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Music Degrees Midwestern State University offers the Bachelor of Music Degree with Teacher Certification (Vocal or Instrumental emphasis) and the Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance (Vocal, Instrumental, or Keyboard emphasis). Keyboard students choosing the Bachelor of Music Degree with Teacher Certification should choose either the vocal track or the instrumental track. All of the degree plans listed here are for informational purposes only. The official course requirements are listed in the University catalog, available from the Registrar. All of the degree plans show total required hours within a minimum and maximum of hours such as 127-133. This is because the student may choose to take two 3-hour science courses instead of two 4-hour science courses and the piano proficiency requirement is listed as 0-4 hours on all degrees except Keyboard Performance. The total hours for each degree does not include remedial coursework. The student should understand that dropping, failing, or having to retake any coursework will make it difficult to graduate in four years. For the degrees with teacher certification, approximately 35% of coursework is in the core curriculum, 15% is in professional education coursework in the College of Education (including student teaching), and 50% of coursework is music classes. For the professional degrees in performance, approximately 35% of coursework is in the core curriculum and 65% of coursework is in music classes. ADMISSION TO EDUCATION PROGRAM. Students working toward teacher certification must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. To be admitted to the Education Program in the fourth or fifth semester, the student must have a 2.5 gpa average for the six hours of freshman English, have completed 60 hours or coursework with no grade below C in the major area, and have an overall (all coursework) gpa of 2.75. Click here to drop down to Bachelor of Music in Performance Degree Plans.
BACHELOR OF MUSIC with TEACHER CERTIFICATION—INSTRUMENTAL and VOCAL) The core curriculum requirement (academic foundations) for the Bachelor of Music--Teacher Certification degree is the same for instrumental emphasis or vocal emphasis with the exception of the Kinesiology (PE) requirement. Instrumental students will automatically be enrolled in University Marching Band each fall semester. Four semesters of Marching Band counts for the entire Kinesiology requirement. Vocal students will need to complete two KNES activity courses or one KNES activity course and KNES 1011 Fundamentals of Physical Activity and Health. Vocal students can still be a member of the University Marching Band and complete the KNES requirement with four semesters of marching band. However, vocal students must still use University Singers as their major ensemble and would need to be in both University Singers and University Marching Band to fulfill the KNES requirement in this way. Vocal students who choose to fulfill the KNES requirement in this way can also count two semesters of upper-level Marching Band as their Advanced Electives (2 hours required under music classes).
ENGL 1113 Rhetoric and Composition
Natural Sciences 6-8 Hours Professional Education 21 Hours The Professional Education requirement is the same for both the instrumental and vocal emphasis. EDUC 2013 School and Society is taken during the sophomore year as an introductory course to the teaching profession. COUN 3143 Human Diversity and EDUC 3153 are taken during the same semester during the junior year. The remaining four courses are taken during the student teaching semester.
EDUC 2013 School and Society Music CoursesThe music degree coursework is the same for both the instrumental and vocal emphasis unless notated below. Music Theory Courses (6 Semesters - 18 hours) MUSC 1601/1603 Music Theory I Music Literature and History (3 Semesters-9 hours) MUSC 3723 Western and World Music Literature Conducting (2 Semesters-5 to 6 hours) MUSC 4843 Basic Conducting Music Technology (1 semester-3 hours) MUSC 4893 Music Technology Methods Courses (4-5 semesters, 4-5 hours) MUSC 3161 Brass Class Music Education (2 semesters - 6 hours) MUSC 4823 Foundations of Music II (Music in the Secondary Schools) Primary Performing Area (7 hours) 7 semesters of private lessons of 1 hour each. Advanced Electives in Music (must be 3xxx level or above) 2 hours for vocal emphasis and 6 hours for instrumental emphasis. Major Ensemble (7 hours) 7 semesters of major ensemble. University Singers for vocal emphasis and Marching Band (fall) and Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble (spring) for instrumental emphasis. Vocal/Choral Coursework (6 hours - for vocal emphasis only) MUSC 1211 Diction I Recital Attendance ( 8 semesters-0 hours) Recital Attendance is pass/fail. Student must enroll in and receive 'credit' for eight semesters. Piano Proficiency (0-4 hours) The student must pass the piano proficiency before performing the senior recital preview. Senior Recital The student must perform a 30-minute senior recital. BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN PERFORMANCE--INSTRUMENTAL, KEYBOARD OR VOCAL TRACK Academic Foundations (Core Courses) 39-41 Hours The core curriculum requirement (academic foundations) for the Bachelor of Music--Performance degree is the same for instrumental, vocal, or keyboard emphasis with the exception of the additional Foreign Language requirement for vocal performance and the Kinesiology (PE) requirement. Instrumental students will automatically be enrolled in University Marching Band each fall semester. Four semesters of Marching Band counts for the entire Kinesiology requirement. Vocal and keyboard students will need to complete two KNES activity courses or one KNES activity course and KNES 1011 Fundamentals of Physical Activity and Health. Vocal and keyboard students can still be a member of the University Marching Band and complete the KNES requirement with four semesters of marching band. However, vocal students must still use University Singers as their major ensemble and would need to be in both University Singers and University Marching Band to fulfill the KNES requirement in this way.
ENGL 1113 Rhetoric and Composition
Natural Sciences 6-8 Hours Foreign Language (for vocal performance students only. French or German, 8 hours-2 semesters)
FREN 1134 Introduction to French and FREN 1234 Introduction to French or Music CoursesThe music degree coursework is the same for instrumental, keyboard, or vocal emphasis unless notated below. Music Theory Courses (6 Semesters - 18 hours) MUSC 1601/1603 Music Theory I Music Literature and History (3 Semesters-9 hours) MUSC 3723 Western and World Music Literature Conducting (2 Semesters-5 to 6 hours) MUSC 4843 Basic Conducting Music Technology (1 semester-3 hours) MUSC 4893 Music Technology Primary Performing Area (24 hours) 8 semesters of private lessons of 1 hour each, 3 credit-hours each semester. Advanced Electives in Music (must be 3xxx level or above) 3 hours for vocal emphasis, 8 hours for keyboard emphasis, and 7 hours for instrumental emphasis. Major Ensemble (8 hours) 8 semesters of major ensemble. University Singers for vocal emphasis and Marching Band (fall) and Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble (spring) for instrumental emphasis. Keyboard students select from University Singers or Marching Band/Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble. Recital Attendance ( 8 semesters-0 hours) Recital Attendance is pass/fail. Student must enroll in and receive 'credit' for eight semesters. Piano Proficiency (0-4 hours, for vocal performance and instrumental performance only) The student must pass the piano proficiency before performing the senior recital preview. Junior and Senior Recital The student must perform a 30-minute junior recital and a one-hour senior recital. Additional Coursework by Emphasis Bachelor of Music in Keyboard Performance (14 hours) MUSC 3842 Keyboard Literature I Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (23 hours) MUSC 1211 Diction I Opera Workshop MUSC 1931 Opera Workshop (2 semesters required) Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance (8 hours) Secondary Performing Area (4 semesters of one-hour private lessons on
a secondary instrument)
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