Vocal Music Education (K-12)
Vocal Music Education
A major in Vocal Music Education leads to a degree and teaching license. Students with this major will be qualified to teach K-12 Vocal Music.
To complete a B.S.M. in Music additional coursework is required.
Declaring your major: To declare this major, you should start with K-12 Music Education (BSME) and then find Vocal Music Ed (K-12).
Majors must complete the following
Core Secondary Education Requirements
Block 1
- EDUC 210 Education: Issues and Policies (4 credits)
- EDUC 211 Field Experience 1 (0 hours – 30 hours of fieldwork)
Block 2
- EDUC 329 Diversity and Cultural Competence (4 credits)
- EDUC 330 Psychology for Teaching and Learning (4 credits)
- EDUC 332 Field Experience II: Learning & Teaching (0 credit – 30 hours of fieldwork)
Block 3
- EDUC 207 Early Elementary Music Methods (Pre K-2) (2 credits)
- EDUC 307 Intermediate Elementary Music Methods (Grades 3-5) (2 credits)
- EDUC 314 Secondary Music Methods (Grades 6-12) (3 credits)
- EDUC 342 Field Experience III: Music (0 credit – 40 hours of fieldwork)
- EDUC 418 Choral/Instrumental Music Methods (2 credits)
Block 4
- EDUC 431 Use of Technology for Instruction (4 credits) or EDUC 432 Learning Design with Technology in International Contexts (4 credits)
- EDUC 460 Clinical Practice: Student Teaching and Seminar (10 credits)
Plus the following for Vocal Concentrations:
- EDUC 176 Diction for Singers (2 credit)
- EDUC 324 Teaching Techniques for the String Family (2 credits)
- EDUC 362 Vocal Pedagogy for Singers (2 credits)
- MUSC 355 Advanced Conducting and Materials: Vocal Concentration (2 credits)
Plus:
- MUSC 001 Student Convocation Hour (0 credits) (6 semesters)
- MUSC 101 Piano Skills I (1 credit)
- MUSC 102 Piano Skills II (1 credit)
- MUSC 113 Musicianship and Theory I (4 credits)
- MUSC 117 Historical Survey of Music in Western Culture (2 credits)
- MUSC 230 Music of the United States: Aural and Written Traditions (4 credits)
- MUSC 201 Piano Skills III (1 credit)
- MUSC 202 Piano Skills IV (1 credit)
Plus:
- MUSC 212 Musicianship and Theory II (4 credits)
- MUSC 213 Musicianship and Theory III (4 credits)
- MUSC 231 Introduction to Conducting I (1 credit)
- MUSC 233 Music of the World: Aural and Written Traditions (4 credits)
- MUSC 412 Music History and Literature of the Western European Concert Tradition, Classical to Current Era (4 credits)
- MUSN 142 or 160 Ensemble (6 semesters) (1 credit each semester)
- MUSP 3xx Performance studies (6 semesters) (1 credit each semester)
- Aural-Skills Proficiency I (0 credits)
- Piano Proficiency (0 credits)
- Aural-Skills Proficiency II (0 credits)
- Level I Recital (0 credits)
- Level II Recital (0 credits)
Guidelines for choosing an ensemble:
- Students must spend 6 semesters in a large choral ensemble.
- Voice majors must spend at least 4 semesters in MUSN 142 or MUSN 160.
Allied Requirements:
- PHYS 105 Musical Acoustics (4 credit hours)