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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Major with concentration in Music Education (Choral / K-12 General Music)


Music (BM)
Music Education Concentration
(Choral / K-12 General Music)
*Sample Four Year Plan

First Year Fall Semester
SCH
First Year Spring Semester
SCH
APSU 1000-Freshmen Seminar 1 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
ENGL 1010-English Composition I 3 MUS 1155-Music Theory II 3
History Core 3 MUS 1156-Ear Training II 1
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1XX0-Individual Instruction 1
MUS 1057-Music Theory I 3 MUS 1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1
MUS 1058-Ear Training I 1 ENGL 1020-English Composition 3
MUS 1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1 COMM 2045-Public Speaking 3
MUS 1XX0-Individual Instruction 1 MATH 1010-Mathematical Thought & Practice 3
MUS 11XX-Class Piano or Ind. Piano .5 hr 1    
MUS 2030-World Music 3    
TOTAL SCH 17 TOTAL SCH 15
Second Year Fall Semester
SCH
Second Year Spring Semester
SCH
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
MUS 2055-Music Theory III 3 MUS 2155-Music Theory IV 3
MUS 2056-Ear Training III 1 MUS 2156-Ear Training IV 1
MUS 1XX0-Individual Instruction 1 MUS 1XX0-Individual Instruction 1
MUS-1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1 MUS 1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1
ENGL 2330-Topics in World Literature 3 History Core 3
MUS 2240-Foundations of Music Education 2 PSY 1010-General Psychology OR
MUS 3160-Intro to Music Technology
3
MUS 4250-English/Latin Diction 1 Natural Sciences w/ lab Core 4
Humanities and/or Fine Arts Core 3    
PSY 1010-General Psychology OR
MUS 3160-Intro to Music Technology
3    
TOTAL SCH 18 TOTAL SCH 16
Third Year Fall Semester
SCH
Third Year Spring Semester
SCH
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
MUS 3XX0-Individual Instruction 1 MUS 3XX0-Individual Instruction 1
MUS 3XX0-Choral Ensemble 1 MUS 3XX0-Choral Ensemble 1
EDUC 3070-Instructional Strategies 3 MUS 4270-Vocal Pedagogy 3
MUS 3010-Music History 3 MUS 3820-Choral Conducting 2
MUS 3800-Basic Conducting 2 MUS 43X0-Choral Lit or Piano Lit 3
Social and Behavioral Sciences Core 3 MUS XXXX-1270, x940, 1489, 452x or x725 1
Natural Sciences w/ lab Core 4 MUS 4780-Instructional Methods for Vocalists 1
    MUS 3255-Elementary Music Methods 3
    MUS 3020-Music History 3
TOTAL SCH 17 TOTAL SCH 18
Fourth Year Fall Semester
Residency I
SCH
Fourth Year Spring Semester
Residency II
SCH
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 EDUC 4X10-Clinical Teaching Elementary 5
MUS 3XX0-Individual Instruction 1 EDUC 4X10-Clincial Teaching (Secondary) 5
MUS 3XX0-Choral Ensemble 3 EDUC 4950-Clinical Teaching Seminar 2
MUS 4500-Music Curriculum/Assessment 3    
EDUC 4080-Classroom Organization & Management 3    
EDUC 4440-Theories of Learning 3    
SPED 3000-Intro to Special Education 3    
MUS 4930-Senior Recital 0    
TOTAL SCH 14 TOTAL SCH 12
    Total Student Credit Hours for Degree 127

*For this degree a student must complete a total of 39 upper division (3000-4999) credit hours.

Milestone I is completed in MUS 2240
Junior Level Hearing is completed in the Spring Semester of Junior Year
Milestone II is completed in EDUC 3070, Includes Praxis 1
Praxis II Music should be taken prior to Residency 1
Students should complete Recital Hearing prior to Residency 1.
Milestone III is completed in EDUC 4080
Milestone II includes Praxis II PLT
Only one large ensemble in Residency 1
The Senior Exam should be taken in Resident 1.
edTPA is Completed in Residency 2

NOTES:

  • The Junior level hearing is completed in the Spring Semester
  • Senior Exit Exam in the Spring semester of senior year.
  • Additional semester of Class Piano may be needed to pass the required proficiency
  • APSU Core courses are listed in a prescribed order
  • 6 hours of Intermediate Foreign Language is required