Offered by Department of Music and Performing Arts

Music Major

Music Education K-12
Bachelor of Music

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and major = 46
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 28
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3 including:
      • MUS 347GS, Music History and Literature I - 3 hours
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6 including:
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 3 including:
      • MUS 200GS, Music Theory I - 3 hours
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• Professional Sequence = 20 including:
  • TE 319, Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours
  • Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
• Endorsement = 54
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 120
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BM in Music Education K-12 = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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.

Candidates for degrees must satisfactorily complete an exit assessment including a portfolio before graduation.

1. Music Education Core Requirements (40 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • MUS 109, Introduction to Music Education - 1 hour
     • MUS 110*, Brass Techniques - 1 hour
     • MUS 111*, Woodwind Techniques - 1 hour
     • MUS 114*, Percussion Techniques - 1 hour
     • MUS 120*, String Techniques - 1 hour
     • MUS 122, Conducting - 1 hour
     • MUS 198, Sight Singing and Ear Training I - 1 hour
     • MUS 199, Sight Singing and Ear Training II - 1 hour
     • MUS 201, Music Theory II - 3 hours
     • MUS 337, Sight Singing and Ear Training III - 1 hour
     • MUS 338, Sight Singing and Ear Training IV - 1 hour
     • MUS 339, Music Theory III - 3 hours
     • MUS 340, Music Theory IV - 3 hours
     • MUS 348GS, Music History and Literature II - 3 hours
     • MUS 356, Field Experience in the Elementary Music Classroom - 0.5 hour
     • MUS 357, Elementary/Middle School General Music - 3 hours
     • MUS 406, Instrumental Conducting & Literature - 2 hours
     • MUS 407, Choral Conducting and Literature - 2 hours
     • MUS 425, Arranging - 2 hours
     • MUS 467, Field Experience in the Secondary Music Classroom - 0.5 hour
     • 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
   • Take 4 hours from the following:
     • Placement into the appropriate level piano class will be determined by the piano faculty at the time of the entrance audition.
     • MUS 140*, Piano Techniques I - 1 hour
     • MUS 141*, Piano Techniques II - 1 hour
     • MUS 240*, Piano Techniques III - 1 hour
     • 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; see advisor.
2. 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 2-3 hours in same area as above (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument) from:
     • MUS 350, Advanced Private Instruction - 1 hour
   • Take 1 hour in same area as above (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument):
     • MUS 350R, Advanced Applied Instruction with Recital - 1 hour
   • Students must enroll in private instruction on primary instrument/voice every semester for a minimum of 7 semesters.
3. 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, MUS 178, MUS 179, MUS 180 may be substituted for TWO semesters ONLY.)
     • Students must enroll in an ensemble every semester for a minimum of 7 semesters; 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.