4 hours)

Piano

Keyboard Musicianship 2200, 2210, 3200, 3210 and/or pass the exam administered by the Keyboard and Professional Education areas. Students who do not qualify for entry at the 2200 level must complete Keyboard Fundamentals (1200 and/or 1210) as a deficiency. No class is to be counted twice. Those students who test out of a course or courses in the Keyboard Musicianship sequence will select courses from the instrument or methods elective areas to complete course requirements.

MUS 2200 - Keyboard Musicianship Credits: 1 hour
MUS 2210 - Keyboard Musicianship Credits: 1 hour
MUS 3200 - Advanced Keyboard Musicianship Credits: 1 hour
MUS 3210 - Advanced Keyboard Musicianship II Credits: 1 hour

Voice

Pass exam for Keyboard Musicianship 3210, given by the Keyboard and Professional Education areas. The student should take MUS 1170: Vocal Techniques for Music Educators as part of four semesters of voice study. Four semesters of study are required, with one semester at 2000 level voice.

MUS 1000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 2 hours
MUS 1170 - Vocal Techniques for Music Educator Credits: 1 hour
MUS 2000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 4 hours
MUS 3210 - Advanced Keyboard Musicianship II Credits: 1 hour

College of Education and Human Development Courses (21 hours)

ED 2500 - Human Development: Applications in Education Credits: 3 hours
ED 4100 - Seminar in Education Credits: 1 to 2 hours
(2 hours)
ED 4750 - Intern Teaching: Middle School/Secondary Credits: 5 or 10 hours
(10 hours)
ES 3950 - School and Society Credits: 3 hours
LS 3050 - K-12 Content Area Literacy Credits: 3 hours

Notes:

Before the student will be recommended for intern teaching, he/she must have a minimum WMU grade-point average of 3.0. Additionally, the student must have earned no grade lower than a “CB” in any courses specific to the music education major (this does not apply to the other Bachelor of Music requirements). The application for intern teaching assignment must be made in the Office of Professional Field Experiences one full year before the assignment is to begin.