Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Education (B.M. Instrumental Music Education)
This information represents a typical plan for completion of a music degree. Your actual course may vary. Courses in yellow highlight are sequential music courses offered only in the indicated semester. These must be taken in the sequence indicated.
Freshmen - 16 hours Fall, 16 hours Spring
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 1000r | Seminar | 0 | MUS 1000r | Seminar | 0 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 | Marching Band or Orchestra see note 1 | 1 | MUS 0031 or 0050 | Concert Band or Orchestra see note 1 | 1 |
| MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instrument | 1 | MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instrument | 1 |
| MUS 1710 | Musicianship I | 2 | MUS 1720 | Musicianship II | 2 |
| MUS 1730 | Musicianship Lab I | 1 | MUS 1740 | Musicianship Lab II | 1 |
| MUS 1750 | Aural Skills I | 2 | MUS 1760 | Aural Skills II | 2 |
| ENGL 1010 | Rhetoric & Composition I | 3 | ENGL 1020 | Rhetoric & Composition II | 3 |
| MATH 1010 | Mathematics in our Modern World | 3 | FAH: Literature | Approved Course | 3 |
| FAH: Historical Understanding (Approved Course) 3 | PSY 1010 | Intro to Psychology | 3 | ||
Spring Semester: Pass Piano Proficiency Examination, Phase I
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 2000r | Seminar | 0 | MUS 2000r | Seminar | 0 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 | Marching Band or Orchestra see note 1 | 1 | MUS 0031 or 0050 | Concert Band or Orchestra see note 1 | 1 |
| MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instruction | 1 | MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instruction | 1 |
| MUS 2710 | Musicianship III | 2 | MUS 2720 | Musicianship IV | 2 |
| MUS 2730 | Musicianship Lab III | 1 | MUS 2740 | Musicianship Lab IV | 1 |
| MUS 2750 | Aural Skills III | 2 | MUS 2760 | Aural Skills IV | 2 |
| FAH:VPA | Visual/Perform:Approved Course | 3 | MUS 20xxr | Small Ensemble | 0 |
| Lab Science | Approved Course | 4 | Beh/SS | Approved Behavior/Soc Sci | 3 |
| Statistics | Approved Course | 3 | EDUC 2010 | Education in the U.S. | 3 |
| ECHD 2420 | Adolescent Development | 3 | |||
Spring Semester: Apply for admission to Teacher Education Program.
Audition for admission to 3000-level applied study on semester jury.
Pass Sophomore Theory Proficiency Exam in MUS 2080.
Pass Piano Proficiency Exam (PPE), Phase II
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 3000r | Seminar | 0 | MUS 3000r | Seminar | 0 |
| MUS 20xxr | Small Ensemble | 0 | MUS 0031/0050 | Concert Band/Orchestra | 1 |
| MUS 0030/0050 | Marching Band/Orchestra see note 1 | 1 | MUS 3xxxr | Instrument Instruction | 1 |
| MUS 3xxxr | Instrument Instruction | 1 | MUS 2250 | Percussion Methods see note 2 | 2 |
| MUS 3030 | Basic Conducting | 2 | MUS 3280 | Instrumental Conducting | 2 |
| MUS 2210/2230 | String/Woodwind Methods see note 2 | 2 | MUS 2240 | Brass Methods see note 2 | 2 |
| MUS 3150 | Music History I | 3 | MUS 3160 | Music History II | 3 |
| MUS 3230 | Classroom Music Methods see note 3 | 3 | EDUC 2210 | Survey: Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| MUS 3250 | Band/Orchestra Organization | 3 | MUS 3360 | Choral Methods* | 2 |
| MUS 00xxr | Choral Ensemble see note 5 | 0 | |||
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 4000r | Seminar | 0 | EDUC 4440r | Student Teaching | 12 |
| MUS 0030/0050 | Marching Band or Orchestra see note 1 | 1 | |||
| MUS 3xxxr | Instrument Instruction | 1 | |||
| MUS 4920 | Senior Recital | 0 | |||
| MUS 3110 | Musics of the World | 3 | |||
| FAH: TVB | Thoughts, Values, Beliefs | 3 | |||
| NLS | Natural Science without Lab | 3 | |||
| EDUC 4330 | Instruction & Evaluation in the Secondary Classroom see note 5 | 3 | |||
Fall Semester: Apply for Student Teaching by Sept. 1;
pass PRAXIS II examinations!
Notes
1 Marching Band and Concert Band are the required ensembles for wind and percussion majors. String majors enroll in Orchestra.
2 Students must take 6 hours from MUS 2210, 2230, 2240, 2250, according to their applied instrument area.
3 Prerequisite: Pass Piano Proficiency Exam, Phases I and II
4 Co-requisite for MUS 3360.
5 You must be in the Teacher Education Program (TEP) in order to register for this course.