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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Music Education - Vocal (Teaching) (MSTV) - BT Major

Location(s): Winona

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136 credits (includes GEP - no minor required)

2.75 GPA required.

C grade or better required in major courses.

Music Teaching - Vocal Major Map

Music Education Teaching

Core Requirements (28 credits)

MUS 001 - Concert Attendance (0 credits) (required 8x or each semester enrolled)
MUS 109 - Introduction to Music (3 credits)
MUS 114 - Global Music Cultures (3 credits)
MUS 201 - Theory I (4 credits)
MUS 202 - Theory II (4 credits)
MUS 303 - Theory III (4 credits)
◆ MUS 304 - Theory IV (4 credits)
△ MUS 351 - Music from Antiquity through the Baroque Period (3 credits)
△ MUS 352 - Music from the Classical Period to the Present (3 credits)

Music Required Courses (28 credits)

MUS 002 - Music Education Seminar (0 credits) (required each semester except when student teaching)
MUS 301 - Orchestration and Instrumentation (2 credits)
MUS 305 - Conducting I (2 credits)
MUS 306 - Conducting II (2 credits)
MUS 322 - Classroom Music Methods I (3 credits)
MUS 332 - Classroom Music Methods II (3 credits)
MUS 405 - Advanced Rehearsal Techniques (1 credit)
MUS 480 - Recital (1-2 credits) (1 credit required for music education students)

Major Performing Large Ensemble (6 credits)

Credits must be taken in large ensemble related to major performing medium. Students must participate in large ensemble every semester enrolled as music majors.

Choose one:

MUS 241 - Symphonic Wind Ensemble (1 credit)
MUS 242 - Orchestra (1 credit)
MUS 243 - Concert Choir (1 credit)

Private Instruction in Major Applied Field (8 credits)

Students must enroll in 6 semesters of applied lessons. Students must take at least 2 semesters of 2 credit/hour lessons.

Other Requirements

In addition to the above course requirements, all students must:

Pass a piano proficiency examination (see the Music Department for more information).
Pass a guitar proficiency examination.
Participate in small ensemble performance.
Attend a specified proportion of music education workshops/seminars annually.

Teacher Education Licensure Program

Students must be admitted to the Teacher Education Unit before taking Professional Education courses. For more information on this Admission process, visit the Teacher Education Program Admissions page.

All Winona State University Teacher Education Licensure Programs are continuously updated to reflect new licensure requirements from the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board. Please contact your program academic advisor for the latest information about program requirements.

Criteria required before completing online application:

30 college level credits completed with no more than 4 credits of pass/no credit
Cumulative G.P.A. of at least ≥ 2.75 based on 30 most recent credits including all credits per semester
B grade or better in a 3-credit college level writing course (ENG 111 if taken at WSU)
B grade or better in a 3-credit college level speech course (CMST 191 or CMST 192 if taken at WSU)
C grade or better in a 3-credit college level math course (MATH 202 is required for Elementary and Early Childhood majors)
Early Clinical experience; clinical hours ≥ 15 hours: Complete 15 hours of experience working with children post high school graduation

Professional Education Sequence (36 credits)

Note: Teacher education majors must complete all Professional Education Sequence courses in addition to content area courses. Refer to Teacher Education Licensure Programs for more information.

✽ HERS 204 - Personal & Community Health (3 credits)
SPED 300 - Children and Youth with Exceptionalities (3 credits)
EDUC 429 - Secondary Reading and Teaching Strategies (3 credits)
EDFD 401 - Metacognitive Learner: K-12 and 5-12 (2 credits)
EDFD 421 - Classroom Management: K-12 and 5-12 (1 credit)
◆ EDFD 441 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: K-12 and 5-12 (3 credits)
△ EDFD 449 - Middle Level Schools (3 credits)
△ EDFD 459 - The Professional Educator (3 credits)
EDFD 461 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families: Part I: K-12 and 5-12 (2 credits)
EDFD 462 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part II (1 credit)

Note

EDFD 401 and 461 must be taken concurrently
EDFD 421 and 441 must be taken concurrently
EDFD 459 and 462 must be taken concurrently

Student Teaching (12 credits)

◎ EDST 465 - Student Teaching - Senior High School K-12 Specialty (1-16 credits)

Additional Requirements for Vocal Majors (12 credits)

MUS 415 - Vocal Pedagogy (2 credits)
MUS 422 - Choral Ensemble Methods (2 credits)

Private Instruction in Minor Applied Field (6 credits)

Substitution of up to two credits of MUS 335 permitted.

Music Technique (2 credits)

Choose two:

MUS 311 - Woodwind Techniques I (1 credit)
MUS 312 - String Techniques I (1 credit)
MUS 313 - Percussion Techniques I (1 credit)
MUS 314 - Brass Techniques I (1 credit)

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement