The Music Education major is designed primarily for students who wish to become teachers of music (kindergarten through 12th grade) in public or private elementary and secondary schools. This major has been approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing as a single subject matter program for a California Preliminary Teaching Credential. For more information, see Secondary Education Programs.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (71)

• *MUSI 1620 Music Theory I (3, F)
• *MUSI 1630 Music Theory II (3, Sp)
• *MUSI 1720 Music Theory Lab I (2, F)
• *MUSI 1730 Music Theory Lab II (2, Sp)
• *MUSI 2620 Music Theory III (3, F)
• *MUSI 2630 Music Theory IV (3, Sp)
• *MUSI 2720 Music Theory Lab III (2, F)
• *MUSI 2730 Music Theory Lab IV (2, Sp)
•   MUSI 3510 Foundations of Music Education (3, OF)
•   MUSI 3640 Music History I (3, OF)
•   MUSI 3650 Music History II (3, ESp)
• *MUSI 3660W Music History III (3, EF)
•   MUSI 4620 Philosophy of Music in the Church (3, F)
• *MUAP 3710 Conducting I (2, F)
•   MUAP 3720 Woodwind Pedagogy (1, OF)
•   MUAP 3730 Brass Pedagogy (1, EF)
•   MUAP 3740 String Pedagogy (1, ESp)
•   MUAP 3750 Percussion Pedagogy (1, OSp)
• *MUAP 3770 Children's Music (3, Sp)
•   MUAP 3780 Secondary Music Methods (3, EF)
•   MUAP 3870 Choral Pedagogy (1, OF)
• *MUAP 4720 Conducting II (2, ESp)
•   MUAP 47SR Senior Recital (1)

Four credits from the following:

•   MUSI 3700 Computer Music Technology (3, ESp)
• *MUSI 4600 Form and Analysis (2, ESp)
• *MUSI 4610 Tonal Counterpoint (2, EF)
• *MUSI 4660 Instrumentation & Arranging (3, OSp)
• *MUSI 4670 Composition (2, OF)

Private Instruction:

•   MUAP xxxx Piano, vocal, or instrumental (8)
•   MUAP 2000 Studio Class (0)
  (Required with every semester of private instruction)

Performance Ensembles:

•   MUAP xxxx Vocal or instrumental
  (8, must be in major ensemble)

*Course has prerequisites; check course descriptions in catalog