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Music Education (K-12), Bachelor of Science |
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Students who choose to major in Music Education become prepared to teach and supervise vocal, instrumental, and general music from kindergarten through grade 12. This program is certified at both the state and national level by the New Hampshire Department of Education and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Graduates who complete this major are eligible for K-12 teacher certification in the state of New Hampshire. Because of New Hampshire’s membership in the Interstate Certification Contract, Plymouth graduates are eligible to earn a certificate or license in another Contract state upon application to that state’s department of education. For further information, please see the Teacher Education and Clinical Experiences section. Students in this program are required to present a senior solo recital that must be completed prior to the semester in which they are student teaching. Music Education majors may request permission to receive private instruction on a second instrument. To be approved for Student Teaching, students must have completed all departmental course requirements through the third year and have at least a 2.50 cumulative grade point average. They also must have passed the level-change jury exam allowing them to study at the 4000 level on their major instrument. Students who do not pass the examination must retake it until it is successfully completed. Student Teaching requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 and a 2.70 composite grade point average (see Student Teaching course description). The progress and dispositions of both candidates and aspiring candidates toward teacher certification in Music Education, and an eventual career in the field, is assessed periodically by the Music faculty; see Road to Teacher Certification in the Teacher Education and Clinical Experiences section of this Catalog. Students who are withdrawn from the BS program in Music Education because of failure to meet these standards will be given the opportunity to complete the BA Music degree, Contract option. |
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Degree Requirements |
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| ME 1010 | Introduction to Music Education | 3 | |||||||||
| ME 1200 | Voice Class I | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 2130 | Piano Class III | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 2140 | Piano Class IV | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 2150 | String Class | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 3110 | Elementary School Music Methods | 3 | |||||||||
| ME 3130 | Woodwinds I | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 3140 | Woodwinds II | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 3160 | Percussion Class | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 3210 | Upper Brass Techniques | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 3220 | Lower Brass Techniques | 1 | |||||||||
| ME 3500 | Technology for Music Educators (TECO) | 3 | |||||||||
| ME 4200 | Secondary School Music Methods | 3 | |||||||||
| ME 4500 | Senior Recital: Music Education | 0 | |||||||||
| Conducting Elective - complete one of the following: | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Literature and Techniques Elective - complete one of the following: | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Student Teaching - complete ME 4850 or (ME 4860 and ME 4870): | 12 | ||||||||||
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| MU 1150 | Piano Class I | 1 | |||||||||
| MU 1160 | Piano Class II | 1 | |||||||||
| MU 1210 | Musicianship I | 4 | |||||||||
| MU 1220 | Musicianship II | 4 | |||||||||
| MU 2210 | Musicianship III | 3 | |||||||||
| MU 2220 | Musicianship IV | 3 | |||||||||
| MU 2260 | Basic Conducting | 2 | |||||||||
| MU 3250 | Global Jazz (DICO) (GACO) | 3 | |||||||||
| MU 3310 | History and Literature of Music I | 3 | |||||||||
| MU 3320 | History and Literature of Music II (INCO) (WRCO) | 3 | |||||||||
| MU | Ensembles [not MUDI] | 7 | |||||||||
| MU | Performance Studies (two enrollments each at the 1000, 2000, 3000 levels; one enrollment at the 4000 level) [not MUDI] | 14 | |||||||||
| CD 3000 | Philosophical and Historical Perspectives on the Child in Society (INCO) (WRCO) | 3 | |||||||||
| PS 3190 | Development and Understanding (WECO) | 3 | |||||||||
| Special Education Elective - complete one of the following: | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Quantitative Reasoning in the Discipline Connection - complete one of the following: | 3 | ||||||||||
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| General Education: | |||||||||||
| EN 1200 | Composition | 3 | |||||||||
| IS 1111 | The First Year Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry | 3 | |||||||||
| MA | Mathematics Foundations | 3 | |||||||||
| PPDI | Past and Present Directions | 6 | |||||||||
| SIDI | Scientific Inquiry Directions | 6 | |||||||||
| SSDI | Self and Society Directions | 6 | |||||||||
Piano majors substitute MU 3070/3080 for MU 1150/1160 and ME 2130/2140. Voice majors substitute MU 4280 for ME 1200. Students may omit methods classes in their Performance Studies area. ME 2130 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1160. ME 2140 requires a minimum grade of C in ME 2130. MU 1160 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1150. MU 1220 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1210. MU 2210 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1220. MU 2220 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 2210. Student Teaching requires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 and a 2.70 composite grade point average (see Student Teaching course description). |
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*All course information is from the 2009-2010 Catalog.
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