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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Education, Instrumental and General Music, B.M.

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Requirements for the major in Music Education, Bachelor of Music program (specialization in instrumental and general music)

The Bachelor of Music degree is intended for students who wish pre-professional and professional preparation in music education and/or performance. Students should consult the Undergraduate Music Handbook available on the department website, oakland.edu/mtd and should also consult with the departmental adviser in the College of Arts and Sciences Advising Office to plan their degree program. Only major courses in which a grade of at least 2.0 has been earned will count toward the major. Requirements are as follows:

Students majoring in music education must successfully complete 157-165 credits as distributed in their specific curriculum: 40 credits of general education, 20 credits of professional education requirements, and 97 credits in music requirements.

A. General Education Requirements — 40 credits

Satisfies the arts requirement

MUS 131 - History and Literature of Western Tonal Music (3)

Count as writing intensive in the major

Counts for the capstone in the major

MUS 431 - Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education (4)

Modern foreign language course

(115 or higher) counts toward foreign language

B. School of Education Requirements – 20 credits

* RDG 338 - Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (4) or
*RDG 538 - Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (4)
* SED 455 - Internship in Secondary Education (12)
* SE 355 - Identifying Learning and Behavior Differences in Students (4)

Michigan Test for Teacher Certification

Basic Skills, Music Education

C. Music Requirements — 79–105 credits

MUT 112 - Music Theory I (3) and MUT 113 - Aural Skills I (1)
MUT 114 - Music Theory II (3) and MUT 115 - Aural Skills II (1)
MUT 212 - Music Theory III (3) and MUT 213 - Aural Skills III (1)
MUT 214 - Music Theory IV (3) and MUT 215 - Aural Skills IV (1) or placement up to 16 credits
MUS 131 - History and Literature of Western Tonal Music (3)
MUS 132 - Music of World Cultures (3)
MUS 331 - History and Literature of Medieval and Renaissance Music (3)
MUS 332 - History and Literature of Western Music from ca. 1850 to the Present (3)
MUA 161 - Vocal Techniques for Instrumentalists I (2)
MUA 251 - Methods of Teaching Beginning Strings (1) and
MUA 252 - Methods of Teaching Experienced Strings (1) and
MUA 253 - Methods of Teaching Flute and Single Reeds (1)
MUA 255 - Methods of Teaching Double Reeds (1) and
MUA 256 - Methods of Teaching High Brass (1) and
MUA 257 - Methods of Teaching Low Brass (1) and
MUA 258 - Methods of Teaching Percussion (1)
Applied major (MUA; normally an orchestral instrument; must include two semesters at the 400-level) (16)

History or theory elective course selected from

MUS 420 - The Nineteenth-Century Symphony: History, Performance and Analysis (4)
MUS 430 - Seminar in Opera and Drama (4)
MUT 311 - Musical Analysis and Form (4)
MUT 312 - Counterpoint (4)
MUT 410 - Twentieth Century Techniques (4)

Keyboard Techniques (according to proficiency)

MUA 191 - Keyboard Technique I (2)
MUA 192 - Keyboard Technique II (2)
MUA 291 - Keyboard Technique III (2)

Minimum of 2 credits selected from

MUE 310 - Vocal Jazz Improvisation Workshop (0 or 1)
MUE 315 - Oakland Jazz Singers (0 or 1)
MUE 340 - Oakland University Jazz Band (0 or 1)
MUE 341 - Jazz Improvisation Combos (0 or 1)
MUE 345 - African Ensemble (0 or 1)
MUE 346 - Steel Band (0 or 1)
MUE 348 - World Percussion Ensemble (0 or 1)
MUE 365 - Contemporary Music Ensemble (0 or 1)
MUT 314 - Jazz Theory and Improvisation I (2)
MUT 315 - Jazz Theory and Improvisation II (2)

Ensemble: Band or Orchestra (must enroll every semester of major)

MUS 140 - Teaching and Learning Music (1) *
MUS 240 - Educational Psychology and Music Learning (4) *
MUS 241 - Elementary General Music Methods (3) *
MUS 341 - Secondary General Music Methods (2) *
MUS 395 - Conducting I (2) and MUS 396 - Conducting II (2) *
MUS 400 - Elementary Instrumental Methods (2) *
MUS 404 - Secondary Instrumental Methods (2) *
MUS 405 - Marching Band Methods (1) *
MUS 406 - Jazz Pedagogy (1) *
MUS 409 - Choral Methods for Instrumental Majors (1) *
MUS 431 - Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Music Education (4) *

Language: modern foreign language course (115 or higher) — 4-8 credits

Note

For students with piano as applied major, enrollment in MUA 160 or MUA 161 is by placement audition. Students placing into MUA 160 take the following 8 credits sequence: MUA 160 , MUA 100 and two semesters of MUA 200 . Students placing into MUA 161 take the following 8 credit sequence: MUS 161, 162 and two semesters of MUA 100 .

*A minimum grade of 3.0 is required in all professional courses. Application for music education major standing takes place upon completion of MUS 241 .

Non-credit requirements

Major standing
Events attendance requirement

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