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COURSES OF STUDY
Bachelor of Music Education (B.M.E.)
The Bachelor of Music Education is a pre-professional program
designed especially for students who wish to combine intensive training
in music with required courses and teaching experiences that lead to
certification for primary and secondary school teaching careers. Students
admitted to the B.M.E. degree program concentrate in either vocal/choral or
instrumental music education.
Completion of the B.M.E. degree requires admission to the Teacher
Education Program, usually in the sophomore year, as well the completion
of a minimum of a thirty-minute recital, typically completed in the senior
year. Students in this program must also pass a written comprehensive
examination in music theory, history and literature with a grade of 70% or
higher.
Major Requirements
The following courses are required (26 units):
six and one-half units in theory and pedagogy:
MU 151 Elementary Theory
MU 152 Intermediate Theory
MU 158 Music Technology
MU 251 Advanced Theory
MU 252 Early Twentieth-Century Theory
MU 271 Beginning Conducting
MU 371 Advanced Conducting
MU 352 Music Since 1945
three units music literature and history:
MU 123 Literature and Language of Music
MU 221 Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Music History
MU 222 Baroque, Classic, Romantic, and Twentieth-Century
Music History
six units in education and educational psychology:
ED 299 Teaching Experience
ED 201 Introduction to Education
ED 319 Teaching Reading
EPY 223 Human Growth and Development
EPY 260 Survey of Exceptional Children
EPY 320 Educational Psychology
completion of either a vocal/choral concentration or an instrumental
concentration:
vocal/choral concentration
six and one-half units in applied study and ensemble:
one unit in MS 310 Piano or MS 410 Piano
four units over seven terms in MS 320 Voice or MS 420 Voice
one and one-half units over six terms in MU 112 Southern
Chorale, MU 211 Concert Choir, or MU 242 Opera
Workshop
