Bachelor of Music in Vocal Music Education (B.M. Vocal 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 0028r | Approved Ensemble | 1 | MUS 0028 | Approved Ensemble | 1 |
| MUS 2550 | Voice Instruction | 1 | MUS 2550 | Voice Instruction | 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 & Comp. I |
3 | ENGL 1020 | Rhetoric & Comp. II |
3 |
| MATH | Approved Math | 3 | FAH: Literature | Approved Course | 3 |
| FAH: Historical Understanding 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 0020/22 | Choral Ensemble | 1 | MUS 0020/22 | Choral Ensemble | 1 |
| MUS 2550r | Voice Instruction | 1 | MUS 2550r | Voice 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 | Behavior/SocSci | Approved Course | 3 |
| Lab Science | Approved Course | 4 | MUS 2170 | Diction for Singers | 2 |
| Statistics | Approved Course | 3 | EDUC 2010 | Education in the U.S. | 3 |
- Spring Semester: Apply for admission to Teacher Education Program.
- Spring Semester: 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 0020/22 | Choral Ensemble | 1 | MUS 0020/22 |
Choral Ensemble |
1 |
| MUS 3550r | Voice Instruction | 1 | MUS 3550r | Voice Instruction | 1 |
| MUS 3030 | Basic Conducting | 2 | MUS 3100 | Choral Conducting | 2 |
| MUS 3330 | Vocal Pedagogy | 2 | MUS 3360 | Choral Methods | 2 |
| MUS 3150 | Music History I | 3 | MUS 3160 | Music History II | 3 |
| MUS 3230 | Classroom Music Methods | 3 | EDUC 2210 | Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| ECHD 2420 | Adolescent Development | 3 | Non-Lab Science | Approved Course | 3 |
| 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 0020/22 | Choral Ensemble | 1 | |||
| MUS 3550r | Applied Voice | 1 | |||
| MUS 3110 | Musics of the World | 3 | |||
| MUS 3380 | Choral Techniques | 2 | |||
| FAH:TVB | Thoughts, Values, Beliefs approved course | 3 | |||
| MUS Elective | Guitar/Piano/Practicum | 1 | |||
| MUS 4920 | Senior Recital | 0 | |||
| EDUC 4330 | Instruction & Evaluation in the Secondary Classroom | 3 | |||
Fall Semester: Apply for Student Teaching by Sept. 1;
pass PRAXIS II examinations!
Notes
1 May substitute MUS 0022, Chamber Singers, if admitted by audition.
2 Students must pass Foreign Language Diction Proficiency Exam or take MUS 2170 as a deficiency course.
3 Prerequisite: Pass Piano Proficiency Exam, Phases I and II
4 You must be in the Teacher Education Program (TEP) in order to register for EDUC 4330