Music Education, Elementary Music or Choral Music Emphasis, B.M.

All music majors include:

• MUS-111 Basic Musicianship I
• MUS-112 Basic Musicianship II
• MUS-120 Introduction to Music Literature
• MUS-211 Basic Musicianship III
• MUS-212 Basic Musicianship IV
• MUS-220 World Music I
• MUS-221 Music History I
• MUS-320 Music History II
• MUS-321 Music History III
• MUS-352 Basic Conducting
• two credits of performance topics

Candidates for the B.M. degree enroll in additional courses consistent with their major.

Music education majors planning for teacher certification must complete:

• EDU-111 Perspectives on American Education
• EDU-120 Human Growth and Development
• EDU-221 Education of Students with Exceptionalities
• EDU-505 Teaching Internship
• MUS-312 Orchestration

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• MUS-353 Instrumental Conducting or
• MUS-354 Choral Conducting

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• MUS-431 Vocal/Choral Methods
• at least one course in a natural science discipline (BIO, CHM, EES, PHY, or SCI) with a laboratory experience.

A student with an elementary music or choral music emphasis must also complete:

• MUS-334 Guitar Methods
• MUS-423 Survey of Choral Literature
• MUS-433 Music Education Methods
• MUS-434 Elementary Music Methods
• MUS-450 Vocal Pedagogy
• at least 14 credits of performance studies consistent with the chosen emphasis (vocal majors with at least 14 credits of voice and piano majors with at least 6 credits of voice)

Additional Information:

Except for the semester when they are teaching interns, music education majors must enroll in performance study courses every semester.

Each music education major will also present a thirty-minute recital in the designated performance studies area during their junior or senior year.

Students completing the course requirements for the degree in Bachelor of Music with a major in music education will be prepared for South Carolina teacher certification in PK-12 instrumental music or PK-12 choral music based upon the course track within the degree program.