Music Education, BS
Instill a passion for music in young learners!
If you desire to instill a love of music in learners K-12, our bachelor of science program will fully prepare you for licensure.
You’ll become proficient in piano/keyboard, orchestration, conducting , band, choral and vocal methods; instrumental music, educational and music theories. You also will join the Ohio Collegiate Music Educators Association (OCMEA), which offers opportunities for professional growth through attendance at state, regional, and national meetings of the Music Educators National Conference.
Spotlight
"My music explores...the redemptive intervention of a very real God in the affairs of the human race."
- Jesse Ayers
Professor of Music
A major in Music Education consists of the following:
26 hours in the following music core courses:
- MUS 153 - Keyboard Harmony I (or proficiency)
- MUS 154 - Keyboard Harmony II
- MUS 155 - Music Theory I
- MUS 156 - Music Theory II
- MUS 165 - Aural Skills I
- MUS 166 - Aural Skills II
- MUS 253 - Keyboard Harmony III *
- MUS 255 - Music Theory III
- MUS 261 - Choral Conducting
- MUS 262 - Instrumental Conducting
- MUS 265 - Aural Skills III
- MUS 356 - Form and Analysis
- MUS 358 - Orchestration
- MUS 371 - Music History and Literature I
- MUS 372 - Music History and Literature II
23 hours of the following music education core:
- MUS 211 - String Methods
- MUS 212 - Percussion Methods
- MUS 222 - Brass Methods
- MUS 231 - Woodwind Methods
- MUS 322 - Band Methods
- MUS 332 - Choral and Vocal Methods
- MUS 362 - Instructional Music Technology
- MUS 367 - Music for Early and Middle Childhood Education
- MUS 421 - Teaching Music in the Secondary Education
6 hours of approved music education electives
29 hours of the following professional education courses:
- EDUC 112 - Foundations of Education
- EDUC 232 - Psychology of Human Learning
- EDUC 357 - Content Reading Strategies
- EDUC 405 - Applied Instructional Technology
- EDUC 415 - Assessment in Education
- EDUC 460 - Student Teaching Seminar
- EDUC 495 - Multi-Age (PreK-12) Student Teaching
- SPED 243 - Inclusion and the Schools
10 hours of applied music at the following levels:
With concurrent enrollment in 250 at all levels and a minimum of 2 semesters at each level
2 hours at the 100 level and
2 hours at the 200 level and
2 hours at the 300 level and
4 hours at the 400 level
