Music
Music Director of School: Karl Kramer School Office: 3053 Music Building, 1114 West Nevada, Urbana, (217) 244-2676
Curriculum in Music Education
For the Degree of Bachelor of Music Education
A minimum of 130 hours of credit is required for graduation. This curriculum prepares its graduates for teaching music in grades kindergarten through twelve. For teacher education requirements applicable to all curricula, see the Council on Teacher Education. Students complete a concentration in instrumental, choral, or elementary-general music education. For more detailed information, see the music education handbooks online at www.music.uiuc.edu/academics.
In order to be recommended for certification, candidates are required to maintain a UIUC cumulative grade-point average of 2.5, content area course gpa of 2.75, and professional education course gpa of 3.0 (A=4.0). Candidates should consult the music education handbook, their advisor, or the Council on Teacher Education for a listing of courses used to compute these grade-point averages.
Illinois state law and Council on Teacher Education policy require that all candidates for teacher education programs pass the Illinois Certification Test System Basic Skills test before admission. In the case of music education, students are admitted as freshmen to the degree program without certification, and must pass the ICTS Basic Skills test prior to being admitted to the certification track in the sophomore year.
All students are required to enroll in at least one approved performance ensemble each semester in residence, except the semester when they student teach, and must demonstrate keyboard competency.
| Hours | General Education |
|---|---|
| 4 | Composition I |
| 3 | Advanced Composition (Music 344 meets ACP) |
| 3 | Speech Communication |
| 6 | Humanities and the Arts (one course must be outside the School of Music) |
| 6 | Cultural Studies |
| 6 | Natural Science and Technology |
| 3 | Social and Behavioral Science |
| 3-4 | PSYC 100* |
| 6 | Quantitative Reasoning I and II (MUS 239 meets Quant II) |
| 0-12 | Foreign Language |
| 40-52 | Total hours |
*PSYC 100 is prerequisite to EPSY 201 Educational Psychology, required in all teacher education programs.
| Hours | Musicianship |
|---|---|
| 12 | Applied major1 |
| 15 | Music theory and aural skills |
| 8 | Music history and literature |
| 4 | Ensemble |
| 2 | MUS 243 Introd Tech Based Mus Instruct |
| 41 | Total |
| Hours | Professional Education |
|---|---|
| 30 | Courses in area of professional concentration (choral, elementary-general, or instrumental) |
| 10-18 | Clinical experience2 |
2 |
Early field experience |
8-16 |
Student teaching2,3 |
| 7 | Education |
3 |
EPS 201 Foundations of Education, or EPS 202 (ACP) |
1 |
CI 473 Literacy in Content Areas |
3 |
EPSY 201 Educational Psychology |
| 47-55 | Total |
| Hours | Professional and/or General Electives (as needed) |
|---|---|
| 0-8 | Total |
1. Enrollment in the applied major is normally expected during the first six semesters, 2 semester hours each.
2. If public school certification
is not desired, the student selects alternative courses totaling
13 semester hours in consultation with his or her adviser, seven
semester hours of which must be from the student's applied major,
music theory, or music history.
3. Only eight hours of student teaching apply toward graduation.