BSEd in Music Education

The university offers a state-approved program in K-12 Music Education. Upon completion of the program and the satisfaction of all program requirements students will be recommended to the Ohio Department of Education for initial licensure.

Objectives:

On completion, students should be able to:

• Establish a friendly rapport and exhibit warmth, care, respect, and acceptance of students as individuals.
• Demonstrate appropriate professional characteristics as well as being life-long learners by setting professional goals and continually reflecting on and evaluating their teaching.
• Demonstrate a broad-based knowledge in general core education subjects and extensive knowledge in their curricular area.
• Value a holistic approach in dealing with learners by engaging in a wide range of teaching techniques and assessment practices, promoting learners’ construction of understanding and higher order thinking.
• Develop relevant learning for pupils of varied educational, cultural, economic and language backgrounds.
• Demonstrate the ability to use technology for their own learning and integrate available technology in their teaching to enhance student learning.

MAJOR 90-94 Hours

Music Theory19

• MUS2010 Music Theory I3
  Chords in major and minor keys, voice leading, beginning four-part writing, and harmonic progressions and inversions.

  Prerequisite: Successful music theory placement exam, two semesters of applied piano, or consent of the instructor.
• MUS2011 Aural Skills I1
  Introduction to music reading and aural skills through sight singing and dictation of diatonic music and rhythms with division of the beat.

  Prerequisite: Successful music theory placement exam, two semesters of applied piano, or consent of the instructor.
• MUS2012 Music Theory II3
  Cadences, phrases and periods, non-chord tones, diatonic seventh chords, and introduction to secondary functions.

  Prerequisite: MUS2010 with a grade of C or higher
• MUS2013 Aural Skills II1
  Intermediate instruction in aural skills through sight singing and dictation, adding secondary tonal levels and rhythmic subdivision.

  Prerequisite: MUS2011 with a grade of C or higher.
• MUS3010 Music Theory III3
  Secondary functions, modulation, mode mixture, musical forms, and other chromatic techniques.

  Prerequisite: MUS2012 with a grade of C or higher.
• MUS3011 Aural Skills III1
  Advanced instruction in aural skills through sight singing and dictation, adding chromatic techniques.

  Prerequisite: MUS2013 with a grade of C or higher.
• MUS3012 Music Theory IV3
  Advanced modulations, extended harmonic vocabularies, and selected materials and techniques of post-1900 composition.

  Prerequisite: MUS3010 with a grade of C or higher.
• MUS3013 Aural Skills IV1
  Advanced instruction in aural skills through sight singing and dictation, adding modulation and extended chromatic techniques, and rhythmic devices such as changing meters and irregular division of the beat.

  Prerequisite: MUS3011 with a C or higher
• MUS4010 Musical Form and Analysis3
  Structural principles and forms of homophonic music, particularly Baroque and Classical forms.

  Prerequisite: MUS3010 with a C or higher

Music History9

• MUS3310 Survey of Music History I*3
  Survey of Western art music from Antiquity through the Baroque Era.
• MUS3320 Survey of Music History II3
  Survey of Western art music in the Classic and early Romantic Eras.
• MUS3430 Survey of Music History III3
  Survey of Western art music from the Late Romantic Era to the present.

*This course may apply to the GenEd Humanities requirements.

Music Performance25

• 1000-level Major Applied Study4
• 3000-level Major Applied Study6
• 1000-level Secondary Applied Study3
• MUS1099 Recital (8 semesters)0
  Attendance at on- and off-campus musical performances. Appreciation of a variety of musical literature and concert formats, and observation of elements that help create an effective performance. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
• MUS4099 Senior Recital1
  Public performance of at least 50 minutes of music from a variety of historic and stylistic genera. Literature should be appropriate to the requirements for senior-level study and should include ensemble repertoire. Lesson

  Fee: $150
• MUS4011 Conducting I2
  Conducting patterns with an emphasis on establishing a clear and communicable style to direct an ensemble. Students analyze and direct music using a variety of meters, dynamics, and styles.

  Prerequisite: MUS2010 with a C or higher Course Fee
• Ensemble Electives*7

*Three hours of ensembles may apply to GenEd Humanities requirements.

Please choose one of the following:

• MUS4012 Choral Conducting2
  Conducting techniques for leading choral ensembles, score analysis, study of diction, and musical styles. Expressive conducting of music selected from a broad repertory.

  Prerequisite: MUS4011
• MUS4013 Instrumental Conducting2
  Through participation in this course students will both refine their standard conducting patterns and expand their gestural knowledge with asymmetrical meters, subdivided patterns, and super-meter patterns. Students will study techniques and tools to improve their theoretical knowledge of music in analyzing scores and physically prepare their bodies to effectively conduct music of various meters, dynamics, styles, and genres through informed gestures.

  Prerequisite: MUS4011 1000-level Applied Instrumental Study 1 One half-hour lesson of instrument instruction per week for at least 12 weeks. • MUS1410 Applied Horn I • MUS1500 Applied Flute I • MUS1510 Applied Viola I • MUS1530 Applied Trombone or Euphonium I • MUS1540 Applied Trumpet I • MUS1550 Applied Tuba I • MUS1560 Applied Saxophone I • MUS1570 Applied Percussion I • MUS1580 Applied Cello I • MUS1590 Applied Clarinet I • MUS1600 Applied Guitar I • MUS1620 Applied Violin I • MUS1880 Applied Organ I Fee: $150

Education Core31

• EDU1470 Educational Technology3
  Technologies available for classroom use and their adaptations to the promotion of learning, including the potential and the limitations of computers as tools for teachers. Course

  Fee: $139
• EDU2030 Foundations of Education3
  This course is a prerequisite for entry into an education degree program. Introduction to principles and philosophy of education in public and Christian schools.

  Prerequisites: Composite ACT 21 or higher, or pass Praxis Core; Successful completion of 15 semester hours of college work; FBI & BCI background checks; Corequisite: EDU2031
• EDU2031 Foundations of Education Field Experience0
  60 clock-hour field experience corequisite for EDU2030
• EDU2240 Diversity in Education3
  Theory and practice for teaching students of diverse cultures.

  Prerequisites: EDU2030
• EDU3130 Educational Psychology3
  Psychological perspectives of education as applied to classroom procedures. Essential preparation for Ohio Assessments for Educators dealing with principles of learning and teaching.

  Prerequisites: EDU2030; Junior standing Course Fee: $109
• EDU3320 Teaching Reading in the Content Area3
  Integrating the language processes, especially reading and writing, into in all early and middle childhood subject areas, and developing an understanding of instructional strategies that facilitate a learner’s interaction with text.

  Prerequisite: EDU2030
• EDU4980 Education Capstone1
  Seminar corequisite for EDU499 Clinical Experience

  Corequisite: EDU4990 Course Fee: $300
• EDU4990 Clinical Experience12
  This culminating field experience provides teacher candidates a semester (13 weeks minimum) of classroom experience with a gradual assumption of responsibility across the semester. Teacher candidates must apply to student teach and successfully complete a reflective essay to participate in this gateway to the profession. Students may take no other courses during this experience except the traditional exit course, Theology Capstone.

  Prerequisite: Completion of other program requirements Course Fee for study outside the U.S.: $2000
• PHL2100 Ethics*3
  Introduction to logic and ethics including methodologies for applying those disciplines in Christian ministry and other vocations. Induction and deduction, principles of clean statement and valid reasoning, and fallacies. Moral theories of philosophical schools and their relationship to the development of a biblical ethic.

*This course may apply to the GenEd Humanities requirements.

Music Pedagogy Concentration 6-10