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

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR

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
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: 17 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 102 or
ENGL 102HG
Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors               
3 hours
MathematicsG              3 hours
PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3 hours
  Total: 18 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

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 355 Music History II 3 hours
††Music
Ensemble2
  1 hour
PHYS 100G Acoustics for Musicians 3 hours
**EDUC 202 Introduction to Education                                                         3 hours 
††Music
Methods1
  1 hour 
History
ElectiveG
  3 hours
  Total: 19 hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 172 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††MUS 120 Diction: French 1 hour
††MUS 2104 Class Piano 1 hour
††MUS 212 Music Theory 3 hours
††MUS 354 Music History I 3 hours
††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
††MUSA 472 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††MUSA 461 Applied Music 1 hour
††MUS 329 Choral Conducting I  2 hours
††Music
Ensemble2
  1 hour
††MUS 303 Introduction to Music Education 3 hours
††MUS 304 Field Experiences in Music Education 1 hour
††MUS 371 or
MUS 372
Form and Analysis
Form and Analysis
2 hours
Biological
Science5,G
  3 hours
*EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 472 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††MUSA 461 Applied Music 1 hour
††MUS 330 Choral Conducting II 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble2
  1 hour
††MUSA 350 Junior Recital 0 hours
*EDUC 313 Elementary Music Methods 3 hours
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G
World Literature
English Literature
American Literature
3 hours
Biological
Science5,G
  3 hours
COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††MUSA 472 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††MUSA 461 Applied Music 1 hour
Social Science 
Elective3,G
  3 hours
††Music
Ensemble2
  1 hour
*EDUC 453 Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools         6 hours
*EDUC 485 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3 hours
  Total: 16 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

*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 Contemporary Guitar 150, String Methods 378, Woodwinds I 393, Woodwinds II 394, Brass 395, or Percussion 397.

2Ensemble assignments are directed 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.

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 department website.)

5GBIO 106 and 107 or GBIO 151 and 153 or GBIO 151H and 153H.