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2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Major with concentration in Music Education (Choral / K-12 General Music) 4YP


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-Applied Instruction LD 1
MUS 1057-Music Theory I 3 MUS 1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1
MUS 1058-Ear Training I 1 ENGL 1020-English Composition II 3
MUS 1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1 Math Core 3
MUS 1XX0-Applied Instruction LD 1 Natural Science Core 4
MUS 1027-Class Piano or Ind. Piano .5 hr 1    
MUS 2030-World Music 3    
TOTAL SCH 17 TOTAL SCH 16
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-Applied Instruction LD 1 MUS 1XX0-Applied Instruction LD 1
MUS-1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1 MUS 1XX0-Choral Ensemble 1
ENGL 2330-Topics in World Literature 3 History Core 3
MUS 4250 - English/Latin Diction 1 PSYC 1030-Intro to Psychology OR
MUS 3160-Intro to Music Technology
3
PSYC 1030-Intro to Psychology OR
MUS 3160-Intro to Music Technology
3 COMM 2045-Public Speaking 3
Humanities and/or Fine Arts Core 3 Social Science Core 3
MUS 2240*- Foundations of Music Ed. 2    
TOTAL SCH 18 TOTAL SCH 18
Third Year Fall Semester
SCH
Third Year Spring Semester
SCH
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
MUS 3XX0-Applied Instruction UD 1 MUS 3XX0-Applied Instruction UD 1
MUS 3XX0-Choral Ensemble 1 MUS 3XX0-Choral Ensemble 1
MUS 3010-Music History I 3 MUS 4270 or 4280-Vocal or Piano Pedagogy 3
MUS 3800-Basic Conducting 2 MUS 3020-Music History II 3
MUS 3070 - Instructional Strategies for the Music Classroom 3 MUS 3810 - Choral Conducting 2
MUS 43X0 - Choral Literature or Piano Literature 3 MUS 4380 - Choral Methods 3
Natural Science w/lab 4 Music Elective 1
    MUS 4780 - Instr. Methods for Vocalists 1
    MUS 3255 - Elementary Music Methods 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-Applied Instruction UD 1 EDUC 4X10-Clinical Teaching (Secondary) 5
MUS 3XX0-Choral Ensemble 1 EDUC 4950-Clinical Teaching Seminar 2
MUS 4500-Music Curriculum/Assessment 3    
EDUC 4081-Classroom Organization & Management-Secondary Ed 3    
EDUC 4441 - Ed. Psych- Secondary Ed. 3    
SPED 2300 - Intro to Special Education 3    
MUS 4950 - Senior Recital 1    
TOTAL SCH 15 TOTAL SCH 12
    Total Student Credit Hours for Degree 131

*For this degree a student must complete a total of 33 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 Practicum Semester.
Students should complete Recital Hearing prior to Practicum Semester.
Milestone III is completed in EDUC 4080
Only one large ensemble in Practicum Semester.
The Senior Exam should be taken in Practicum Semester.
edTPA is Completed in Clinical Teaching Semester.

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