Program: Music Education (Instrumental Licensure), B.M.Ed. Semester-by-semester Guide - University of Southern Mississippi - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 16, 2025

2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin

Freshman

1st semester (16 hours)

MED 101 - Class Piano I 1 hr.
MUS 100 - Music Fundamentals 1 hr.
MUS 101 - Music Theory 2 hrs.
MUS 101L - Developing Aural Skills I 1 hr.
MED 199 - Success for Music Education Majors 2 hrs
ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs. or higher

2nd semester (17 hours)

MED 102 - Class Piano II 1 hr.
MUS 102 - Music Theory 3 hrs.
MUS 102L - Developing Aural Skills II 1 hr.
ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
CMS 111 - Oral Communication 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (18 hours)

MED 201 - Class Piano III 1 hr.
MUS 201 - Advanced Music Theory 3 hrs.
MUS 201L - Advanced Aural Skills I 1 hr.
MUS 307 - History of Music I 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

Social Science:

2nd semester (18 hours)

MED 202 - Class Piano IV 1 hr.
MUS 202 - Advanced Music Theory 3 hrs.
MUS 202L - Advanced Aural Skills II 1 hr.
MUS 308 - History of Music II 3 hrs.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (18 hours)

MED 311 - Elementary Music Methods 3 hrs.
MED 332 - Instrumental Conducting 2 hrs.
MED 221 - String Class 1 hr.
MED 321 - Instrumental Methods 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.

2nd semester (18 hours)

MED 312 - Secondary Music Methods 3 hrs.
MED 334 - Instrumental Conducting II 2 hrs.
MED 427 - Percussion Class 2 hrs.
MUS 301 - 20th-Century Harmony 2 hrs. or
MUS 302 - Form and Analysis 2 hrs. or
MUS 321 - Counterpoint 2 hrs.
PSY 374 - Educational Psychology 3 hrs.

Select 1:

Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

MUP 395 - Music Education Recital 0-3 hrs.
CIE 302 - Classroom Management 3 hrs. or
CIS 302 - Classroom Management 3 hrs.
REF 400 - Public Education in the United States 3 hrs.
REF 469 - Tests and Measurements 3 hrs.
SPE 400 - Psychology & Education of Exceptional Children 3 hrs.

2nd semester (14 hours)