Music Education, B.M./B.S.Ed.

The Music Education program provides students with the thorough training necessary to be a successful music educator in the public schools of North Carolina and the region. Successful completion of the B.M./B.S.Ed. degree leads to a recommendation for the State of North Carolina Professional Educator’s License Music K-12. The program includes six semesters of lessons, courses in teaching the various musical instruments and voice, music education methods and materials, and a semester of student teaching. The School offers two concentrations within this degree program:

• The Instrumental Music concentration prepares students to teach beginning band, concert band, and marching band in middle school and high school.
• The Choral/General Music concentration prepares students for a career in teaching general music at the elementary school level or choral music at the middle- or high-school level.

NOTE: Candidates for the Bachelor of Music with a concentration in music education (B.M.) also receive the Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) degree.

Our graduates enjoy an excellent rate of placement into teaching positions. The B.M./B.S.Ed. program is jointly administered with the College of Education and Allied Professions