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 and Endorsement =
46
- English Language minimum = 9 including:
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech
Communication - 3 hours
- Humanities minimum = 15 including:
- MUS 100GS, Introduction to Music - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- MUS 106GS, Introduction to Jazz and Blues - 3
hours
- MUS 107GS, Introduction to Rock and Blues - 3
hours
- DANC 122GS, Dance Appreciation - 3 hours
- THEA 120GS, Introduction to the Theatre - 3
hours
- 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 including:
- 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 = 140
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
- Minimum total hours required for BAE in Music K-12 Teaching Field Endorsement = 140
- 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 (50 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- MUS 109, Introduction to Music Education - 1 hour
- MUS 110*, Brass Techniques - 1 hour
- MUS 112*, Woodwind 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 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 447, Music History and Literature I - 3 hours
- MUS 448, Music History and Literature II - 3
hours
- MUS 468, Secondary School Music - 3 hours
- MUS 486, Marching Band/Jazz Ensemble Methods - 3
hours
- Take 1 hour from:
- MUS 130*, Voice Techniques - 1 hour
- MUS 145, Diction for Singers I - 1 hour
- Take 1 hour from:
- MUS 241*, Piano Techniques IV - 1 hour
MUS 260, Keyboard
Harmonization - 1 hour
- *Requirements may be met through proficiency examination; hours to be replaced by
Music Electives
- B. Music Education Private Instruction (7 hours required)
- Take 3-4 hours in one area (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument) from:
- MUS 150, Private Instruction, Primary Instrument
- 1 hour
- Take 3-4 hours in same area as above (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument)
from:
- MUS 350, Advanced Private Instruction - 1 hour
- C. Music Education Ensembles (7 hours required)
- Take 7 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. At least 1 hour must be earned in an ensemble outside the student's
principal applied area. Students must have experience in both instrumental and vocal
ensembles.
02 Jun 2006
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