Music Education Degree Information

The Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degree prepares students to teach in public schools through professional course work, as well as through observation and participation in a variety of public school settings. A full semester of supervised teaching in both elementary and secondary schools is a requirement in the final year of the degree. This degree contains many components that lead toward obtaining licensure to teach music in grades K-12 in the State of Illinois.

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BME Requirements

Course	Course Units
Applied Lessons MUS 181 Freshman Applied Major MUS 183 Freshman Applied Major MUS 281 Sophomore Applied Concentration MUS 283 Sophomore Applied Concentration MUS 381 Junior Applied Concentration MUS 383 Junior Applied Concentration MUS 481 or MUS 483 Senior Applied Concentration	Course Units: 3.5
Music Theory MUS 103 Music Theory I MUS 104 Music Theory II MUS 203 Music Theory III MUS 204 Music Theory IV	Course Units: 4
Survey of Music History MUS 124 Life Soundtracks MUS 201 Survey of Western Art Music I MUS 202 Survey of Western Art Music II	Course Units: 3
Keyboard Basics (or proficiency) MUS 100A Keyboard Basics MUS 100B Keyboard Basics	Course Units: NC
Functional Piano MUS 205 Functional Piano I MUS 206 Functional Piano II If piano concentration, take: MUS 207 Keyboard Harmony I MUS 208 Keyboard Harmony II	Course Units: 1
Conducting MUS 227 Fundamentals of Conducting MUS 328 Instrumental Conducting or MUS 329 Choral Conducting	Course Units: 1
Upper Division Music Theory Choose one from: MUS 301 Modal and Tonal Counterpoint MUS 302 Classical Form and Analysis MUS 309 Orchestration	Course Units: 1
Upper Division Music History Choose one from: MUS 385w Romanticism and Music MUS 386w Modernism, Post-Modernism and Current Trends in Music MUS 387w Instrumental Music MUS 388w Music and the Stage	Course Units: 1
Techniques Courses MUS 221 String Techniques MUS 222A and 222B Woodwind Techniques MUS 223 Brass Techniques MUS 224 Percussion Techniques MUS 225 Vocal Techniques	Course Units: 2.5
Music Education MUS 132 Foundation and Principles of Music Education MUS 232 Elementary General Music Methods MUS 250 Music and the Exceptional Child OR EDUC 257 The Exceptional Child MUS 333A Instrumental Music Methods MUS 333B Choral Music Methods MUS 497A Student Teaching in Music	Course Units: 9
Education EDUC 365 Reading, Writing, and Communication in the Content Area	Course Units: 1
Large Ensembles (if piano concentration, complete .5 units in accompanying, 031)	Course Units: 1.75
Music Electives	Course Units: 1.25
MUS 14X: Colloquia in Music	Course Units: NC
MUS 15X: Experiencing the Live Performance of Concert Repertoire (6 semesters)	Course Units: NC
Titan Band Two seasons for wind and percussion concentrations	Course Units: NC

Music Education Degree Information

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BME Requirements