Major

Music (Education Emphasis)

Department

The concentration in music with an emphasis in education requires a minimum of 47 credit hours, which includes the fine arts core requirement.

Choose three credits selected from any 400-level music history or theory course

Course Code
Title
Hours
3
Sub-Total Hours
3

Choose 12 hours of Applied Music (four hours of a primary ensemble, four hours of 300-level lessons and four hours of 400-level lessons);

Course Code
Title
Hours
12
Sub-Total Hours
12

Other Requirements

Primary ensemble (orchestra, choir, or band) for one semester on a secondary instrument/voice, and: 

Course Code
Title
Hours
Sub-Total Hours
4

Education Requirements

Course Code
Title
Hours
Sub-Total Hours
4-9

Students must also pass a keyboard proficiency exam, which includes sight-reading, harmonization, basic improvisation, and performance.

Senior Recital/Project

During the senior year of study, as an extension of the 400 level of private study, students majoring in music are required to present a full recital on their major instrument/voice or a half recital and a project. The project may be in the areas of music theory, music history, music pedagogy, music composition or conducting. During the second jury of the 300 level of lessons, the music faculty will either approve a full recital or recommend the half recital/project option. If the second option is appropriate, then the student, with the advice of a faculty supervisor, will present a proposal for the project that will be due by the end of the first three weeks of the following semester. The project will be due no later than the end of classes during the semester in which a student will graduate.

Course Code
Title
Hours
Total Credits
47