Music Education (dual program)
Contact John Coggiola, 110 Crouse College, 315-443-5896.
Faculty John Coggiola, Elisa DeKaney, Bradley P. Ethington, John Laverty, Justin J. Mertz, Joseph Riposo, Emma Rodriguez Suarez, Barbara Tagg, James Tapia
Education contacts Carol Radin or Pam Hachey, Assistant Directors of Academic Advising, 270 Huntington Hall, 315-443-9319.
The music education program, which leads to a B.Mus. degree, is designed to give students a strong foundation in musical and teaching skills and to enable them to obtain initial certification for public school teaching in New York and other states with which there are reciprocal arrangements.
Music education students are dually enrolled in the Setnor School of Music and the School of Education. They may elect one of five emphases: brass, choral/general, woodwind, percussion, or strings. By graduation, students are expected to have achieved competencies in all the musical disciplines (e.g., principal and secondary performance areas, music history and theory, sight-singing and dictation, and conducting and ensemble participation) in addition to teaching competencies in such areas as classroom
management techniques and curriculum development skills. Students must have achieved a 3.0 average in music and education courses, with an overall GPA of at least 2.8 before being permitted to student teach. Students also have opportunities to develop techniques of teaching general music as well as techniques of directing performance groups.
Academic credits are required in the following: 6 credits of social science (psychology or sociology), 4 credits of foreign language (unless met by completion of level III of a language in high school), 3 credits in mathematics, 3 credits in the sciences, and 3 credits of multicultural humanities. Refer to page 138 for information about certification in New York State.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS*
* This is a general list of major requirements for the music education major. Depending on which emphasis students choose (brass, choral/general, woodwind, percussion, or strings), the order of the courses may vary.
First Year, Fall Semester
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Weekly Student Convocation |
0 |
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Principal performance area
|
2 |
| MHL 185 |
Introduction to World Music |
3 |
| MTC 145 |
Diatonic Harmony I
|
3 |
MTC 147
|
Ear Training I
|
1 |
| SED 340 |
Participation in the Professional Development School |
0 |
| |
Marching band (ensemble) or
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| AMC 545 |
Diction in Singing I
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1-2 |
| |
Piano or Voice
|
1 |
| |
Ensemble(s)
|
1 |
| WRT 105 |
Writing Studio 1 |
3 |
| |
|
15-16 |
First Year, Spring Semester
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Weekly Student Convocation |
0 |
| |
Principal performance area |
2 |
| MHL 168 |
History of European Music Before 1750 |
3 |
| MTC 146 |
Diatonic Harmony II
|
3 |
| MTC 148 |
Ear Training II
|
1 |
| MUE 115 |
Technology in Music Education |
2 |
| AMC 546 |
Diction in Singing II (choral/general emphasis only) |
2 |
| SED 340 |
Participation in the Professional Development School
|
0 |
| |
Ensemble(s)
|
1 |
| |
Piano or voice
|
1 |
| WRT 205 |
Writing Studio 2
|
3 |
| |
|
16-18 |
Sophomore Year, Fall Semester
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Weekly Student Convocation |
0 |
| |
Principal performance area |
2 |
| |
Secondary performance area |
1 |
MHL 267
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History of European Music 1750-1945 |
3 |
| MTC 245 |
Chromatic Harmony I
|
3 |
| MTC 247 |
Ear Training III
|
1 |
| MUE 310 |
Field Experience in Music Education |
1 |
| MUE 215 |
Foundations of Music Education
|
3 |
| SED 340 |
Participation in the Professional Development School |
0 |
| |
Ensemble(s) |
1 |
| |
Academic |
3 |
| |
|
18 |
Sophomore Year, Spring Semester
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Weekly Student Convocation |
0 |
| |
Principal performance area |
2 |
| |
Secondary performance area |
1 |
| MHL 268 |
European and American Music Since 1945 |
3 |
| MTC 246 |
Chromatic Harmony II
|
3 |
| MTC 248 |
Ear Training IV |
1 |
| MUE 310 |
Field Experience in Music Education |
1 |
| SED 340 |
Participation in the Professional Development School |
0 |
| |
Ensemble(s)
|
1 |
| |
Academics
|
6 |
| |
|
18 |
Junior Year, Fall Semester
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Weekly Student Convocation
|
0 |
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Principal performance area |
1 |
| |
Secondary performance area
|
1 |
| CTG 545 |
Basic Conducting |
2 |
| EDU 204 |
Principles of Learning in Inclusive Classrooms |
3 |
| MUE 333 |
Music in the Elementary School
|
2 |
| EDU 310 |
The American School |
3 |
| SED 340 |
Participation in the Professional Development School |
0 |
| |
Instrumental Methods
|
1 |
| |
Jazz elective |
1 |
| |
Ensemble(s)
|
1 |
| |
Academic |
3 |
| |
|
18 |
Junior Year, Spring Semester
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Weekly Student Convocation |
0 |
| |
Principal performance area
|
1 |
| |
Secondary performance area |
1 |
| SED 409 |
Adapting Instruction for Diverse Student Needs
|
3 |
| MUE 334 |
Methods and Materials in General Music |
2 |
| MUE 518 |
Marching Band Techniques or |
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| MHL 567 |
Survey of Choral Literature |
2 |
SED 340
|
Participation in the Professional Development School
|
0 |
| |
Choral or instrumental conducting |
2 |
| |
Instrumental methods
|
1 |
| |
Jazz elective
|
1 |
| |
Ensemble(s) |
1 |
| |
Academic |
4 |
| |
|
18 |
Senior Year, Fall Semester
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Weekly Student Convocation |
0 |
| |
Principal performance area
|
1 |
| MUE 321 |
Teaching of Voice for Schools
|
1 |
| RED 326 |
Literacy Across the Curriculum |
3 |
MTC 418
|
Choral Arranging or |
|
| MUE 415 |
Jazz Ensemble Techniques |
2 |
| SED 340 |
Participation in the Professional Development School
|
0 |
| |
Instrumental methods
|
1 |
| |
Instrumental methods/pedagogy |
1 |
| |
Instrumental/choral rehearsal techniques |
3 |
| |
Jazz elective |
1 |
| |
Ensemble(s)
|
1 |
| |
Academic
|
3 |
| |
|
17 |
Senior Year, Spring Semester
| EDU 508 |
Student Teaching |
12 |
| |
|
12 |
Total Minimum Credits Required: 132