University Catalog

Curriculum in Music Education

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music

Instrumental Music Education Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		1	hour
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††MUS 101	Voice Class	1	hour
††MUS 103	Class Piano	1	hours
††MUS 111G	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2	hours
ENGL 101, or ENGL 121H, or ENGL 123HG,H	Freshman Composition Ancient Epic: Literature and Composition Topics in Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
PHYS 100G	Acoustics for Musicians	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		1	hour
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††MUS 104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 112	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2	hours
††ENGL 102, or ENGL 122H, or ENGL 124HG,H	Critical Reading and Writing Modern Epic: Literature and Composition Topics in Reading and Research-Based Writing	3	hours
GBIO 106 or GBIO 151HG	Introduction to Biological Principles I General Biology I Honors	3	hours
HIST 201G,H	American Literature to 1877	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied  Music		1	hour
††Music Instr.  Methods  Elective1		1	hour
††MUS 209	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 211	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUS 354	Music History I	3	hours
†††Education 203 (take with EDUC 212)	Foundations of Education	2	hours
†††Education 212	Diversity in the Classroom	1	hour
MATH 151/161G	College Algebra with Fundamentals / College Algebra	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		1	hour
††MUS 2104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 212	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 355	Music History I	3	hours
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††EPSY 301	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents	3	hours
COMM 210G	Communication in the Classroom	3	hours
ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232, or ENGL 210H, or ENGL 291H, or ENGL 292HG,H	World Literature English Literature American Literature Honors Studies in Literature Tragedy and Comedy Modern Fiction	3	hours
	Total:	19	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††MUS 440	Instrumental Techniques I	3	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUS 303	Introduction to Music Education	3	hours
††MUS 304	Field Experience in Music Education	1	hour
††SPED 210	Characteristics of Individuals with Exceptionalities	2	hours
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
††EDUC 407	Tests and Measures	3	hours
	Total:	19	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied  Music		2	hours
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††MUS 446	Instrumental Techniques II	3	hours
††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2	hours
††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0	hours
††EPSY 315G	Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers	3	hours
††EDUC 313	Elementary Music Methods	3	hours
	Total:	17	hours

 

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††EDUC 490	Special Methods in High School Subjects	6	hours
††EDUC 472	Teaching Reading in the Content Area	3	hours
MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
Social Science Elective3,G		3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

EDUC 486	Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools	9	hours
	Total:	9	hours

 

Total semester hours required 134

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††Major course. A grade of "C" or better is required.
^†††Major course. A grade of "B" or better is required.
¹To be selected from High Strings 379, Low Strings 380, Double Reed 393, Single Reed 394, Brass 395, and Flute and Percussion 397.
²Ensemble assignments are dictated by the needs of the department, and will be assigned from Orchestra 121/421, Band 125/425,and Jazz Ensemble 123/423, Varsity Band 127/427, and Chamber Ensemble 145/445.
³To be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.
⁴Piano proficiency must be demonstrated as a graduation requirement. Students must enroll in Piano each semester until the Piano Proficiency Exam is passed (see Piano Proficiency Handbook, posted on the departmental website).