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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Music Education, Vocal Music Concentration, BS


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Program Requirements:

  1. An audition before the music faculty. All incoming students planning to major in music or music education or minor in music must complete this audition before being accepted as a music major or minor.
  2. All students must take a placement exam in music theory for either the major or minor.
  3. All music and music education majors must enroll in Concert Attendance (MUS 70 ) every semester until they pass five semesters.
  4. All music and music education majors must take applied piano every semester until they complete piano proficiency.
  5. All music and music education majors must complete the Music Proficiency process with a passing grade before being admitted to upper-level courses in the major.
  6. Students need a cumulative Major GPA of 2.0 and and C or better in all major courses to receive a degree.
  7. Supplementary information about program requirements is contained in the Music Program Handbook for Students, which can be obtained from music advisors.

Teacher Licensure (Special and Secondary K-12)


  1. Completion of the Bonaventure Program and requirements  for undergraduate degrees.
  2. Requirements of the chosen major (at least 32 hours required for licensure in a major).

Professional Education:


Math Content Requirement:


Field Experience (120 Clock Hours) and Seminar:


Specific Areas Required for Licensure:


(These courses may also fulfill Bonaventure Program requirements).

Additional Information:


Regardless of the grade point average, no grade of “C-” or lower will be accepted in any courses offered (professional education or major course of study).

*Higher level math courses (with the exception of MAT 150 - Basic Statistics ) may be substituted for MAT 124  or MAT 125 .

Vocal Music Concentration:


  1. Completion of the Bonaventure Program and requirements for undergraduate degrees.
  2. Music and music education majors will fulfill the University technological literacy requirement through successful completion of MUS 313 - Orchestration and Arranging .
  3. 14 credit hours of applied music lessons in voice (major).
  4. 7 credit hours in Concert Choir.
  5. Professional courses for state licensure (See Education).
  6. Required performances: Recital during senior year in the major applied field. Six additional public performances as a soloist in faculty approved concerts.
  7. The senior recital and recital paper constitute the required comprehensive experience.
  8. A prerequisite for all music education courses (MED) is acceptance into the Teacher Education Program.

Music Education Courses:


12 credit hours of music education courses, including:

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