Music in Music Education

Bachelor of Music in Music Education

Music degree options: Music Education | Classical Performance | Jazz Studies

Minimum hours needed to obtain a Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree: 139

General education requirements: 26 hours

  • ENG 1100 or 1101; ENG 1102; MTH 1550; HIS 1110 or HIS 1121, or HIS 1122
  • MUS 3381 as 3 credits of Humanities elective
  • EDU 2300 as 3 credits of Social and Behavioral Sciences elective
  • 3 credits of Natural and Physical Sciences elective
  • USS 1000
  • 1 credit elective from HHP 1101-1121

Music core requirements: 59 credits

  • MUS 1101, MUS 1102, MUS 2201, MUS 2202
  • MUS 1151, MUS 1152, MUS 2251, MUS 2252*
  • MUS 1200
  • MUS 3382, MUS 3386, MUS 3341, MUS 3342 or MUS 3343
  • MUS 2226, MUS 2228, MUS 2229, MUS 2230, MUS 2231
  • 14 credits of Principal Applied
  • MUS 3495
  • MUS 4495
  • 4 credits of Jazz Ensembles
  • 7 semesters of MUS 1000

Education requirements: 39-41 credits

  • MUS 2280, MUS 3375 or MUS 4477, MUS 3376, MUS 3482, MUS 4476, MUS 4482
  • EDU 3262, EDU 3264, EDU 3266, EDU 3330, EDU 4491, EDU 4895

A grade of C or better is required in all MUS courses.

*Piano majors substitute 4 credits of Intro to Collaborative Piano or Secondary Applied.