Music Education - Keyboard Vocal Music Option for Teacher Licensure, Bachelor of Music Education
Department website: https://www.atu.edu/music
An audition, demonstrating acceptable musical preparation, is required prior to enrollment as a major in music.
To meet the requirements for the baccalaureate degree in music education-keyboard/vocal, the student must complete 123 semester hours, including:
- 14 hours of applied music and successful completion of the Applied Competency and Keyboard Proficiency Exams,
- 7 hours in major ensembles (band or choir),
- 16 hours in music theory and ear training; and
- 9 hours of music history.
See the Department of Music page for additional requirements.
See the College of Education and Health page for additional requirements.
For licensure, students must pass the Praxis II music specialty and Principles of Learning and Teaching exam.
Arkansas Tech University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), which accredits the following programs:
- Music Arts, Bachelor of Music Arts
- Music Education - Instrumental Music Option for Teacher Licensure, Bachelor of Music Education
- Music Education - Keyboard Instrumental Music Option for Teacher Licensure, Bachelor of Music Education
- Music Education - Keyboard Vocal Music Option for Teacher Licensure, Bachelor of Music Education
- Music Education - Vocal Music Option for Teacher Licensure, Bachelor of Music Education
- Music, Bachelor of Arts
Founded in 1924, the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) is an organization of schools, conservatories, colleges, and universities with approximately 628 accredited institutional members. It establishes national standards for undergraduate and graduate degrees and other credentials for music and music-related disciplines, and provides assistance to institutions and individuals engaged in artistic, scholarly, educational, and other music-related endeavors.
| Freshman | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| ENGL 1013 | Composition I 1 | 3 |
| MATH XXXX | Mathematics 1 | 3 |
| MUS 1000 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 1202 | Applied Music - Piano | 2 |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 1 | |
| University Choir | ||
| Choral Artists | ||
| Concert Chorale | ||
| MUS 1713 | Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 1731 | Ear Training I | 1 |
| MUS 1751 | Orientation to Music | 1 |
| MUS 2441 | Class Voice | 1 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| COMM 2003 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| ENGL 1023 | Composition II | 3 |
| MUS 1000 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 1202 | Applied Music - Piano | 2 |
| MUS 1231 | Applied Music - Voice | 1 |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 1 | |
| University Choir | ||
| Choral Artists | ||
| Concert Chorale | ||
| MUS 1723 | Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 1741 | Ear Training II | 1 |
| SS 1XXX | Social Science Courses | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Sophomore | ||
| Fall | ||
| MUS 1000 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 1202 | Applied Music - Piano | 2 |
| MUS 1231 | Applied Music - Voice | 1 |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 1 | |
| University Choir | ||
| Choral Artists | ||
| Concert Chorale | ||
| MUS 2201 | Accompanying Seminar | 1 |
| MUS 2713 | Theory III | 3 |
| MUS 2731 | Ear Training III | 1 |
| MUS 3481 | Stringed Instruments | 0-1 |
| SCIL 1XXX | Science with Laboratory 1 | 4 |
| SEED 2003 | Education as a Profession | 3 |
| Hours | 16-17 | |
| Spring | ||
| MUS 1000 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 1202 | Applied Music - Piano | 2 |
| MUS 1231 | Applied Music - Voice | 1 |
| MUS 1440 | Piano Proficiency | 0 |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 1 | |
| University Choir | ||
| Choral Artists | ||
| Concert Chorale | ||
| MUS 2201 | Accompanying Seminar | 1 |
| MUS 2723 | Theory IV | 3 |
| MUS 2741 | Ear Training IV | 1 |
| MUS 2000 | Applied Competency 4 | 0 |
| MUS 2003 | Survey of Music History | 3 |
| MUS 3401 | Brass Instruments | 0-1 |
| MUS 3421 | Woodwind Instruments, Double Reeds | 0-1 |
| SCIL 1XXX | Science with Laboratory 1 | 4 |
| Hours | 16-18 | |
| Junior | ||
| Fall | ||
| MUS 3000 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 2703 | Music Technology | 3 |
| MUS 3202 | Applied Music - Piano | 2 |
| MUS 3431 | Woodwind Instruments, Single Reeds | 0-1 |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 1 | |
| University Choir | ||
| Choral Artists | ||
| Concert Chorale | ||
| MUS 3762 | Instrumental and Choral Arranging | 2 |
| MUS 3773 | History of Music I | 3 |
| MUS 3801 | Principles of Conducting | 1 |
| USHG 1XXX | U.S. History and Government 1 | 3 |
| Hours | 15-16 | |
| Spring | ||
| MUS 3000 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 3202 | Applied Music - Piano | 2 |
| MUS 3442 | Piano Pedagogy | 2 |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 1 | |
| University Choir | ||
| Choral Artists | ||
| Concert Chorale | ||
| MUS 3783 | History of Music II | 3 |
| MUS 3853 | Music in the Elementary Classroom 5 | 3 |
| MUS 3901 | Secondary Music Methods and Materials I | 1 |
| MUS 4801 | Advanced Conducting | 1 |
| SEED 2113 | Human Development and Learning Theories | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Senior | ||
| Fall | ||
| FAH 1XXX | Fine Arts and Humanities Courses 1 | 3 |
| MUS 3202 | Applied Music - Piano | 2 |
| Select one of the following: 9 | 1 | |
| University Choir | ||
| Choral Artists | ||
| Concert Chorale | ||
| MUS 4000 | Capstone Recital | 0 |
| MUS 4901 | Secondary Music Methods and Materials II | 1 |
| SEED 4553 | Classroom Application of Educational Psychology 6,10 | 3 |
| SPED 4052 | Educating Diverse and Exceptional Learners 6,10 | 2 |
| SS 1XXX | Social Science Courses | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| SEED 4503 | Seminar in Secondary Education | 3 |
| SEED 4809 | Residency B 7, 8 | 9 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 122-126 | |
- 1
See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements."
- 2
See course descriptions for the appropriate applied music course number.
- 3
Class piano or applied piano must be taken each semester until successful completion of Piano Exit Exam.
- 4
Required for enrollment in two-credit hour and three-credit hour upper-level applied study and for the completion of all music degrees.
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Prerequisite: successful completion of Piano Exit Exam.
- 6
Prerequisite: admission to Stage II.
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See admission policy and procedure.
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For licensure, students must pass the Praxis II music specialty and Principles of Learning and Teaching exam.
- 9
Concurrent enrollment in a major ensemble (MUS 1501 Band, MUS 1631 Symphonic Wind Ensemble, MUS 1571 University Choir, MUS 1581 Choral Artists, MUS 1681 Concert Chorale, MUS 3501 Band, MUS 3631 Symphonic Wind Ensemble, MUS 3571 University Choir, MUS 3581 Choral Artists, or MUS 3681 Concert Chorale) is required to be eligible to enroll in applied study. Only one credit per semester may be used to fulfill the major ensemble requirement.
- 10
SEED 4553 Classroom Application of Educational Psychology and SPED 4052 Educating Diverse and Exceptional Learners are part of the Residency A requirements in the completion of a yearlong residency experience as per Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) requirements. In this Residency A semester immediately prior to the student’s last semester (Residency B), students must complete a minimum 270-hour field-experience component as part of the DESE requirements for teacher licensure.
Students who complete the program:
- will be able to demonstrate technical skills for artistic self-expression in at least one major performance area.
- will be able to identify the repertoire in their major performance area and perform a cross-section of that literature.
- will be able to read music at sight fluently.
- will have the knowledge and skills to lead and collaborate on matters of musical interpretation.
- will be able to analyze music in historical, cultural, and stylistic contexts.
- will be able to identify the common elements and organizational patterns of music.
- will be able to create original or derivative music compositions.
- will demonstrate functional keyboard skills.
- will be able to demonstrate an understanding of stylistic characteristics of historically significant periods of Western music, including representative repertoires.
- will be able to create accurate and musically expressive performances with various types of performing groups and in general classroom situations.
- will be able to apply analytical and historical knowledge to curriculum development, lesson planning, daily classroom, and performance activities.
- will be able to identify appropriate content, methodologies, pedagogies, philosophies, materials, technologies, and curriculum development for classroom use.
- will be able to teach music to beginning students in their chosen areas of specialization.
For program assessment visit: https://www.atu.edu/assessment/program_assessment.php