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

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		1
^††Music Instr. Methods Elective¹		1
^††MUS 101	Voice Class	1
^††MUS 103	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 111^G	Music Theory	3
^††Music Ensemble²		1
^††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101H^G	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3
Mathematics^G		3
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		1
^††Music Instr. Methods Elective¹		1
^††MUS 104	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 112	Music Theory	3
^††Music Ensemble²		1
^††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2
^††ENGL 102 or ENGL 102H^G	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3
Mathematics^G		3
History Elective^G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		1
^††Music Instr. Methods Elective1		1
^††MUS 209	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 211	Music Theory	3
^††Music Ensemble²		1
^††MUS 355	Music History II	3
Physics 100^G	Acoustics for Musicians	3
PSYC 101^G	General Psychology I	3
^**EDUC 202	Introduction to Education	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 19

Second Semester

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

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		2
^††Music Instr. Methods Elective¹		1
^††MUS 310	Instrumental Conducting I	2
^††Music Ensemble²		1
^††MUS 303	Introduction to Music Education	3
^††MUS 304	Field Experience in Music Education	1
^††MUS 371 or MUS 372	Form and Analysis Form and Analysis	2
Biological Sciences^5,G		3
^*EDUC 472	Teaching Reading in the Content Areas	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 19

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		2
^††Music Instr. Methods Elective¹		1
^††MUS 311	Instrumental Conducting II	2
^††Music Ensemble²		1
^††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0
^*EDUC 313	Elementary Music Methods	3
Biological Science^5,G		3
COMM 210^G	Communicating in the Classroom	3
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232^G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††Applied Music		2
^††Music Ensemble²		1
Social Science Elective^3,G		3
^*EDUC 453	Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools	6
^*EDUC 485	Special Methods in HIgh School Subjects	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
EDUC 486	Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools	9
Total Semester Credit Hours: 9

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 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 GBIO 151 and 153 or GBIO 151H and 153H.

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FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 134