Music Education, Band or Orchestra Emphasis, B.M.

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All music majors include:

seven semesters of:

MUS-050 Recital Attendance (required attendance at a specified number of approved concerts and recitals)

and, participation each semester students are on campus in at least one major ensemble group:

Music education majors planning for teacher licensure must complete:

EDU-111 Perspectives on American Education
EDU-120 Human Development
EDU-221 Students with Exceptionalities
EDU-434 Content Literacy Strategies and Modifications for Diverse Learners
EDU-505 Teaching Internship
MUS-312 Orchestration
MUS-353 Instrumental Conducting or
MUS-354 Choral Conducting
MUS-431 Vocal and Choral Methods
at least one course in a natural science discipline (BIO, CHM, EES, PHY, or SCI) with a laboratory experience.

A student with a band or orchestra emphasis must also complete where methods courses are dependent on primary instrument type:

MUS-330 String Methods
MUS-331 Woodwind Methods
MUS-332 Brass Methods
MUS-333 Percussion Methods
MUS-334 Guitar Methods
MUS-432 Instrumental Music Methods
at least 14 credits of performance studies on a single instrument consistent with the chosen emphasis.
Majors focusing on string instruments can exclude either MUS-331, MUS-332 or MUS-333, while majors primarily playing wind instruments select between MUS-330 and MUS-334, and majors concentrating on percussion instruments exclude MUS-333.

Further considerations

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 licensure in PK-12 instrumental music or PK-12 choral music dependent on emphasis.