Music Education B.M.E. – K-12 Teaching Vocal, Piano and General Emphasis Initial License in Music (K-Grade 12)

College of Performing and Visual Arts

Contact: Mark Montemayor, Ph.D., Head, Music Education Area

Location: Frasier Hall 108

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Website: www.arts.unco.edu/music

Advising Information:

Students must consult with their assigned major advisor each semester prior to registering.

Assigned advisor is available through the Ursa login; ursa.unco.edu; under Student tab Academic Profile channel and is term specific. If no advisor is listed, contact the major program for advisor information.

The program consists of three parts:

1. Liberal Arts Core (LAC) Credits
2. Required Major Credits
3. Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) Credits

Program Description:

• The Bachelor of Music Education degree emphasizes competencies in basic musicianship and professional education and breadth of general studies, with attention to attitudes relating to human considerations and to social, economic and cultural components that give individual communities their identity.
• The degree program assists students in becoming broadly based, knowledgeable and skilled school music educators with licensure to teach Music K-12.

Program Admission Requirements:

• Students planning to major in music are required to submit an application to the School of Music. The music application and appropriate instructions are provided by the Admissions Office upon request, or upon receipt of an Application for Admission that specifically indicates a music major. Auditions are required of all applicants to the School of Music. Information concerning auditions may be requested from the School of Music, University of Northern Colorado, Frasier Hall, Greeley, Colorado 80639, phone [phone] or at our website http://arts.unco.edu/music/admissions.html
• Students meeting the general admission requirements of the University may be accepted as undeclared majors. Students will be designated as music majors and accepted by the School of Music after a successful audition.
• Minimum Proficiencies. Minimum proficiency in music fundamentals and ear training as assessed by the Music Theory Placement Exam to enter MUS 113/MUS 114.

Program Requirements:

A half Senior Recital is required.

Music Education PTEP Requirements

• Students must enroll in, and satisfactorily complete, these courses each semester in residence (i.e., prior to student teaching): lessons, on their instrument or voice; a major musical ensemble; and MUS 100 - Recitals, Concerts, and Productions. 

• Students must pass a formal piano proficiency exam. Each entering student must schedule a conference/audition with the piano faculty to determine proficiency level and recommendations for further study, if any.

• The required half Senior Recital must be performed during a semester prior to the student teaching semester. Students must meet all music performance and recital attendance requirements listed in the respective studio and/ or area handbooks.

• Student must demonstrate professional promise as a teacher to the satisfaction of the music education faculty via an interview with the faculty as part of MUS 210 (Introduction to Music Education), and must continue to demonstrate professional growth through satisfactory progress in subsequent coursework.

• Students admitted to professional teacher education programs are expected to maintain accepted standards of professional behavior in all aspects of their work in their program. The music education faculty will periodically review the suitability of candidates for continuation in the program. Students who do not attain or uphold such standards are subject to academic sanctions at the discretion of the music education faculty, including denial, suspension, probation, or dismissal from the program.

• Previously-admitted students whose progress in the program is deemed suspect or unacceptable may be required to appear before the music education faculty (individually or collectively) to discuss conditions for their continuance as a professional teacher candidate.

• Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field based courses that are more than ten years old. PLEASE NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.

Degree Requirements — 124-126 Credits

Degree Requirements

1. Required Specified LAC — 9 credits

LAC area — 3.a. Arts

MUS 143	Musical Styles and Context	3
MUS 243	History of Music I	3

LAC — Electives

MUS 244

History of Music II

3

Remaining LAC — 31 credits

See “Liberal Arts Core”.

2. Required Major — 47 - 49 credits

Take all of the following courses:

MUS 100	Recitals, Concerts and Productions	0
MUS 113	Music Theory I	3
MUS 114	Aural Skills and Sight Singing I	1
MUS 115	Music Theory II	3
MUS 116	Aural Skills and Sight Singing II	1
MUS 209	Introduction to Music Technology	2
MUS 213	Music Theory III	3
MUS 214	Aural Skills and Sight Singing III	1
MUS 215	Music Theory IV	3
MUS 216	Aural Skills and Sight Singing IV	1
MUS 314	Guitar in the Classroom	1
MUS 323	Choral Techniques and Conducting	2
MUS 330	String Techniques	1
MUS 361	Single Reed and Flute Class	1
MUS 367	Materials and Techniques for Brass and Percussion	1
MUS 404	Jazz Methods and Materials	2
MUS 410	Vocal Pedagogy	2
	Major Musical Organization	7
	Performance Study and/or Applied Music	7

See “Major Musical Organizations”

NOTES: Two semesters of 400-level instruction (Individual Performance) are required.

The student must pass an upper-level qualifying examination, determined by the performance area, before he/she may enroll in 400-level instruction. This examination is to be taken by the end of the fourth semester of 200-level instruction. If the student does not pass this examination on the first try, he/she may retake it once in the subsequent semester.

Take all of the following courses:

(Voice students)

MUS 160	Beginning Class Piano I	1
MUS 161	Beginning Class Piano II	1
MUS 237	English and Italian Diction	1
MUS 238	German and French Diction	1
MUS 260	Intermediate Class Piano I	1
MUS 261	Intermediate Class Piano II	1

Choose 4 credits from the following courses:

(Piano students)

MUS 237	English and Italian Diction	1
MUS 238	German and French Diction	1
MUS 231	Music Lessons	1
MUS 431	Music Lessons	1

Remaining Major

Take 1 -3  credit of MUS-prefix courses.

3. Required PTEP — 35 credits

EDFE 110	Application for Initial Admission to PTEP	0
EDFE 120	Application for Full Admission to PTEP	0
EDFE 130	Application for Student Teaching	0
EDF 370	Social Foundations of Education	3

Take EDFE 110 Initial PTEP Application (0) the semester before MUS 210 Introduction to Music Education (1)

Take EDFE 120 Full Admission to PTEP Application (0) the semester before content methods.

Take EDFE 130 Student Teaching Application (0) the semester before student teaching.

Complete one of the following courses, based on preferred teaching level:

PSY 347	Educational Psychology for Elementary Teachers	3
PSY 349	Educational Psychology for Secondary Teachers	3

Complete the following courses:

EDFE 444	Supervised Teaching	1-15
EDRD 340	Developing Language and Literacy in the Content Areas	3
EDSE 433	Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom	2

EDFE 444: Student would take 11 credits.

Complete the following PTEP Methods Courses (13 credits):

MUS 210	Introduction to Music Education	1
MUS 310	Teaching General Music in Elementary Schools	2
MUS 311	Teaching General Music in Secondary Schools	2
MUS 312	Teaching Instrumental Music in Elementary Schools	2
MUS 324	Choral Conducting and Pedagogy for Elementary and Secondary Schools	2
MUS 325	Choral Methods and Literature for Elementary and Secondary Schools	1
MUS 414	Transitional Capstone Course in Music Education	2
MUS 450	Seminar in Student Teaching for Music Educators	1

• Candidates must pass the Praxis or Place test prior to Student Teaching.
• Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
• All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
• Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.
• Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.
• Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field based courses that are more than ten years old.  PLEASE NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.