EC through 12 Certification - Music Education (Choral) (BME)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (BME) |
---|---|
I. GENERAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS | |
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 |
English | 9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | |
Fine Arts | 3 |
Foundations for Excellence | 1 |
FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.) | |
History | 6 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 | |
Kinesiology | 2 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived. | |
Mathematics | 3 |
[Math Advising Tool (eMAT) required prior to registering for any Math class or any class for which the eMAT is a prerequisite.] MATH 1303 - College Algebra or MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I | |
Natural Science | 4 |
Religion | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey RELI 4342 - Ethnomusicology in Cross-Cultural Service | |
Social Science | 3 |
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS | 43 |
II. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY | |
EDUC 1017 - Introduction to Teacher Certification | 0 |
EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents* (S-L) | 3 |
EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar | 0 |
EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* (S-L) | 3 |
EDUC 4313 - Discipline and Classroom Management in Culturally Diverse Settings* (S-L) | 3 |
EDUC 4320 - Instructional Technology* | 3 |
EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching* | 6 |
READ 4331 - Reading in the Content Area* | 3 |
TOTAL PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | 21 |
III. ACADEMIC MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | |
Music Education Core (47 hours) | |
MUSI 1011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II | 0 |
MUSI 1012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II | 0 |
MUSI 1013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II | 0 |
MUSI 1111 - Aural Skills I | 1 |
MUSI 1112 - Aural Skills II | 1 |
MUSI 1201 - Foundations and Principles of Music Education* | 2 |
MUSI 1206 - Diction I | 2 |
MUSI 1311 - Music Theory I | 3 |
MUSI 1312 - Music Theory II | 3 |
MUSI 2011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* | 0 |
MUSI 2012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* | 0 |
MUSI 2013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* | 0 |
MUSI 2111 - Aural Skills III | 1 |
MUSI 2112 - Aural Skills IV | 1 |
MUSI 2311 - Music Theory III | 3 |
MUSI 2312 - Music Theory IV | 3 |
MUSI 3201 - Analysis of Musical Structure* | 2 |
MUSI 3204 - Music History and Literature I* | 2 |
MUSI 3205 - Music History and Literature II | 2 |
MUSI 3206 - Music History and Literature III | 2 |
MUSI 3207 - Basic Conducting | 2 |
MUSI 3208 - Advanced Choral Conducting | 2 |
MUSI 3311 - Elementary Music Methods* | 3 |
MUSI 3312 - Secondary Music Methods* | 3 |
MUSI 4010 - Music All-Level Seminar (S-L) | 0 |
MUSI 4089 - Senior Recital for Music Education | 0 |
MUSI 4201 - Orchestration | 2 |
MUSI 4204 - Choral Arranging | 2 |
MUSI 4211 - Vocal Pedagogy | 2 |
MUSI 4301 - Instrumental Methods | 3 |
*Music Proficiency Exam Level IV courses are prerequisites for all upper level Music courses, including recital courses. | |
Applied Concentration | 10 |
Applied Secondary | 4 |
Music Ensembles | 7 |
Performance Lab | 0 |
TOTAL ACADEMIC MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | 68 |
IV. ELECTIVES | |
Upper-Level | 0 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 0 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 132 |
*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.
Students seeking a BME, Bachelor of Music Education, degree with EC-12 Music Education Teacher Certification (Choral), may refer to the College of Fine Arts section of this catalog for additional information.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours.
NOTE: Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.
A minimum grade of C- is required for all music courses within a music major field of study.
Retention in the Educator Preparation Program:
Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
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