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Music Education, B.A.

All music education majors, with the exception of keyboard majors, are required to enroll in class piano every semester (MUSC 1171, MUSC 1172, MUSC 1173, MUSC 1174) until they have satisfied the departmental piano proficiency requirement. All keyboard majors must enroll in Piano Class V MUSC 1175 and pass an advanced piano proficiency exam. Majors are also required to attend recitals and concerts and satisfactorily complete a recital previously approved by the music faculty. Further information may be found in the Music Department Handbook.

In addition, all music majors must take the music theory placement exam. Contact the department of music for more information.

Music Education Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1
Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

Music Education Major

Total Credit Hours:93-96

Music Theory

MUSC 1100Music Theory I

3
MUSC 1110Aural Skills I

1
MUSC 1120Music Theory II

3
MUSC 1130Aural Skills II

1
MUSC 2100Music Theory III

3
MUSC 2110Aural Skills III

1
MUSC 2120Music Theory IV

3
MUSC 2130Aural Skills IV

1
MUSC 3240Arranging

2
Total Credit Hours:18

Music History

MUSC 3210Music History

3
MUSC 3220Music History

3
MUSC 3230Music History

3
Total Credit Hours:9

Applied Music Lessons - Primary Instrument

Students must choose at least five of the following courses:

MUSC 1910Private Music Lessons

2
MUSC 1920Private Music Lessons

2
MUSC 2910Private Music Lessons

2
MUSC 2920Private Music Lessons

2
MUSC 3910Private Music Lessons

2
MUSC 3920Private Music Lessons

2
MUSC 4910Private Music Lessons

2
MUSC 4920Private Music Lessons

2
Total Credit Hours:10

Pedagogy

MUSC 3440Diction I

2
MUSC 3450Diction II

2
MUSC 3480Beginning Conducting

2
MUSC 4480Advanced Conducting

2
MUSC 4500Applied Pedagogy

3
Total Credit Hours:11

Piano Class

MUSC 1171Piano Class I

1
MUSC 1172Piano Class II

1
MUSC 1173Piano Class III

1
MUSC 1174Piano Class IV

1
MUSC 1175Piano Class V

1
Total Credit Hours:1-4

MUSC 1175: required for keyboard majors

All music education majors must pass the Piano Proficiency Exam.

Recital Attendance

MUSC 1900Recital Attendance

0

MUSC 1900: Required every semester. Students must pass a minimum number of semesters of Recital Attendance to graduate. See the Music Department Handbook for more information.

Junior Recital

MUSC 3990Junior Recital

2
Total Credit Hours:2

Music Education

MUED 3500Instrumental Techniques

2
MUED 4100Music Methods, B-8

3
MUED 4200Music Methods, 6-12

3
MUED 4400Music Education Internship I

3
Total Credit Hours:11

Education

EDUC 1199Introduction to Education

3
EDUC 2250Media and Technology for Educators

3
EDUC 2251Professional Practice I

1
EDUC 3111Professional Practice II

1
EDUC 3151Professional Practice III

1
EDUC 3307Learning and Cognition

3
EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3
EDUC 4401The Multicultural Classroom

3
Total Credit Hours:18

Professional Semester

EDUC 4497Classroom Management

3
EDUC 4498Senior Seminar: Reflection and Application

3
MUED 4410Music Education Internship II

9
Total Credit Hours:13

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:21

Total Credit Hours: 128-131

EDUC 3307, EDUC 4401, MUSC3210, MUSC 3220, MUSC 3230: These courses also satisfies general education requirements and appear in the number of hours for both general education and the major; in reality, music education majors majors may have up to 1 additional hours to use for electives. Students may use elective hours to earn a minor or another major, as well as to develop additional marketable skills. The number of elective hours students may take will depend on which concentration they select and on the courses taken to satisfy general education requirements.

Notice: All music majors, with the exception of keyboard majors, are required to enroll in class piano MUSC 1171, MUSC 1172, MUSC 1173, MUSC 1174 every semester until they have satisfied the departmental piano proficiency requirement. All keyboard majors must enroll in MUSC 1175 – Piano Class V and pass an advanced piano proficiency exam. Majors are also required to attend recitals and concerts and satisfactorily complete a recital previously approved by the music faculty. Further information may be found in the Music Department Handbook.

In addition, all music majors must take the music theory placement exam. Contact the department of music for more information.

It is strongly suggested that students pursuing the performance concentration take a minimum of 14 hours of applied music lessons prior to taking MUSC 4990.

All music majors must present a senior level recital on their primary instrument of approximately one hour in length.