Music Education, Instrumental, B.M.

All music majors include:

• MUS-051 Freshman Music Colloquium
• MUS-111 Basic Musicianship I
• MUS-112 Basic Musicianship II
• MUS-120 Introductory Music Literature
• MUS-211 Basic Musicianship III
• MUS-212 Basic Musicianship IV
• MUS-220 Music and Culture
• MUS-221 Music History I
• MUS-320 Music History II
• MUS-321 Music History III
• MUS-352 Basic Conducting
• two credits of performance topics

Music education majors planning to certify to teach must complete:

• EDU-111 Perspectives on American Education or EDU-112 History of Education in America  or EDU-113 Introduction to Educational Philosophy  or EDU-114 Culture, Identity, and Schooling  
• EDU-120 Human Development
• EDU-221 Students with Exceptionalities
• EDU-434 Content Literacy Strategies and Modifications for Diverse Learners
• EDU-505 Teaching Internship
• MUS-312 Orchestration
• MUS-353 Instrumental Conducting or MUS-354 Choral Conducting  
• MUS-431 Vocal and Choral Methods
• at least one course in a natural science discipline (BIO, CHM, EES, PHY, or SCI) with a laboratory experience.

A student with a band or orchestra emphasis must also complete where methods courses are dependent on primary instrument type:

• MUS-330 String Methods
• MUS-331 Woodwind Methods
• MUS-332 Brass Methods
• MUS-333 Percussion Methods
• MUS-334 Guitar Methods
• MUS-432 Instrumental Music Methods
• at least 14 credits of performance studies on a single instrument consistent with the chosen emphasis.

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• Majors focusing on string instruments can exclude either MUS-331, MUS-332 or MUS-333, while majors primarily playing wind instruments select between MUS-330 and MUS-334, and majors concentrating on percussion instruments exclude MUS-333.

Further considerations

Except for the semester when they are teaching interns, music education majors must enroll in performance study courses every semester.

Each music education major will also present a thirty-minute recital in the designated performance studies area during their junior or senior year.

Students who successfully complete course requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music with a major in Music Education and receive passing scores in Praxis Subject Assessments and Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) tests, will be recommended for a South Carolina teacher certificate in PK-12.