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Eight-Semester Plan for B.M./B.S.Ed. Choral/General Music Education

Major Program Guide for: B.M./B.S.Ed. Degree in Music
Choral/General Music Education Concentration
Effective Fall 2010
Suggested Course Sequence

Total for Degree: 128 Credit Hours
Total Hours of Pre-requisites: None, unless the musical aptitude placement exam requires the student to complete a leveling class in music theory (MUS 118, 3 hours) or aural skills (MUS 108, 1 hour).
An audition is required for admission to the major.
Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.

Freshman Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
*MUS	107	Applied Major	2	MUS	107	Applied Major	2
*MUS	148	Piano I	1	MUS	149	Piano II	1
MUS	371 or 372	Major Ensemble	1	MUS	371 or 372	Major Ensemble	1
MUS	358	Performance Lab	0	MUS	358	Performance Lab	0
ART/MUS/ THEA	191	Integral Arts (or other first-year seminar)	3	*MUS	208	Aural Skills II	1
COMM	201	Communication	3	*MUS	218	Music Theory II	3
MATH	101 or higher	Mathematics	3	MUS	258	Diction I	1
P1		Social Science	3	MUS	168	String Class	1
				ENGL	101	Composition I	3
				C4		Wellness	3
**Semester Hours:			16	Semester Hours:			16
Notes: PREQ: Audition or Placement Test *An additional 1-4 hours may be needed if placed into MUS 108 (1) and/or 118 (3). If so, take one of the Liberal Studies courses in a later semester.
Sophomore Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
*MUS	207	Applied Major	2	MUS	207	Applied Major	2
MUS	248	Piano III	1	MUS	249	Piano IV	1
MUS	371 or 372	Major Ensemble	1	MUS	371 or 372	Major Ensemble	1
MUS	358	Performance Lab	0	MUS	358	Performance Lab	0
MUS	308	Aural Skills III	1	MUS	309	Aural Skills IV	1
MUS	318	Music Theory III	3	MUS	319	Music Theory IV	3
MUS	283	Music Technology Methods	1	MUS		Methods Class Elective	1
**MUS	259	Diction II (Fall of odd years)	2	***MUS	329	Fundamentals of Conducting	2
EDCI	201	Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society	3	C5		Physical & Biological Sciences	3
ENGL	202	Composition II	3	****P1		Social Sciences	3
Semester Hours:			17	Semester Hours:			17
Notes: PREQ: Freshman Exam In Fall of even years, take a Liberal Studies course instead, and take MUS 259 next Fall. In Spring of even years, take a Liberal Studies course instead, and take MUS 329 next Spring. *Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved (non-Music*) Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories (P1-P6).
Junior Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
*MUS	307	Applied Major	2	MUS	307	Applied Major	2
MUS	371 or 372	Major Ensemble	1	MUS	371 or 372	Major Ensemble	1
MUS	358	Performance Lab	0	MUS	358	Performance Lab	0
MUS	418	Music History I	3	MUS	419	Music History II	3
MUS	323	Music in Elementary Schools	2	MUS	324	Music in Middle Schools	2
**MUS	327	Choral Methods (Fall of even years)	3	MUS	470	Orchestration	2
**MUS	428	Choral Conducting (Fall of odd years)	2	MUS		Methods Class Electives	3
MUS		Methods Class Elective	1
PSY	323	Understanding Learning, Development, and Assessment for Responsive Instruction	3	C5		Physical & Biological Sciences	3
Semester Hours:			17	Semester Hours:			16
Notes: PREQ: Sophomore Exam *If this course is not offered this semester, take one of the remaining liberal studies courses.
Senior Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
MUS	407	Applied Major (including public recital)	2	MUS	491	Supervised Student Teaching	3
SPED	339	Designing Classrooms as Responsive Learning Communities	3	EDSE	490	Supervised Student Teaching	6
*P3		History	3	EDSE	495	Education Seminar	3
*P4		Humanities	3
*P5		Fine & Performing Arts	3
*P6		World Cultures	3
Semester Hours:			17	Semester Hours:			12
Notes: Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved (non-Music*) Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories (P1-P6).

Total for Degree: 128 Credit Hours
Total Hours of Pre-requisites: None, unless the musical aptitude placement exam requires the student to complete a leveling class in music theory (MUS 118, 3 hours) or aural skills (MUS 108, 1 hour).
An audition is required for admission to the major.
Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.

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