Sample Degree Map| Choral/General Music Education

Updated 8/22
First Year: Fall Semester/Semester 1
Course Title Credits
MUS 140 Recital Attendance Requirement* 0
MUS 101 Theory of Music I 3
MUS 151 Aural Skills I 1
MUS 142 Applied Music 2
MUS 100 Large Music Ensemble 1
MUS 160 Functional Piano (1)
MUS 175 Introduction to Music Education 3
MUS 113 Choral Practicum 1
MUS 235 Lyric Diction I 2
ENG 111 Composition and Rhetoric (GMP Fnd I) 3
-- Total 16(17)
First Year: Fall Semester/Semester 2
Course Title Credits
MUS 140 Recital Attendance Requirement 0
MUS 102 Theory of Music II 3
MUS 152 Aural Skills II 1
MUS 142 Applied Music 2
MUS 100 Large Music Ensemble 1
MUS 161 Functional Piano (1)
MUS 218 Beginning Guitar 1
MUS 112 Lab Choir 0
MUS 185

MUS 186
The Diverse Worlds of Music
-OR-
Global Popular Music (GMP Fnd IIB or IIIB - not both)
3
-- GMP fulfilling course 3
-- GMP fulfilling course 3
Total 17(18)
Second Year: Fall Semester/Semester 3
Course Title Credits
MUS 140 Recital Attendance Requirement 0
MUS 201 Theory of Music III 3
MUS 251 Aural Skills III 1
MUS 242 Applied Music 2
MUS 100 Large Music Ensemble 1
MUS 260 Functional Piano (1)
MUS 275 Sophomore Practicum in
Music Ed
1
MUS 113 Choral Practicum 1
EDP 201 Human Development & Learning in
Social & Educational Contexts (GMP Fnd IIC]
3
-- GMP fulfilling course 3
-- Total 15(16)
Second Year: Spring Semester/Semester 4
Course Title Credits
MUS 140 Recital Attendance Requirement 0
MUS 202 Theory of Music IV 3
MUS 252 Aural Skills IV 1
MUS 242 Applied Music 2
MUS 100 Large Music Ensemble 1
MUS 261 Functional Piano 1
MUS 112 Lab Choir 0
MUS 221 Music Technologies (GMP Fnd V) [Spring only] 3
EDL 204 Sociocultural Studies in Education(GMP Fnd IIB or IC - not both) 3
-- GMP fulfilling course 3
-- Total 17
Third Year: Fall Semester/Semester 5
Course Title Credits
MUS 140 Recital Attendance Requirement 0
MUS 211 History of Western Music (GMP Fnd IIA) 3
MUS 342 Applied Music 2
MUS 100 Large Music Ensemble 1
MUS 352 Conducting I 2
MUS 356 Secondary General Music Techniques [odd-numbered Fall only] 2
MUS 456 Vocal Pedagogy 2
-- Thematic Sequence course 3
-- Total 13/15
Third Year: Spring Semester/Semester 6
Course Title Credits
MUS 140 Recital Attendance Requirement 0
MUS 212 History of Western Music 3
MUS 342 Applied Music 2
MUS 100 Large Music Ensemble 1
MUS 112 Lab Choir 0
MUS 354 Conducting II 2
MUS 355 General Music Teaching Techniques -
Early Childhood and Elementary
3
-- GMP fulfilling course 3
-- Thematic Sequence course 3
-- Total 17
Fourth Year: Fall Semester/Semester 7
Course Title Credits
MUS 140 Recital Attendance Requirement 0
MUS 442 Applied Music 2
MUS 100 Large Music Ensemble 1
MUS 475 Senior Practicum in Music Education (GMP Capstone) 3
EDP 256 Psychology of the Exceptional Learner 3
MUS 226 Improving Reading Through the
Music Content Area
3
MUS 356 Secondary General Music Techniques
[odd-numbered Fall only]
2
-- Senior Half Recital (no registration) 0
-- Thematic Sequence course 3
-- Total 15/17
Fourth Year: Spring Semester/Semester 8
Course Title Credits
MUS 419 Supervised Teaching in Music 12
-- Total 12
-- Total Hours: 124

*MUS 140 Recital Attendance requires seven semesters of registration

Functional Piano requirement: Completion of MUS 261 or proficiency examination required.

Chamber Music requirement: MUS 139 Chamber Music Experience requires one semester of registration.

^Performance requirement: Half recital in year 4, semester 7 while registered for 400-level Applied Music.

Major instrument requirement: Guitar: MUS454 Guitar Repertory and Pedagogy (2)

Minor applied requirement: An applied major in piano, guitar or band/orchestral instrument is required to take four hours of class or private voice in addition to major applied study.

Large Music Ensemble requirement: Enroll in a large choral ensemble each semester. The large choral ensembles are: MUS 100B Men’s Glee Club, MUS 100D Choraliers, and MUS 100Q Chamber Singers. . Entrance to each group is by audition. When meeting this requirement, students must complete at least two semesters in a mixed (SATB) ensemble (i.e., Chamber Singers (MUS 100).

Piano or guitar majors must enroll as a singer in choral ensembles at least three semesters.

Background Check and Fingerprint are required once a year for all music education majors. 

Admission to sophomore courses in music education contingent upon fulfillment of the following requirements: minimum overall GPA of 2.25 and minimum GPA of 2.8 in all music courses (including a maximum of one ensemble per semester).

Admission to junior courses in music education contingent upon fulfillment of the following requirements: minimum overall GPA of 2.25 and minimum GPA of 2.8 in all music courses (including a maximum of one ensemble per semester).

Admission to student teaching contingent upon fulfillment of the following requirement minimum overall GPA of 2.25, minimum GPA of 2.8 in all music courses (including a maximum of one ensemble per semester), an ACT composite score of 21 or better or total SAT score of 930 or better; completion of functional piano requirement; and completion of MUS113, MUS352, MUS354, MUS355, and MUS356.

Teacher licensure in Ohio and most other states requires completion of a baccalaureate teacher licensure program, passing a licensure examination, and recommendation by the accrediting institution. It is suggested students complete licensure exams (Professional Knowledge: OAE Multi-Age/004 and OAE Music/032) prior to graduation. To be recommended for licensure, teacher candidates must also successfully complete the Educational Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) during their student teaching. Once completed, teacher candidates should apply for licensure. Details are available in 202 McGuffey Hall. All costs associated with licensure are the responsibility of the applicant.

It is the responsibility of the student to see that all university requirements are fulfilled – please refer to the General Bulletin.