2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

Music, Theatre& DancePPDI Past and Present Directions 6.0SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6–8.0SSDI Self and Society Directions 6.0WECO Wellness Connection 3.0Foreign Language (GACO) 8.0Electives 14.5–12.5Total 122.0MU 1160 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1150. MU1220 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1210. MU 2210requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1220. MU 2220 requiresa minimum grade of C in MU 2210.Recommended Course SequenceCheck all course descriptions for prerequisites before planningcourse schedule. Courses required for the Option are shown inboldface. Course sequence is suggested but not required.Year OneCreditsEN 1200 Composition 3.0IS 1111 The First Year Seminar:critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3.0MA Mathematics Foundations 3.0MU 1150 Piano Class I 1.0MU 1160 Piano Class II 1.0MU 1210 Musicianship I 4.0MU 1220 Musicianship II 4.0MU 1420 Voice Performance Lab I (two enrollments) 0.0MU 1520 Voice Performance Studies (two enrollments) 4.0MU Ensembles [not MUDI] 2.0PPDI Past and Present Directions 6.031.0Year TwoCreditsMU 2000 Diction for Singers 2.0MU 2210 Musicianship iii 3.0MU 2220 Musicianship IV 3.0MU 2520 Voice Performance Studies (two enrollments) 4.0MU 3420 Vocal Performance Lab II (two enrollments) 0.0MU Ensembles [not MUDI] 2.0SSDI Self and Society Directions 6.0WECO Wellness Connection 3.0Foreign Language (GACO) 8.031.0Year ThreeCreditsMU 2170 Keyboard Proficiency:Voice Performanceand Pedagogy 0.0MU 3010 Junior Recital 0.5MU 3200 Technology in Music Performance (TECO) 3.0MU 3250 Global Jazz (DICO) (GACO) 3.0MU 3310 History and Literature of Music I 3.0MU 3320 History and Literature of Music II (INCO)(WRCO) 3.0MU 3420 Vocal Performance Lab II (two enrollments) 0.0MU 3430 Survey of Vocal Literature 2.0MU 3520 Voice Performance Studies (two enrollments) 4.0MU 4280 Voice Pedagogy for Majors 2.0MU Ensembles [not MUDI] 2.0QRCO Quantitative Reasoning in the Disciplineconnection 3.0electives 4.530.0Year FourCreditsMU 3420 Vocal Performance Lab II (two enrollments) 0.0MU 4010 Senior Recital 1.0MU 4430 Practicum:Voice Teaching (two enrollments) 4.0MU 4520 Voice Performance Studies (two enrollments) 4.0MU Ensembles [not MUDI] 2.0ME/MU Music electives [not MEDI/MUDI] 3.0SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6–8.0electives 10–8.030.0Total 122.0MU 1160 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1150. MU1220 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1210. MU 2210requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1220. MU 2220 requiresa minimum grade of C in MU 2210.Music Education (K–12),Bachelor of Science124 creditsStudents who choose to major in Music Education becomeprepared to teach and supervise vocal, instrumental, andgeneral music from kindergarten through grade 12. Thisprogram is certified at both the state and national level by theNew Hampshire Department of Education and the NationalCouncil for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).Graduates who complete this major are eligible for K–12teacher certification in the state of New Hampshire. Because ofNew Hampshire’s membership in the Interstate CertificationContract, Plymouth graduates are eligible to earn a certificate orlicense in another Contract state upon application to that state’sdepartment of education. For further information, please seethe Teacher Education and Clinical Experiences section.Students in this program are required to present a senior solorecital that must not be scheduled during the semester inwhich they are student teaching. Music Education majors mayrequest permission to receive private instruction on a secondinstrument.To be approved for Student Teaching, students must havecompleted all departmental course requirements through thethird year and have at least a 2.50 cumulative grade point average.They also must have passed the level-change jury exam allowingthem to study at the 4000 level on their major instrument. In178 Plymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008