University Catalog

Curriculum in Music Education

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music

Vocal Music Education Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 171	Applied Music	1	hour
††MUS 115	Diction: English and Italian	1	hour
††MUS 103	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 111G	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Ensemble1		1	hour
††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2	hours
††Music Instr. Methods Elective2		1	hour
ENGL 101, or ENGL 121H, or ENGL 123HG,H	Freshman Composition Modern Epic: Literature and Composition Topics in Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
MathematicsG		3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 171	Applied Music	1	hour
††MUS 119	Diction: German	1	hour
††MUS 104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 112	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Ensemble1		1	hour
††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2	hours
††ENGL 102G	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
GBIO 106 or GBIO 151HG,H	Introduction to Biological Principles I            General Biology I Honors	3	hours
MathematicsG		3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 171	Applied Music	1	hour
††MUS 209	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 211	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Ensemble1		1	hour
††MUS 355	Music History II	3	hours
PHYS 100G	Acoustics for Musicians	3	hours
†††Education 203 (take with EDUC 212)	Foundations of Education	2	hours
†††Education 212	Diversity in the Classroom	1	hour
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 171	Applied Music	1	hour
††MUS 120	Diction: French	1	hour
††MUS 2105	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 212	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 354	Music History I	3	hours
††Music Ensemble1		1	hour
††EPSY 301G	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents	3	hours
COMM 210G	Communicating 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
††MUSA 472	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 447	Choral Methods I	3	hours
††Music Ensemble1		1	hour
††MUS 303	Introduction to Music Education	3	hours
††MUS 304	Field Experiences in Music Education	1	hour
††MUSA 4613	Applied Music	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
††MUSA 472	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 448	Choral Methods II	3	hours
††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2	hours
††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††MUSA 4613	Applied Music	1	hour
††Music Ensemble1		1	hour
††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0	hours
††EDUC 315	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
††MUSA 472	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUSA 4613	Applied Music	1	hour
††Music Ensemble1		1	hour
††EDUC 490	Special Methods in High School Subjects	6	hours
††EDUC 472	Teaching Reading in Content Areas	3	hours
History ElectiveG,H		3	hours
Social Science Elective4,G		3	hours
	Total:	19	hours

 

 

Second Semester

EDUC 486	Student Teaching in 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
^HHonors students to take Honors course option:
ENGL 101 or 121H or 123H
ENGL 102 or 122H or 124H
ENGL 230 or 231 or 232 or 210H or 291H or 292H
HIST 101 or 102 or 201 or 202 or 101H or 102H or 201H or 202H
COMM 211 or 211H
GBIO 106 or 151H
GBIO 151 or 151H
Art Elective or HONR 191 

^††Major course. A grade of "C" or better is required.
^†††Major course. A grade of "B" or better is required.
¹Ensemble assignments are dictated by the needs of the department and will be assigned from: Music Theatre Performance 105/405, Chorus 131/431, Concert Choir 135/435, Women’s Chorale 137/437,  or Chamber Ensemble 145/445.
²To be selected from Contemporary Guitar 150, String Methods 378, Woodwind I, 393, Woodwind II 394, Brass 395, or Percussion 397.
³Instrumental Methods classes or guitar may be substituted for one or more hours of MUSA 461, with permission of the piano faculty.
⁴To be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.
5Piano 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).