Music Education B.S.
An audition is required for acceptance into this program.
A Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Music Education requires the completion of the Elon Core Curriculum as well as the Major Requirements listed below.
Major Requirements
Required courses: 46 sh
In addition, each Music Education major must complete the following:
(a) 2 semester hours in the primary (principal) applied music area each semester for a minimum of 10 semester hours (one semester at the 300 level is required) 10 sh
(b) successful completion of the adjudicated degree recital (MUS 030)
(c) ensemble from MUS 101, MUS 102, MUS 103, MUS 105 and MUS 109 7 sh
- All majors must complete one of these ensembles outside of the primary instrument
- All music education majors must take three semester hours of MUS 102, University Chorale, and one of these hours must be a concurrent enrollment in MUS 360, choral Methods and Literature, or MUS 366, Conducting
- In addition, students whose primary instrument is wind or percussion must complete two semesters of MUS 109 (Wind and percussion majors must complete two semesters of MUS 109; all majors must complete one of these ensembles outside of major instrument/voice)
(d) Keyboard proficiency
(e) MUS 010 Departmental Recital each semester of residency as a Music Education major
In addition, vocal majors must take
MUS 258 Diction for Singers I and
MUS 259 Diction for Singers II
Professional courses: 37 sh
SOC 243 | SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION | 4 sh |
PSY 321 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 4 sh |
MUS 461 | MUSIC EDUCATION K-12 METHODS | 4 sh |
EDU 315 | EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT | 4 sh |
EDU 355 | TEACHING IN 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOMS | 4 sh |
EDU 402 | EXPLORATIONS CAPSTONE SEMINAR I FOR MIDDLE, K-12, AND SECONDARY MAJORS | 1 sh |
EDU 403 | EXPLORATIONS CAPSTONE SEMINAR II | 2 sh |
EDU 450 | TEACHING DIVERSE LEARNERS IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 4 sh |
EDU 481 | STUDENT TEACHING | 10 sh |
Total Credit Hours: 100-102