Description of the Program

Music Core Courses 9

MUSC 500 Music Theory Pedagogy 3
MUSC 501 Research Methods in Music 3
MUSC 502 Graduate Seminary in Musicology 3

Education Core Courses 9

MUSC 503 Foundations of Music Education 3
MUSC 504 Learning and Teaching in Music Education 3
MUSC 505 Practicum in Music Education (3 @ one-hour each) 3

Courses in Concentration area 9

*General

MUSC 506 Introduction to General Music Education 3
MUSC 510 Kodály I 3
MUSC 511 Kodály II 3

Choral

MUSC 513 Choral Literature 3
MUSC 514 Choral Conducting 3
MUSC 515 Vocal Pedagogy 3

**Wind/Percussion

MUSC 516 Wind Literature 3
MUSC 517 Instrumental Conducting 3
MUSC 518 Score Study and Analysis 3

***Strings

MUSC 519 Orchestral Literature 3
MUSC 517 Instrumental Conducting 3
MUSC 518 Score Study and Analysis 3

Thesis/Recital 3

MUSC 650 Thesis 3
OR

MUSC 603 Recital 1

AND EITHER

MUSC 573 String Techniques (2x1) 2

OR

MUAP 602 Accompanying Applied (2x1) 2

TOTAL HOURS 30

* With advisor permission, any General Music Education concentration course can be replaced by MUSC 512, MUSC 514, or MUSC 517

** With advisor permission, any wind/percussion concentration course can be replaced by either MUSC 540 or any three of the following one-credit-hour courses: MUSC 570, MUSC 571, MUSC 572, MUSC 573, MUSC 574.

*** With advisor permission, any strings concentration course can be replaced by any three of the following one-credit-hour courses: MUSC 570, MUSC 571, MUSC 572, MUSC 573, MUSC 574. Any strings concentration course may also be replaced by any secondary instrument lesson.