Music Education (B.M.)
- General Education (see list of approved courses)
- Rhetoric and Composition: Two approved courses in rhetoric and composition (6 hours)
- Mathematics: One approved mathematics course (3 hours)
- Statistics: One approved statistics course (3 hours)
- Natural Sciences: Two approved natural science courses, at least one including a laboratory component (7-8 hours)
- Humanities and Fine Arts: Two approved humanities and fine arts courses, other than Music 111, one from fine arts and one from either (6 hours)
- Cultures and Civilizations: Option A: Western Humanities I and II and Music 311* (9 hours)
- Behavioral and Social Sciences: Psychology 101* and one approved behavioral or social science course (6 hours)
Major and Related Courses
- Psychology 101† and 221 or Human Ecology 242
- Music 103, 104, 107, 108, 131, 132, 141, 142, 203, 204, 207, 208, 303, 311†, 315, 316, 321 and 432
- NOTE: Music 131, 132, 141, 142 for piano proficiency (4 hours). All Music Education majors must pass a Piano Proficiency Examination as described in The Music Department Undergraduate Student Handbook.
- 21 hours from the College of Health, Education and Professional Studies including Education 201, 400, 433, 444r.
- Music Education majors are required to present a half-recital or full recital in the senior year. The student must be registered for the appropriate applied course the semester of the recital.
One of the following concentrations:
3670 - Instrumental
- Music 228, 325 and 328; 2 semesters (2 hours) choral ensemble or voice class (133, 134)
- 6 hours from Music 221, 223, 224, 225
- Large ensemble participation appropriate to the concentration required each semester of residence, with exception of student teaching semester (minimum 7 hours)
- 4 semesters (4 hours) of 200 level primary applied study
- 3 semesters (3 hours) of 300 level primary applied study
- Students must pass an Instrumental Methods Proficiency Examination for their major instrument family. Failure to pass will require the student to take the corresponding course (221, 223, 224, or 225) as a deficiency.
3672 - Vocal Music
- Music 209, 210, 221, 222
- Music 310, 333, 334 and 336
- Large choral ensemble participation required each semester of residence, with exception of student teaching semester (minimum 7 hours)
- 4 semesters (4 hours) of 200 level primary applied study
- 3 semesters (3 hours) of 300 level primary applied study
- Vocal music education majors must pass a Foreign Language Diction Proficiency Examination. Failure to pass will require the student to take Music 217 as a deficiency.
Additional requirements for all Music Education Majors:
- Successful completion of Continuation Standards is prerequisite to enrollment in upper-division music courses.
- Seminar is required each semester of residence. A minimum of 7 semesters with a grade of “Satisfactory” is required.
- For graduation: 2.0 average in music and 2.0 average in College of Education and Applied Professional Studies courses
- For licensure: 2.5 average cumulative, 2.5 average at UTC, 2.5, 2.5 average in education courses with no grade less than C , 2.5 in content area course work with no grade lower than C.
- Minimum of 39 hours of 300 and 400 level courses
- Electives to complete 125 hours.
- Additional requirements
- See College of Health, Education and Professional Studies section for teacher education, licensure and student teaching requirements.
*Also satisfies requirement in the major.
†Also satisfies general education requirement.
Bachelor of Music Continuation Standards
In order to assure the professional competence of graduates in Bachelor of Music programs, students must demonstrate their mastery of both theoretical and applied aspects of music at the midpoint of their degree programs. Successful completion of these standards is prerequisite to enrollment in upper-division music courses.
Performance (Instrumental and Vocal):
- 2.0 grade point average in all music courses.
- While enrolled in Music 208, pass the standardized Theory Proficiency Exam as prerequisite to upper-division music courses with the following exceptions: 311, 315, 316, 317, 332, 404, 405, 406.
- Audition for admission to 400 level before Division Jury in the semester during which student is registered for his/her sixteenth hour of 200-level study.
- Audition requirements for continuation include 15 minutes of solo repertoire (memorized as required), demonstrating at least two distinct stylistic periods. Students must also demonstrate techniques as mandated by each applied area. See the Undergraduate Music Student Handbook for further details regarding this audition.
Theory and Composition:
- 2.0 GPA in all music courses.
- While enrolled in Music 208, pass the standardized Theory Proficiency Exam as prerequisite to upper-division music courses with the following exceptions: 311, 315, 316, 317, 332, 404, 405, 406.
- Audition on primary instrument for admission to 300 level before applied faculty in semester juries at the end of the fourth semester of 200-level study.
- Audition requirements for continuation include 10 minutes of solo repertoire (memorized as required), demonstrating at least two distinct stylistic periods. Students must also demonstrate techniques as mandated by each applied area See the Undergraduate Music Student Handbook for further details regarding this audition.
- Written evaluation by theory/composition faculty of aptitude for career in theory/composition submitted to department head and the semester jury panel prior to the audition.
Sacred Music:
- 2.0 grade point average in all music courses.
- While enrolled in Music 208, pass the standardized Theory Proficiency Exam as prerequisite to upper-division music courses with the following exceptions: 311, 315, 316, 317, 332, 340, 404, 405, 406.
- Audition on primary instrument for admission to 300 level before applied faculty in semester juries at the end of the fourth semester of 200-level study.
