Music Education Major (B.A.)

Major Requirements

102-106 credits

Personal Performance Skills (7 credits)

1) Complete 6 credits of studio lessons from the following. At least 2 credits must be in MUSI-3700. Courses are repeatable.

MUSI-	Elective group lessons, MUSI-1002 thru MUSI-1012	1 credit
MUSI-1700	Private Studio Lessons	0.5-1 credit
MUSI-3700	Advanced Private Studio Lessons	0.5-1 credit

2) Complete the following:

MUSI-4700

Senior Recital

1 credit

Ensembles (6 credits)

Complete 6 credits of ensembles from the following options. Courses are repeatable.

MUSI-1020	Wind Ensemble and Marching Band	1 credit
MUSI-1030	Chorale	1 credit
MUSI-1035	Vocal Jazz Ensemble	1 credit
MUSI-1040	Sinfonia: String Orchestra	1 credit
MUSI-1050	Jam Lab	1 credit
MUSI-3000	Musical Theatre and Opera Workshop	1-2 credits
MUSI-3020	Jazz Ensemble	1 credit
MUSI-3030	Chamber Singers	1 credit
MUSI-3040	Chamber Music	1 credit

Music Foundations (14 credits)

Complete the following courses. Students are required to complete 4  semesters of MUSI-0001. Students with piano skills may be able to test out of MUSI-1010 and MUSI-1012.

MUSI-0001	Concert & Recital Attendance Laboratory	0 credits
MUSI-1010	Learn to Play the Piano I	1 credit
MUSI-1012	Learn to Play the Piano II	1 credit
MUSI-1210	How Music Works: Intro to Music Theory	4 credits
MUSI-3200	Classical Music Theory	4 credits
MUSI-3210	Advanced Music Theory	2 credits
MUSI-4200	Musical Form and Analysis	2 credits

Digital Fluency (4 credits)

Complete the following (4 credits).

MUSI-1060

Music Production and Technology

4 credits

Culture and Context (12 credits)

1) Complete the following (8 credits):

MUSI-1120	Music Around the World	4 credits
MUSI-3100	Western Classical Music	4 credits

2) Complete one of the following (4 credits).

MUSI-1110	Video Killed the Radio Star: Pop Music	4 credits
MUSI-1112	Music of Love, Death and All the Rest	4 credits

Music Education (17 credits)

MUSI-3400	Beginning Conducting	2 credits
MUSI-3402	Advanced Conducting	2 credits
MUSI-3410	Woodwind Instrument Techniques	1 credit
MUSI-3412	Brass/Percussion Instrument Techniques	1 credit
MUSI-3414	Orchestration	2 credits
MUSI-3420	Elementary Music Education	4 credits
MUSI-3422	Secondary Music Education	4 credits

Complete one of the following:

MUSI-4440	String Pedagogy and Practicum	1 credit
MUSI-4442	Choral Pedagogy and Practicum	1 credit
MUSI-4444	Band Pedagogy and Practicum	1 credit

Area Specific Requirements (4 credits)

Voice students must also complete the following:

MUSI-3500	Lyric Diction	2 credits
MUSI-3510	Vocal Pedagogy & Literature	2 credits

Secondary Education Core (30 credits)

EDUC-1000	Introduction to Teaching	4 credits
EDUC-3040	Literacy in Content Areas	4 credits
EDUC-3060	Writing Instruction, Process, and Assessment	4 credits
EDUC-3100	Foundations of Schooling	4 credits
EDUC-3200	Teaching Exceptional Children	4 credits
EDUC-4030	Teaching in a Diverse Society	4 credits
EDUC-4050	Curriculum and Instruction	2 credits
PSYC-2010	Developmental Psychology	4 credits

Student Teaching (12 credits)

Complete one semester of full-time student teaching at a local school.

EDUC-4581	Secondary Student Teaching	10 credits
EDUC-4590	Student Teaching Seminar	2 credits

Outcomes

The Learner and Learning

Standard 1: Learner Development. The teacher candidate understands how learners grow and develop, recognizing that patterns of learning and development vary individually within and across the cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical areas, and designs and implements developmentally appropriate and challenging learning experiences.

Standard 2: Learning Differences. The teacher candidate uses understanding of individual differences and diverse cultures and communities to ensure inclusive learning environments that enable each learner to meet high standards.

Standard 3: Learning Environments. The teacher candidate works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.

Content

Standard 4: Content Knowledge. The teacher candidate understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.

Standard 5: Application of Content. The teacher candidate understands how to connect concepts to use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.

Instructional Practice

Standard 6: Assessment. The teacher candidate understands and uses multiple methods of assessment to engage learners in their own growth, to monitor learner progress, and to guide the teacher’s and learner’s decision making.

Standard 7: Planning for Instruction. The teacher candidate plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.

Standard 8: Instructional Strategies. The teacher candidate understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.

Professional Responsibility

Standard 9: Professional Learning and Ethical Practice. The teacher candidate engages in ongoing professional learning and uses evidence to continually evaluate his/her practice, particularly the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (learners, families, other professionals, and the community), and adapts practice to meet the needs of each learner.

Standard 10: Leadership and Collaboration. The teacher candidate seeks appropriate leadership roles and opportunities to take responsibility for student learning, to collaborate with learners, families, colleagues, other school professionals, and community members to ensure learner growth, and to advance the profession.

State Specific Standards

Standard 11: American Indian Tribes in Idaho*. The teacher candidate should be able to distinguish between each of the federally recognized tribes with respect to the retention of the ancestral lands in Idaho: Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, Nez Perce Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes. Teacher candidates build capacity in learners to utilize the assets that each learner brings to the learning community based on their backgrounds and experiences.

*The federal, state, local, and tribal governments of Idaho recognize the unique inherent self-determination of each tribe. The self-determination of each tribe recognizes Indigenous people as peoples, rather than populations or national minorities. The tribes are separate and distinct from each other.

Standard 12: Code of Ethics for Idaho Professional Educators. The teacher candidate understands the Code of Ethics for Idaho Professional Educators and its place in supporting the integrity of the profession.

Standard 13: Digital Technology and Online Learning. The teacher candidate knows how to use digital technology to create lessons and facilitate instruction and assessment in face-to-face, blended, and online learning environments to engage students and enhance learning.