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

addition, successful completion of the keyboard proficiencyexam is required. Students must take the keyboard proficiencyexam, for the first time, no later than the third semester theyare in the Music Education program. Students who do notpass the examination must retake it until it is successfullycompleted. Student Teaching requires a 2.50 cumulative gradepoint average.The progress of both candidates and aspiring candidatestoward teacher certification in Music Education, and aneventual career in the field, is assessed periodically by theMusic faculty, as described under Continuation Standards inthe Teacher Education and Clinical Experiences section of thisCatalog. Students who are withdrawn from the BS program inMusic Education because of failure to meet these standardswill be given the opportunity to complete the BA Music degree,Contract option.Degree RequirementsCreditsME 1160 Guitar Class I 1.0ME 1200 Voice Class I 1.0ME 2060 Keyboard Proficiency: Music Education 0.0ME 2150 String Class 1.0ME 2170 Flute Class 0.5ME 2180 Saxophone Class 0.5ME 2190 Clarinet Class 0.5ME 2200 Oboe/Bassoon Class 0.5ME 2210 Voice Class II/Pedagogy 1.0ME 3110 Music in the Elementary School 3.0ME 3160 Percussion Class 1.0ME 3210 Upper Brass Techniques 1.0ME 3220 Lower Brass Techniques 1.0ME 3500 Technology for Music Educators (TECO) 3.0ME 4200 Secondary School Music Methods 3.0ME 4500 Senior Recital: Music Education 0.0Conducting Elective – complete one of the following: 2.0ME 3250 Choral ConductingME 3260 Instrumental ConductingLiterature and Techniques Elective – complete one of thefollowing: 2.0ME 3340 Choral Literature and TechniquesME 3350 Instrumental Literature and TechniquesStudent Teaching – complete ME 4850 or (ME 4860and ME 4870): 12.0ME 4850 Kindergarten Through Grade 12 StudentteachingME 4860 Student Teaching K–12: ElementarycomponentME 4870 Student Teaching K–12: Secondary ComponentMU 1150 Piano Class I 1.0MU 1160 Piano Class II 1.0MU 1210 Musicianship I 4.0MU 1220 Musicianship II 4.0MU 2210 Musicianship III 3.0MU 2220 Musicianship IV 3.0MU 2260 Basic Conducting 2.0MU 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 Ensembles [not MUDI] 7.0MU Performance Studies [not MUDI] 14.0CD 3000 Philosophical and Historical Perspectiveson the Child in Society (INCO) (WRCO) 3.0ED 2000 Introduction to Education 3.0PS 3190 Development and Understanding (WECO) 3.0Special Education Elective – complete one of thefollowing: 3.0SE 2080 Children with DisabilitiesSE 3090 Introduction to Special Education: Middle andSecondaryQuantitative Reasoning in the Discipline Connection –complete one of the following: 3.0MA 1500 Mathematics and the Humanities (QRCO)MA 2200 Finite Mathematics (QRCO)MA 2300 Statistics I (QRCO)General Education:EN 1200 Composition 3.0IS 1111 The First Year Seminar:critical Thinking and the Nature of Inquiry 3.0MA Mathematics Foundations 3.0PPDI Past and Present Directions 6.0SIDI Scientific Inquiry Directions 6.0SSDI Self and Society Directions 6.0Total 124.0Piano majors substitute Piano Pedagogy for MU 1150 and MU1160. Voice majors substitute MU 4280 for ME 1200 and ME2210. Students may omit methods classes in their PerformanceStudies area. MU 1160 requires a minimum grade of C in MU1150. MU 1220 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1210. MU2210 requires a minimum grade of C in MU 1220. MU 2220requires a minimum grade of C in MU 2210. Student Teachingrequires a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50, a2.50 composite grade point average (see Student Teaching coursedescription), successful completion of the Piano ProficiencyExam by the beginning of the semester immediately precedingthe Student Teaching semester.Recommended Course SequenceCheck all course descriptions for prerequisites before planningcourse schedule. 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 3.0Music, Theatre& DancePlymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008 179