Academic Learning Compact - Music Education
The Bachelor of Music in music education prepares you to become musicians and music teachers in a K-12 instructional setting. Through studies in conducting, rehearsal planning, teaching techniques, and theory, applied performance, music literature and history, and piano, you will be able to structure and apply music for meaningful and effective music class and ensemble instruction.
Additional information is available from your major's website.
Before Graduating You Must
- Pass the General Knowledge Test and the Music (K-12) Subject Area Test of the Florida Teacher Certification Examination.
- Satisfactory faculty evaluation of a student portfolio.
- Satisfy the Florida statutes for the College-Level Academic Skills Requirement.
- Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.
Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)
- Solo and ensemble performance at an advanced level.
- Teaching, planning, rehearsal and conducting skills for K-12 music classes and ensembles.
- Knowledge of common elements and organizational patterns of music.
- Knowledge of music history from early practice to the present.
- Ability to critically analyze and evaluate problems and issues in music and other disciplines.
- Ability to consistently and accurately discriminate musical quality based on sound musical reasoning.
- Effective verbal and written communication of musical judgments, criticisms and preferences.
- Effective vebal and written communication of ideas, thoughts and feelings in music and other disciplines.
| Courses | Content | Critical Thinking | Communication | |||||
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| SLO 1 |
SLO 2 |
SLO 3 |
SLO 4 |
SLO 5 |
SLO 6 |
SLO 7 |
SLO 8 |
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| Core - All Concentrations | ||||||||
| EDF 3210 | X | X | ||||||
| MUE 3311 | X | X | X | |||||
| MUE 3330 | X | X | X | |||||
| MUE 4140 | X | X | X | |||||
| MUE 4940 | X | X | X | |||||
| MUG 4104 | X | |||||||
| MUG 4202 | X | |||||||
| MUH 2501 or MUH 2530 or MUH 3541 |
X | X | X | X | X | |||
| MUH 3211 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| MUH 3212 | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| MUN 3000-level ensemble |
X | X | ||||||
| MV_ 141_, MV_ 242_, MV_ 343_ |
X | X | X | |||||
| MV_ 3970 | X | X | X | |||||
| RED 3312 | X | X | ||||||
| Specialization: Choral | ||||||||
| MUE 4421 | X | X | X | |||||
| Specialization: Choral and Keyboard | ||||||||
| MUE 4421 | X | X | X | |||||
| MVK 3702 | X | X | ||||||
| Specialization: Instrumental | ||||||||
| MUT 3321 | X | X | X | |||||
| MUE 3343 or MUE 4422 |
X | X | X | |||||
| MUE 3451 | X | |||||||