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Music Education P-12 (BA)

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

  

ENGL 1101*

            

Rhetoric and Composition

3
                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

                

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

                

Choose sequence from approved list

6
                     

English Literature

  

 

             Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3
                     

Philosophy and Religion

                 Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3
                     

Fine Arts

  

 

            

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)
World History    EDUC 2201             The Multicultural Classroom 3

Government

  

 

            

Choose course from approved list

3
Social Science    EDUC 2207             Learning and Cognition 3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)

Mathematics*

  

 

            

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4
                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list   7 to 8
                     

V. Ethics (3 hours)
                     
Ethics                  Choose course from approved list 3
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

  

PDMT 1101

            

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1
Total Credit Hours:46-49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Music Foundations

MUSC 1100Music Theory I

3
MUSC 1110Aural Skills I

1
MUSC 1900Recital Attendance

0
MUSC 1910Applied Music Lessons

2
MUSC 1920Applied Music Lessons

2
MUSC 2200Music Theory II

3
MUSC 2210Aural Skills II

1
MUSC 2250Music Theory III

3
MUSC 2260Aural Skills III

1
MUSC 2910Applied Music Lessons

2
MUSC 2920Applied Music Lessons

2
MUSC 3100Music Theory IV

3
MUSC 3110Aural Skills IV

1
MUSC 3210Music History I

3
MUSC 3220Music History II

3
MUSC 3230Music History III

3
MUSC 3240Arranging

2
MUSC 3440Diction I

2
MUSC 3450Diction II

2
MUSC 3480Beginning Conducting

2
MUSC 3910Applied Music Lessons

2
MUSC 3990Junior Recital

3
MUSC 4480Advanced Conducting

2
Total Credit Hours:48

Students must enroll in MUSC 1900 every semester and pass a minimum number of semesters of recital attendance to graduate.

Piano

 
MUSC 1171Piano Class I

1
MUSC 1172Piano Class II

1
MUSC 1173Piano Class III

1
MUSC 1174Piano Class IV

1
OR
MUSC 1175Piano Class V

1
Total Credit Hours:1-4

All Music Education majors (except for keyboard students) must pass the piano proficiency requirement in MUSC 1174. The department may require students to complete MUSC 1171, MUSC 1172, and MUSC 1173 prior to enrolling in MUSC 1174. All keyboard majors must enroll in MUSC 1175 and pass an advanced piano proficiency exam. 

Ensemble Participation

Music majors must register for a minimum of one ensemble course each semester.

MUSC 1500Piedmont Chorale

0-1
MUSC 1510Piedmont University Singers

0-1
MUSC 1520Wind Ensemble

0-1
MUSC 1540Chamber Ensemble

0-1
MUSC 1550Piedmont Cantabile

0-1
Total Credit Hours:0-1

Music Education Major

MUED 3500Instrumental Techniques

2
MUED 4100Music Education Methods I

3
MUED 4200Music Education Methods II

3
EDUC 2000Introduction to Professional Practice

3
EDUC 2250Media and Technology for Educators

3
EDUC 3330Foundations of Literacy

3
EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3
EDUC 4479Internship I

1
EDUC 4489Internship II

3
EDUC 4497Classroom Management

3
EDUC 4499Internship III

9
Total Credit Hours:36

Total Credit Hours: 131-138