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Music: Music Education, Band - BM


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  • For more information about Music Education, see Department website here.
  • Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.
  • Admitted students must meet with an advisor. Current students should also meet with an advisor and log-on to DegreeWorks  to check student-specific program progress.

 

Minimum University Requirements

Total Credits 120

 

Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)

2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better 100 Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above) 40
Total USU Credits 30 Upper-division USU Credits 20
USU Credits within the Major 10 Credits in Minor (if required) 12
Credits in Major see below Credits in American Institutions 3
General Education Requirements   see link University Studies Depth Requirements   see link
NOTES:

All Music courses must be passed with a C- or better. Music requires 3.0 GPA in music classes and 3.0 GPA overall for admission as transfer student and for scholarship eligibility.

 

Admissions Requirements for this Program

New freshmen

Admitted to USU in Good Standing

MUST PASS ENTRANCE AUDITION ON PRIMARY INSTRUMENT​     

 

Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU

 MUST PASS ENTRANCE AUDITION ON PRIMARY INSTRUMENT​  

3.0 GPA

First Year

 Fall Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

 

Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

ENGL 1010: Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)   3  

Communications Literacy (CL1) 

 
MUSC 1110: Music Theory I (BCA)       3  

Music core course
Breadth Creative Arts or Breadth Exploration

MUSC 1105: Fundamentals for Music Majors (BCA) * 3   Music core course
Breadth Creative Arts
MUSC 1130: Aural Skills I   1   Music core course
MUSC 1170: Keyboard Harmony I   1   Music core course MUSC 1180: Keyboard Harmony II   1   Music core course
MUSC 2180: Computer Applications in Music   1   Music core course MUSC 1190: World Music   3  

Music core course
Register for 3 credits.

MUSC 2700 Woodwind Techniques I: Flute, Clarinet  or MUSC 1500 String Techniques   if MUSC 2700 is full.    1  

Emphasis Course

 

MUSC 1500: String Techniques  (If not taken First Year Fall) 1   Emphasis Course
 MUSC 3785 Marching Band (DHA)     1    Emphasis Course
4 semesters minimum
MUSC 1800: Percussion Techniques   1   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA)  or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)     1  or 1  

Emphasis Course
7 credits minimum of large ensemble

MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA)  or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)   1  or 1   Emphasis Course
7 credits minimum of large ensemble
Individual Music Instruction   1 Emphasis Course
Students will take 7 credits to graduate.  Students should register for 1 credit

Individual Music Instruction 

 
1

Emphasis Course
Students will take 7 credits to graduate.  Students should register for 1 credit

Breadth Life Sciences (BLS)  or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS)   or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)   3 General Education Breadth Course Math or Statistics 3 Quantitative Literacy (QL)  
      Breadth Life Sciences (BLS)  or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS)   or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)    3 General Education Breadth Course
Comments

*In order to ensure that music students are sufficiently prepared for the Music Theory sequence required in all music degrees (education, performance, and therapy), MUSC 1105: Fundamentals for Music Majors (BCA)  for Music Majors was established as a prerequisite for MUSC 1110: Music Theory I (BCA) .   All incoming music students will have an opportunity to try to test out of MUSC 1105 .  Because this test is administered in part through Canvas, all incoming pre-program music majors should register for MUSC 1105  regardless of whether they expect to remain in the class.  Those who do not pass the test must  pass MUSC 1105  with a C- or better before taking MUSC 1110 .  As this course is considered remedial work, the 3 credits earned in MUSC 1105  do not count towards the 120 credits required for any music major.  Those students who pass the test will resume the Music Theory sequence with MUSC 1110  the following spring semester.

 

Comments

Second Year

 Fall Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

 

Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

ENGL 2010: Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)       3   Communications Literacy (CL2)   MUSC 2110: Music Theory III      3   Music core course
MUSC 1120: Music Theory II   3   Music core course MUSC 2130: Aural Skills III   1   Music core course
MUSC 1140: Aural Skills II    1   Music core course MUSC 2350: Conducting   2   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3785 Marching Band (DHA)    1   Emphasis Course
4 semesters minimum
MUSC 2600: Women’s Choir  or MUSC 4600: University Chorale (DHA)  or MUSC 2210 Advanced Conducting Ensemble     1  or 1  or 1   

Emphasis Course
MUSC 2210  lab ensemble for MUSC 4240  

MUSC 2810 Brass Techniques II: Trombone, Tuba, Euphonium   1   Music core course MUSC 3120: Music History II: Classical and Romantic Periods   3   Music core course
MUSC 3100: Motivation and Classroom Management Strategies in Secondary Classroom Music   3   Emphasis Course MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA)  or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)   1  or 1   Emphasis Course
7 credits minimum of large ensemble
MUSC 3110: Music History I: Origins through Baroque   3   Music core course Individual Music Instruction   1

Emphasis Course
Students will take 7 credits to graduate.  Students should register for 1 credit

MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA)  or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)      1  or 1  

Emphasis Course
7 credits minimum of large ensemble

Breadth Life Sciences (BLS)  or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS)   or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)   3 General Education Breadth Course
Individual Music Instruction     1 Emphasis Course
Students will take 7 credits to graduate.  Students should register for 1 credit
Quantitative Intensive (QI)   3

Quantitative Intensive (QI)  

Comments
Apply for STEP during Sophomore Year

 

Comments Apply for STEP during Sophomore Year

Spring MUSC 2210   is a lab course for MUSC 4240 Advanced Conducting (Choral).  Band emphasis students can satisfy the choral ensemble requirement by registering in the Spring and singing in the practice choir.  Fall MUSC 4240  is Advanced Conducting (Instrumental), and is required for the Band emphasis degree.

 

Third Year

 Fall Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

 

Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

MUSC 2120: Music Theory IV      3   Music core course MUSC 1600: Voice Techniques     1   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3785 Marching Band (DHA)    1   Emphasis Course
4 semesters minimum
MUSC 2710: Woodwind Techniques II: Saxophone, Oboe, Bassoon   1   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3190: Music History III: Music of the Twentieth Century (CI)   3   Music core course MUSC 2800: Brass Techniques I: Trumpet, French Horn   1   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3220: Choral Methods and Materials   2   Emphasis Course MUSC 3240: Instrumental Methods and Materials   2   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA)  or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)   1  or 1   Emphasis Course
7 credits minimum of large ensemble
MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA)  or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)   1  or 1   Emphasis Course
7 credits minimum of large ensemble

SCED 3300: Clinical Experience I  

 

1  

Emphasis Course
Must be taken concurrently with MUSC 3220  or MUSC 3240  

 

MUSC 3900: Improvisation I 

 
2  

Emphasis Course

SPED 4000: Education of Exceptional Individuals   2  

Emphasis Course

SCED 3210: Educational and Multicultural Foundations (DSS/CI)   3   Emphasis Course
Small Ensemble    1  

Emphasis Course

SCED 4300: Clinical Experience II   1   Emphasis Course
Must be taken concurrently with MUSC 3220  or MUSC 3240  
Individual Music Instruction   1 Emphasis Course
Students will take 7 credits to graduate.  Students should register for 1 credit
Individual Music Instruction   1

Emphasis Course
Students will take 7 credits to graduate.  Students should register for 1 credit

Breadth Humanities (BHU)  or Breadth American Institutions (BAI)   3 General Education Breadth Course Breadth Humanities (BHU)  or Breadth American Institutions (BAI)    3 General Education Breadth Course
      Small Ensemble    1 Emphasis Course
Comments

 

Comments

 

Fourth Year

 Fall Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

 

Spring Semester

Credits

General Education Info and Notes:

MUSC 3785 Marching Band (DHA)      1   Emphasis Course
4 semesters minimum
SCED 5500: Student Teaching Seminar   2   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3180: Orchestration   2   Emphasis Course SCED 5630: Student Teaching in Secondary Schools   10   Emphasis Course
MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA)  or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)   1  or 1   Emphasis Course
7 credits minimum of large ensemble

Dual Licensure (Recommended):

PSY 1100 Lifespan Development (3)  OR

FCHD 1500 Human Development Across the Lifespan (BSS) (3)  AND MUSC 3260 Elementary School Music (2)  AND

Level 1 Orff Schulwerk Teacher Education Workshop (offered every Summer)

MUSC 4240: Advanced Conducting  

2  

Emphasis Course
Fall, instrumental

MUSC 4920: Individual Recital   1-2  

Emphasis Course
1 credit minimum

SCED 4200: Language, Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas (CI)   3  

Emphasis Course

SCED 4210: Assessment and Curriculum Design     3   Emphasis Course
Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC)   3 Depth Course
DSC/QI Courses  
Individual Music Instruction   1

Emphasis Course
Students will take 7 credits to graduate.  Students should register for 1 credit

Comments

Fall MUSC 4240  is Advanced Instrumental Conducting, and is required for the Band emphasis degree.

Comments