Overview

For students preparing for teaching careers in public schools (entrance audition required). Capstone experience: half-hour recital. To earn a California Single-Subject Credential in Music, students must also complete the Credential requirements in the Department of Secondary Education, detailed in the Credential section of this Catalog.

Research increasingly confirms and reveals the power and potential of music in human development. The study of music, requiring a variety of learning modalities, develops essential skills that carry over into the study of other fields. The performance components allow for deep cultivation of its expressive potential. The student also has opportunity to develop maturity and poise in public settings, leading to growth in self-confidence and flexibility. In group music making, the student becomes part of an artistic community, reaping the satisfaction of working with others toward common goals and the sense of accomplishment resulting from fine performance.

Credential Program

A Music Education Major, to be cleared for the Credential Program, must have met all of the Music Education requirements, including the Music Education Assessment and additional criteria found in the Credential section of this Catalog.

Program Requirements

Admission to the Major

Students wanting to select Music as a major are expected to have had a variety of pre-college cognitive and affective experiences. These could include high school performance, high school theory programs, individual private instruction with music professionals, and music professional and vocational experiences. Admission to the Major in Music for all undergraduate degrees is determined by audition. Students must complete this audition and be accepted to the Department prior to being accepted in the major. Those auditioning for the Bachelor of Music Degree must exhibit a high performance competence in the audition.

Transfer students seeking admission to Performance Options must audition at the appropriate entrance level determined by the number of transferable units accepted by the University. (Example: At the time of the audition, students with more than 60 transferable units must demonstrate musical proficiency at the junior level for admission to a Performance Option.) Exceptions to this policy are rare and are at the discretion of the Music Department.

After admission to the University and admission to the Music Department (audition for Performance Options and audition plus interview for other Options), students will need to complete required coursework in the Music Core curriculum and in an Option. Successful progress toward the Degree is in part determined by appropriate coursework taken in a sequential manner and by earning a grade of “C-” or better in all courses in the Music curriculum, including those outside the Music Department. Students will not be admitted to Upper Division study in Music until all Lower Division coursework has been successfully completed.

Lesson and Ensemble Requirements

To qualify for individual lessons in any semester, an undergraduate student must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 units, including lesson units and the correct number of ensemble units required by his or her Option.

Enrollment in the designated ensemble(s) for the student’s instrument is a corequisite of enrollment in private lessons each semester of enrollment. Students who do not meet this requirement by the third week of the semester will not be eligible for lessons that semester.

All students enrolled in individual lessons must demonstrate their progress in the major before a faculty jury at the end of each semester of study. Students receiving lower than a grade of “C-” in that semester of lessons will need to take additional study at their own expense to achieve their required level of performance before resuming Department-paid lessons.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

1. Lower Division Required Courses (24 units)

MUS 110A Keyboard Musicianship I (1)
MUS 110B Keyboard Musicianship II (1)
MUS 111/L Musicianship I and Lab (1/1)
MUS 112/L Musicianship II and Lab (1/1)
MUS 191/L Fundamentals of Music Technology and Lab (2/1)
MUS 201 Style/Literature of Western Music I (3)
MUS 202 Style/Literature of Western Music II (3)
MUS 210A Keyboard Musicianship III (1)
MUS 211/L Musicianship III and Lab (1/1)
Individual Lessons (1-1)
Ensembles (4)

2. Upper Division Required Courses (6 Units)

MUS 307 Music from a Global Perspective (3)
MUS 483ME/L Music Entrepreneurship and Lab (1/1)
MUS 495 Senior Recital/Project (1)

3. Music Education Option Requirements (45 units)

Additional Required Music Courses (24 units)

MUS 212/L Musicianship IV and Lab (1/1)
MUS 213 Harmony I (3)
MUS 214 Harmony II (3)
MUS 233 Keyboard Application for Music Education (1)
Individual Lessons (5) [Lessons, including the 2 units in the core, must be on one instrument.]
Ensembles (10)

Core Music Education Courses (14 units)

MUS 219A Jazz Improvisation (1)
MUS 266 Foundations and Field Observation in Music Education (2)
MUS 334 String Instruments (1)
MUS 335 Woodwind Instruments (1)
MUS 336 Brass Instruments (1)
MUS 337 Percussion Instruments (1)
MUS 363/L Choral Conducting and Arranging and Lab (2/1)
MUS 364/L Instrumental Conducting and Arranging and Lab (2/1)
MUS 479 General Music Practicum (1)

a. Choral Emphasis (7 units)

MUS 339AB Diction (1-1)
MUS 468 Pedagogy of Singing (2)
MUS 473/L Choral Methods and Practicum and Lab (2/1)

or b. Instrumental Emphasis (7 units)

MUS 338A Elements of Vocal Technique (1)
MUS 369 Field Band Techniques (1)
MUS 474/L Instrumental Methods and Practicum and Lab (2/1)

Select one Pedagogy Course from the following three:

MUS 464 String Pedagogy (2) (String Majors)
MUS 465 Wind Pedagogy (2) (Wind Majors)
MUS 467 Percussion Pedagogy (2) (Percussion Majors)

Music Education majors will take PHYS 305—Physics of Music as a requirement for GE Natural Sciences.

Requirements for the Credential Program

1. Completed B.A. requirements and graduated;
2. An overall 3.0 GPA in music courses;
3. No grade lower than a “B-” in any of the Subject Matter courses;
4. Successfully completed the Music Education Assessment (Information is available in the Music Education Advisor’s Office); and
5. Met additional criteria found in the Credential section of this Catalog.

General Education

The following 9 units of Music courses count for GE: MUS 191/L, 202, 307.

Total Units in the Music Education Option: 75

General Education Units: 39 (Does not include MUS 191/L, MUS 202 or MUS 307)

Additional Units: 6

Total Units Required for the B.A. Degree: 120