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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Music Education Major BBSED.MUE

Music Major Information
Admission to Professional Teacher Preparation Program

This major requires 124 credits to graduate.

Required Core - 49 semester hours

Take Required Core and 1 Area of Emphasis

MUAP 1xx Applied Music Instrument/Voice 2 semester hours
MUAP 2xx Applied Music Instrument/Voice 2 semester hours
MUAP 3xx Applied Music Instrument/Voice 2 semester hours
MUAP 4xx Applied Music Instrument/Voice 1 semester hours

MUS 110 - Music Theory I 3 semester hours
MUS 110L - Aural Skills I 1 semester hours
MUS 111 - Music Theory II 3 semester hours
MUS 111L - Aural Skills II 1 semester hours
MUS 210 - Music Theory III 3 semester hours
MUS 210L - Aural Skills III 1 semester hours
MUS 211 - Music Theory IV 3 semester hours
MUS 211L - Aural Skills IV 1 semester hours
MUS 240 - Music Cultures of the World 3 semester hours
MUS 313 - Form and Analysis 3 semester hours
MUS 330 - Music History I 3 semester hours
MUS 331 - Music History II 3 semester hours
MUS 351 - Elementary School Music Methods 3 semester hours
MUS 352 - Music in the Elementary School II 2 semester hours
MUS 360 - Conducting 3 semester hours
MUS 420 - Orchestration & Arranging 3 semester hours
MUS 467 - Advanced Conducting 2 semester hours
MUS 185 - Recital Attendance 0 semester hours
Register for Recital Attendance every semester you are a declared Music major.
MUAP 483 - Public Recital 0 to 2 semester hours 1 semester hour required

Instrumental Emphasis - 15 semester hours

MUEN Concert Band or Chamber Orchestra - 4 semester hours (Students are required to participate in a large ensemble each semester)

MUS 373 - Woodwind Instrumental Methods 2 semester hours
MUS 374 - Percussion Instrumental Methods 2 semester hours
MUS 375 - Brass Instrumental Methods 2 semester hours
MUS 377 - String Instrumental Methods 2 semester hours
MUS 382 - Methods & Materials of Teaching Piano 3 semester hours
OR
MUS 456 - Instrumental Materials & Techniques 3 semester hours

Vocal Emphasis - 15 semester hours

MUEN 100/300 Concert Choir - 4 semester hours (Students are required to participate in a large ensemble each semester)

MUS 215 - Introduction to Music Technology 2 semester hours
MUS 302 - Vocal Diction Class I 2 semester hours
MUS 303 - Vocal Diction Class II 2 semester hours
MUS 345 - Vocal Pedagogy and Literature 2 semester hours
MUS 458 - Choral Materials & Techniques 3 semester hours

Pre-Professional Teaching Core - 18 semester hours

EDFN 295 - Practicum: Pre-Admission 1 semester hours
EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education 2 semester hours
EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology 3 semester hours
EPSY 428 - Child & Adolescent Development 3 semester hours
INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies 3 semester hours
PSYC 101 - General Psychology 3 semester hours
(Gen Ed)
SPED 100 - Intro to Persons with Exceptionalities 3 semester hours

Professional K-12 Teaching Core - 17 semester hours

EDFN 440 - Classroom Management 1 semester hours
SEED 408 - Planning, Managing & Assessing the 5-12 Diverse Classroom 3 semester hours
SEED 495 - Practicum 1 semester hours
EDFN 475 - Human Relations 3 semester hours
ED 488 - K-12 Student Teaching 6 to 12 semester hours

System Gen Ed Requirements (SGRs) - 30 semester hours

ENGL 101
ENGL 201
CMST- Gen Ed - Speech (1 class) - 3 semester hours
MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics (1 class) - 3 semester hours
Gen Ed - Social Science (2 classes from different subjects) - 6 semester hours
Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities (2 classes from different subjects or a foreign language sequence) - 6 semester hours
Gen Ed - Natural Sciences & Lab (2 classes/corresponding labs) - 6-8 semester hours

Electives required to total 124

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 124 hours, of which 36 hours must be 300-400 level courses.