Offered by Department of Music and Performing Arts:
Music Major

Music K-12 Teaching
Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

FAH BAE 4107

Minimum General Studies = 45
including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education
English Language minimum = 9
ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech - 3 hours
Humanities minimum = 12 including:
Take 1 course from:
HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
Take 1 course from:
HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
Natural Sciences minimum = 7
Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
Take any Economic Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any Political Perspective GS course - 3 hours
Take any GS course from:
Social Perspective,
Geographical Perspective or
Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours
Personal Development minimum = 3
PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
Professional Sequence = 30
Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
Endorsement = 64
Minimum total hours required coursework = 139
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
Minimum total hours required for BAE in Music K-12 Teaching Field Endorsement = 139
All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
A. Music Education Core Requirements (48 hours required)
Take all of the following:
MUS 110*, Brass Techniques - 1 hour
MUS 112*, Flute/Double Reed Techniques - 1 hour
MUS 113*, Clarinet/Saxophone Techniques - 1 hour
MUS 114*, Percussion Techniques - 1 hour
MUS 120*, String Techniques - 1 hour
MUS 140*, Piano Techniques I - 1 hour
MUS 141*, Piano Techniques II - 1 hour
MUS 198, Sight Singing and Ear Training I - 1 hour
MUS 199, Sight Singing and Ear Training II - 1 hour
MUS 200, Theory I - 3 hours
MUS 201, Theory II - 3 hours
MUS 240*, Piano Techniques III - 1 hour
MUS 241*, Piano Techniques IV - 1 hour
MUS 337, Sight Singing and Ear Training III - 1 hour
MUS 338, Sight Singing and Ear Training IV - 1 hour
MUS 339, Theory III - 3 hours
MUS 340, Theory IV - 3 hours
MUS 357, Elementary/Junior High General Music - 3 hours
MUS 365, Form and Analysis - 2 hours
MUS 406, Instrumental Conducting &Literature - 3 hours
MUS 407, Choral Conducting and Literature - 3 hours
MUS 425, Arranging - 2 hours
MUS 447, Music History and Literature I - 3 hours
MUS 448, Music History and Literature II - 3 hours
MUS 468, Secondary School Music - 3 hours
Take 1 hour from:
MUS 130*, Voice Techniques - 1 hour
MUS 145, Diction for Singers I - 1 hour
*Requirements may be met through proficiency examination; hours to be replaced by Music Electives
B. Music Education Private Instruction (8 hours required)
Take 3-5 hours in one area (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument) from:
MUS 150, Private Instruction, Primary Instrument - 1 hour
Take 3-5 hours in one area (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument) from:
MUS 350, Advanced Private Instruction - 1 hour
Take 0-2 hours in a secondary area from:
MUS 149, Private Instruction, Secondary Instrument - 1 hour
C. Music Education Ensembles (8 hours required)
Take 8 hours from:
MUS 103, University Band - 1 hour
MUS 104, Symphonic Band - 1 hour
MUS 105, Wind Ensemble - 1 hour
MUS 173, Choraleers - 1 hour
MUS 174, University Men's Chorus - 1 hour
MUS 176, University Women's Chorus - 1 hour
MUS 220, Kearney Area Symphony Orchestra - 1 hour
(MUS 177, 178, 179, 180 may be substituted for TWO semesters ONLY.)
At least 6 hours must be earned in an ensemble that matches the student's principal applied area.

16 May 2005

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