Undergraduate Music Education
Undergraduate Music Education
2025 Spring Term
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INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING MUSIC WITH FIELD OBSERVATION
MUSED 160
This required course is intended to prepare pre-service music education majors to teach across varied learning platforms while creating a culturally responsive classroom for an urban or rural setting. Students will learn the foundational skills and understanding of the music profession through field study, exploring education philosophers/theorists and culturally diverse topics. Course assignments are meant to develop strategies for planning to meet student learning needs, gain understanding of assessment of students' learning and applying Universal Design. Using self-reflection and research-based, primary-source materials, students will create a personal music education philosophy and present that philosophy during a MUSED Jury.
VOICE PEDAGOGY FOR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC EDUCATORS
MUSED 278
This course is intended as preparation for instrumental music education majors who may be required to instruct choral ensembles and/or voice lessons as part of their teaching duties. Building on concepts learned in MUSC 177: Class Voice, students will learn about the anatomical, physiological and acoustic elements of singing in order to gain a working knowledge of the vocal mechanism.
TEACHING MUSIC AND ACCOMPANYING FROM THE PIANO
MUSED 328
This course is designed to prepare pre-service music teachers to use the piano as a teaching tool in a variety of settings, to use requisite piano and conducting skills to teach a wide range of musical styles, and to develop piano skills to meet the needs of future elementary and secondary music students.
STRING PEDAGOGY
MUSED 347
In this course, intended for students who plan to teach strings, students will compare the philosophies, contributions and teaching techniques of several String Pedagogues. Students will examine string educational method books, string literature of all levels, and will gain practical experience through teaching and through playing on secondary instruments.
WOODWIND TECHNIQUES II
MUSED 364
Woodwind Techniques II provides music education students seeking licensure, functional instruction on non-primary woodwind instruments. The course emphasizes the development of pedogogical and performance skills relative to oboe, bassoon and saxophone. The student will demonstrate a functional performance level on the oboe, bassoon and saxophone, and diagnose and solve the problems of embouchure, breathing, posture, tone production, hand position, technique, and basic musicianship.
BRASS INSTRUMENT TECHNIQUES
MUSED 366
Study of brass instrument pedogogical and performance skills to help prepare instrumental music education majors to teach brass instruments to beginning and intermediate students, and to support more advanced students with a knowledge of pedogogical and performance practices, related materials, and equipment.
PERCUSSION TECHNIQUES
MUSED 368
Study of snare drum, timpani, keyboard percussion, drum set and other percussion instruments. Consideration given to the problems of the beginning percussionist. Repeatable.
METHODS OF TEACHING CHORAL MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE/SECONDARY SCHOOL
MUSED 438
Required of music education (choral emphasis) majors and special minors. Includes methodology in planning a comprehensive program of music experiences in the middle/secondary school with emphasis on organizing, developing and directing/rehearsing choral groups.
METHODS TEACHING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC MIDDLE/SECONDARY
MUSED 439
Procedures for organizing, planning, and directing middle/secondary instrumental groups of various types are presented. Problems of student retention, concert presentation, music contest, tours, and establishing a unified instrumental program for the entire school system are addressed with solutions offered.
JAZZ PEDAGOGY I
MUSED 467
An intensive study of the methodologies for teaching jazz. Focus areas include jazz history, jazz theory, jazz improvisation, and jazz program resources.
MARCHING BAND TECHNIQUES
MUSED 468
An intensive study of numerous pedagogical and administrative methods necessary to create and educational marching band experience. Topics include fundamentals of drill design, music selection, comprehensive show planning, teaching methodologies, auxiliary groups, and marching percussion.
SPECIAL STUDIES
MUSED 496
Variable topics. Group activity. Not offered regularly in the curriculum but offered on topics selected on the basis of timeliness, need, and interest, and generally in the format of regularly scheduled Catalog offerings. Repeatable only with a change of topic.
INDEPENDENT STUDY
MUSED 498
Study of a selected topic or topics under the direction of a faculty member.