Music: Vocal Music Education, B.M.

General Education

(see General Education Requirements for list of approved courses)

Rhetoric and Composition: (6 hours)

Two approved courses in rhetoric and composition

Mathematics: (3 hours)

One approved mathematics course

Statistics: (3 hours)

One approved statistics course

Natural Sciences: (7-8 hours)

Two approved natural science courses, at least one including a laboratory component

Humanities and Fine Arts: (6 hours)

One approved humanities or fine arts course
MUS 1110 - Introduction to Music *
Note: MUS 1110 should be completed within the first four semesters of study.

Cultures and Civilizations: (9 hours)

Western Humanities I and II
MUS 3110 - Musics of the World *

Behavioral and Social Sciences: (6 hours)

PSY 1010 - Introduction to Psychology *
One approved behavioral or social science course

21 hours from the College of Health, Education and Professional Studies including:

Vocal Music Concentration

MUS 2090 - Keyboard Harmony +
MUS 2100 - Keyboard Harmony +
MUS 2210 - String Methods
MUS 2220 - Instrumental Methods for Vocal Music Education Majors
MUS 3100 - Choral Conducting
MUS 3330 - Vocal Pedagogy
MUS 3340 - Choral Arranging
MUS 3360 - Choral Methods
MUS 0028r - Choral Union (2 hours, required in the first 2 semesters)
Large ensemble participation required each semester of residence except when student teaching (minimum 7 hours).
4 semesters (8 hours) 2000-level primary applied study.
3 semesters (6 hours) 3000-level primary applied study.
Must pass Foreign Language Diction Proficiency Exam or complete
MUS 2170 - Diction for Singers
.
+Vocal Music Education majors whose primary instrument is piano will satisfy these requirements through applied piano study (MUS 2511) and must complete at least 6 hours applied voice (MUS 2550) over 4 semesters as a secondary applied area of study.

Additional requirements for all Music Education Majors:

Successful completion of Continuation Standards is prerequisite to enrollment in upper-division music courses.

Seminar is required each semester of residence. A minimum of 7 semesters with a grade of Satisfactory is required.

Music Education majors are required to present a half-recital or full recital in the senior year (MUS 4920 ). The student must be registered for the appropriate applied course the semester of the recital.

For graduation: 2.0 GPA in all required major and related courses (including specified General Education courses).

For licensure: 2.5 average cumulative, 2.5 average at UTC, 2.5 average in education courses with no grade less than C, 2.5 average in content area course work with no grade lower than C.

Minimum of 39 hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses

Electives to complete 135 hours.

See Degree and Graduation Requirements for additional requirements.

See College of Health, Education and Professional Studies section for teacher education, licensure and student teaching requirements.

*Also satisfies requirement in the major.

#Also satisfies general education requirement.