Typical Course of Study
Bachelor of Music - Instrumental Music Education
(B.M. - Instrumental Music Education)
2012-13 Catalog
This information represents a typical plan for completion of a music degree. Your actual course may vary. Courses in gold highlight are sequential music courses offered only in the indicated semester. These must be taken in the sequence indicated.
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 1000r | Seminar | 0 | MUS 1000r | Seminar | 0 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 | Marching Band or Orchestra see note 1 | 1 | MUS 0031 or 0050 | Concert Band or Orchestra | 1 |
| MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instruction | 2 | MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instruction | 2 |
| MUS 1030 | Ear Training I | 1 | MUS 1040 | Ear Training II | 1 |
| MUS 1070 | Theory I | 3 | MUS 1080 | Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 1310 | Piano Class | 1 | MUS 1320 | Piano Class | 1 |
| ENGL 1010 | Rhetoric & Comp. I |
3 | ENGL 1020 | Rhetoric & Comp. II |
3 |
| MATH 1010 | Mathematics in our Modern World | 3 | MUS 1110 | Intro to Music | 3 |
| PSY 1010 | Intro to Psychology | 3 | |||
- Spring Semester: Pass Piano Proficiency Examination, Phase I.
- Summer Term: Behavioral/Social Science Course (3 hours)
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 2000r | Seminar | 0 | MUS 2000r | Seminar | 0 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 | Marching Band or Orchestra | 1 | MUS 0031 or 0050 | Concert Band or Orchestra | 1 |
| MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instruction | 2 | MUS 2xxxr | Applied Instruction | 2 |
| MUS 2030 | Ear Training III | 1 | MUS 2040 | Ear Training IV | 1 |
| MUS 2070 | Theory III | 3 | MUS 2080 | Theory IV | 3 |
| MUS 1410 | Piano Class | 1 | MUS 1420 | Piano Class | 1 |
| MUS 2230 | Woodwind Methods see note 2 | 2 | MUS 2250 | Percussion Methods see note 2 | 2 |
| EDUC 2010 | Education in the US | 3 | MUS 3110 | Musics of the World | 3 |
| Statistics | Approved Course | 3 | MUS 2010 | Small Ensemble | 3 |
| ECHD 2420 | Adolescent Development | 3 | |||
- Fall Semester: Apply for admission to Teacher Education Program.
- Spring Semester: Audition for admission to 3000-l3v3l applied study on semester jury.
Pass Sophomore Theory Proficiency Exam in MUS 2080.
Pass Piano Proficiency Exam (PPE), Phase II. - Summer Term: Lab Science (4 hours) & Western Humanities I (3 hours)
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 3000r | Seminar | 0 | MUS 3000r | Seminar | 0 |
| MUS 20xx | Small Ensemble | 1 | MUS 20xx | Small Ensemble | 1 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 | Marching Band or Orchestra | 1 | MUS 0031 or 0050 | Concert Band or Orchestra | 1 |
| MUS 3xxxr | Applied Instruction | 2 | MUS 3xxxr | Applied Instruction | 2 |
| MUS 3030 | Basic Conducting | 2 | MUS 3280 | Instrumental Conducting | 2 |
| MUS 2210 | String Methods see note 2 | 2 | MUS 2240 | Brass Methods see note 2 | 2 |
| MUS 3150 | Music History I | 3 | MUS 3160 | Music History II | 3 |
| MUS 3210 | Elem. Music Methods see note 4 | 3 | EDUC 4000 | Survey of Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| MUS 3270 | Ensemble Pedagogy I | 1 | MUS 3370 | Ensemble Pedagogy II | 1 |
- Summer Term: NS Non-lab Science course (3 hours) and Western Humanities II (3 hours)
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
| MUS 4000r | Seminar | 0 | EDUC 4440r | Student Teaching | 12 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 | Marching Band or Orchestra | 1 | |||
| MUS 3xxxr | Applied Instruction | 2 | |||
| MUS 3360 | Choral Methods | 2 | |||
| MUS 20 or 22 | Chattanooga or Chamber Singers see note 5 | 1 | |||
| MUS 3170 | Survey of Jazz see note 3 | 3 | |||
| MUS 3250 | Band/Orchestra Organization | 3 | |||
| MUS 4320 | Secondary Music Methods see note 6 | 3 | |||
| MUS 4920 | Senior Recital | 0 | |||
| EDUC 4330 | Instruction & Evaluation in the Secondary Classroom see note 7 | 3 | |||
- Fall Semester: Apply for Student Teaching by Sept. 1;
pass PRAXIS II examinations!
Notes
1 Marching Band and Concert Band are the required ensembles for wind and percussion majors. String majors enroll in Orchestra.
2 Students must take 6 hours from MUS 2210, 2230, 2240, 2250. They must pass an Instrumental Methods Proficiency Exam for their major instrument family, or take the corresponding course as a deficiency.
3 Recommended
4 Prerequisite: Pass Piano Proficiency Exam, Phases I and II
5 Corequisite for MUS 3360.
6 You must be in the Teacher Education Program (TEP) in order to register for these courses.
