Music Education, B.M.

Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education

The Music Education degree is designed to train undergraduates to serve public or private schools as highly qualified music teachers. Courses that will develop students’ skills in implementing teaching strategies include elementary and secondary music methods, methods courses in the brass, woodwind, and percussion instrument families, conducting, and private studio lessons.

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Course Requirements

Curriculum

A. Liberal Arts Core (33 hours)
COE 102 (College Orientation Experience)
ENG 101 (Expository Writing)
ENG 111 (Writing about Literature)
ENG 201 (Western Literature and the Arts I)
ENG 202 (Western Literature and the Arts II)
6 hours from REL 111 (Understanding the Old Testament), 112 (Understanding the New Testament), 113 (Christian Worldview)
3 hours numbered MTH 111 (College Algebra) or higher
4 hours from BIO, CHE, PHY, or SCI lecture and lab numbered 100/100L or higher
6 hours from HIS 200 level or higher
B. Program Core (7-8 hours)
C. Music Education Major (45 hours)
7 semesters of MUS 010 (Recital Hour)
MUS 121 (Music Theory I)
MUS 121L (Music Theory I Lab)
MUS 122 (Music Theory II)
MUS 122L (Music Theory II Lab)
MUS 201 (Music Appreciation)
MUS 221 (Music Theory III)
MUS 221L (Music Theory III Lab)
MUS 222 (Music Theory IV)
MUS 226 (Brass Methods)
MUS 227 (Percussion Methods)
MUS 229 (Woodwind Methods)
MUS 270b (Foundations in Music Education)
MUS 271a (Technology for the Music Classroom)
MUS 301 (Music History I)
MUS 302 (Music History II)
MUS 304b (Conducting)
MUS 305b (Advanced Conducting)
MUS 327 (Form and Analysis)
MUS 346 (Elementary Music Methods)
MUS 347b (Choral Music Methods)
MUS 348b (Instrumental Music Methods)
MUS 380 (Junior Recital)
D1. Vocal/General K-12 Emphasis (26 hours)
MUS 102 (Singer’s Diction)
Ensembles totaling seven (7) hours with at least four (4) hours from vocal ensembles
12 hours of applied voice or piano or guitar or harp
4 hours in one other applied music area or class piano (If the principle applied instrument is not piano, these hours must be applied piano or class piano)

All music education majors are required to pass a piano proficiency examination or enroll in applied/class piano until the examination is passed.
D2. Instrumental/General K-12 Emphasis (27 hours)
MUS 326 (Marching Band Techniques)
1 hour from MUP 111-411 (Bethel University Singers) or MUP 116-416 (Applied Voice) or MUS 161 (Class Voice)
Ensembles totaling seven (7) hours with at least four (4) hours from instrumental ensembles
12 hours of applied brass, woodwinds, or percussion
4 hours from applied piano and/or class piano

All music education majors are required to pass a piano proficiency examination or enroll in applied/class piano until the examination is passed.
E. Minor Required