University Catalog

Curriculum in Music Education
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music
Instrumental Music Education Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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	hour
††MUS 111G	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2	hours
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	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
††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 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3	hours
MathematicsG		3	hours
History ElectiveG		3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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 355	Music History II	3	hours
Physics 100G	Acoustics for Musicians	3	hours
PSYC 101G	General Psychology I	3	hours
**EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3	hours
	Total:	19	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††MUS 2104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 212	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 354	Music History I	3	hours
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2	hours
*EDUC 316	Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers	3	hours
*SPED 200	Introduction to Diverse Learners	3	hours
	Total:	19	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††MUS 310	Instrumental Conducting I	2	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUS 303	Introduction to Music Education	3	hours
††MUS 304	Field Experience in Music Education	1	hour
††MUS 371 or MUS 372	Form and Analysis Form and Analysis	2	hours
Biological  Sciences5,G		3	hours
*EDUC 472	Teaching Reading in the Content Areas	3	hours
	Total:	19	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied  Music		2	hours
††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1	hour
††MUS 311	Instrumental Conducting II	2	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0	hours
*EDUC 313	Elementary Music Methods	3	hours
Biological Science5,G		3	hours
COMM 210G	Communicating in the Classroom	3	hours
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble2		1	hour
Social Science  Elective3,G		3	hours
*EDUC 453	Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools	6	hours
*EDUC 485	Special Methods in HIgh School Subjects	3	hours
	Total:	15	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
^*Requires a grade of “C” or better.
^**Requires a grade of “B” or better.

^††Major course. A grade of “C” or better is required.
¹To be selected from Strings Methods 378, Woodwinds I 393, Woodwinds II 394, Brass 395, Percussion 397 and Marching Band Techniques 419.
² Ensemble assignments are dictated by the needs of the department and will be assigned from: Music Theatre Performance 105/405, Orchestra 121/421, Jazz Ensemble 123/423, Wind Symphony 125/425, Athletic Band 127/427, Symphonic Band 143/443, Chamber Ensemble 145/445, or Contemporary Music Ensemble 154/454.
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).
⁵GBIO 106 and 107 or GBIO151 and 153 or GBIO 151H and 153H.