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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Education (Instrumental Pedagogy) BMEd Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (17 hours)

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

Select 1 course:

MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs.
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (19 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
MED 102 - Class Piano II 1 hr. +
MED 199 - Introduction to Music Education 2 hrs
MED 427 - Percussion Methods 2 hrs.
MUS 102 - Music Theory II 3 hrs.
MUS 102L - Ear Training II 1 hr.
Major Instrument 2 hrs.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

Sophomore

1st semester (18 hours)

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
MED 201 - Class Piano III 1 hr. +
MED 209 - Low Brass Methods 2 hrs.
MUS 201 - Music Theory III 3 hrs.
MUS 201L - Ear Training III 1 hr.
Major Instrument 2 hrs.
MED 251 - Choral Music Education for Instrumentalists 3 hrs.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

2nd semester (18-19 hours)

MUP 298 - Upper Divisional Exam 0 hrs.
MED 202 - Class Piano IV 1 hr. +
or
MED 302 - Piano Competency 0 hrs.
MUS 202 - Music Theory IV 3 hrs.
MUS 202L - Ear Training IV 1 hr.
Major Instrument 2 hrs.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MED 210 - Flute and Clarinet Methods 2 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

Select 1 course:

Select 1:

HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
HUM 201 - Colloquium on the Pre-Modern World 3 hrs.
HUM 202 - Colloquium on the Modern World 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (17 hours)

MUS 307 - History of Music I 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
MED 332 - Instrumental Conducting I 2 hrs.
Major Instrument 2 hrs.
MED 309 - High Brass Methods 2 hrs.
MED 311 - Elementary Music Methods 3 hrs. (WI)
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

2nd semester (18 hours)

MUS 308 - History of Music II 3 hrs.
MED 300 - Clinical Experience in Music Education 2 hrs.
Major Instrument 2 hrs.
MED 310 - Saxophone and Double Reed Methods 2 hrs.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MED 334 - Instrumental Conducting II 2 hrs.

Select 1 course:

MED 401 - Marching Band Methods 3 hrs.
MED 438 - Band Literature 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

Select 1 course:

Senior

1st semester (12 hours)

MED 312 - Secondary Instrumental Music Methods 3 hrs.
MUP 471 - Chamber Music 1 hr.
Music Electives 3 hrs.
Major Instrument 2 hrs.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MED 221 - String Methods 2 hrs.

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

2nd semester (12 hours)

MUP 471 - Chamber Music 1 hr.
Major Instrument 2 hrs.
MUS 446 - Instrumental Literature 2 hrs.
Music Electives 5 hrs.
MUP 495 - Music Education Capstone Recital 1 hr. (Capstone)

Select 1 course:

MUP 481 - Orchestra 1 hr.
MUP 482 - Band 1 hr.

Note:

+Hours do not count toward degree, but may be used as electives.