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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Mar 03, 2026

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Degree Map (Sample) - BM Music Education

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First Year - Fall

ENG 1061 - English Composition 3 cr
MUS 1041 - Class Piano I 3 cr
MUS 2125 - Applied Music Lesson 1 cr
MUS 2125L - Performance Lab 0 cr
MUS 2370 - World Music Cultures 3 cr (select CNX section for 4 credits)
GED XXXX - Social Science general education course 3 cr
MUS XXXX - Music Ensemble 1 cr
Select one:
MUS 1085 - Elements of Music and Ear Training Basics 3 cr (take if needed)
GED XXXX - General education elective 3 cr

First Year - Spring

MUS 1041 - Class Piano I 3 cr
MUS 1090 - Foundations of Music Teaching 3 cr
MUS 1091 - Aural Skills I 2 cr
MUS 1231 - Music Theory I 3 cr
MUS 2125 - Applied Music Lesson 1 cr
MUS 2140 - Brass Instrument Teaching Methods 2 cr
MUS XXXX - Music Ensemble 1 cr
MUS 2125L - Performance Lab 0 cr

Second Year - Fall

MUS 2042 - Class Piano II 2 cr
MUS 2031 - History of Western Music I 3 cr
MUS 2051 - Conducting I 3 cr
MUS 2092 - Aural Skills II 2 cr
MUS 2125 - Applied Music Lesson 1 cr
MUS 2125L - Performance Lab 0 cr
MUS 2130 - Woodwind Instrument Teaching Methods 2 cr
MUS 2232 - Music Theory II 3 cr
MUS XXXX - Music Ensemble 1 cr

Second Year - Spring

MUS 2032 - History of Western Music II 3 cr
MUS 2110 - Vocal Pedagogy 2 cr
MUS 2125 - Applied Music Lesson 1 cr
MUS 2125L - Performance Lab 0 cr
MUS 2240 - Percussion Instrument Teaching Methods 2 cr
MUS 3025 - Aural Skills III 1
MUS 3035 - Music Theory III 3 cr
MUS 3052 - Conducting II 3 cr
MUS XXXX - Music Ensemble 1 cr

Third Year - Fall

CNX 2020 - Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum 3 cr
MUS 2120 - String Instruments Teaching Methods 2 cr
MUS 2125 - Applied Music Lesson 1 cr
MUS 2125L - Performance Lab 0 cr
MUS 3165 - Methods of Teaching General Music 3 cr
MUS 3320 - Instrumental & Vocal Arranging 3 cr
MUS 3450 - Instructional/Music Application of Computers 3 cr
MUS XXXX - Music Ensemble 1 cr
PRG XXXX - Program elective 2-3 cr

Third Year - Spring

MUS 2060 - Special Populations in Music Education 2 cr
MUS 2125 - Applied Music Lesson 1 cr
MUS 2125L - Performance Lab 0 cr
MUS 3166 - Choral Music Pedagogy and Literacies 2 cr
MUS XXXX - Music Ensemble 1 cr
GED XXXX - Mathematics general education course 3 cr
Select one:
PSY 2070 - Lifespan Developmental Psychology 3 cr
PSY 2265 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 cr

Fourth Year - Fall

MUS 1740 - Applied Music Lesson Coaching 1 cr (optional but encouraged)
MUS 2125 - Applied Music Lesson 1 cr
MUS 2125L - Performance Lab 0 cr
MUS 3315 - Instrumental Music Pedagogy and Literacies 2 cr
MUS 3450 - Instructional/Music Application of Computers 3 cr
MUS 3870 - Field Experience in Music Education 2 cr
MUS 4750 - Senior Recital 1 cr
GED XXXX - Natural Science general education course 3 cr
MUS XXXX - Music Ensemble 1 cr
PRG XXXX - Program elective 2-3 cr
Select one:
MUS 2345 - Guitar Teaching Methods 2 cr
XXX XXXX - Elective 3 cr

Fourth Year - Spring

MUS 4610 - Seminar in Teaching Music 1 cr
MUS 4871 - Directed Student Teaching I 6 cr
MUS 4872 - Directed Student Teaching II 6 cr

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