Early Childhood-12 Certification - Music Education (Choral) (BME)
Early Childhood-12 Certification - Music Education (Choral) (BME)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
COURSES |
CREDIT HOURS (BME) |
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I. General Studies Requirements |
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Developing A Christian Mind |
3 |
English |
9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II ENGL 2302 - World Literature II |
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Fine Arts |
3 |
Foundations for Excellence |
1 |
FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.) |
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History |
6 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 |
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Kinesiology |
2 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived. |
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Mathematics |
3 |
MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I |
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Natural Science |
4 |
Religion |
9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey RELI 4342 - Ethnomusicology in Cross-Cultural Service |
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Social Science |
3 |
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS |
43 |
II. Professional Responsibility |
21 |
EDUC 1017 - Introduction to Teacher Certification* |
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EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children, and Adolescents* (S-L) |
3 |
EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar |
0 |
EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* (S-L) |
3 |
EDUC 4313 - Discipline and Classroom Management in Culturally Diverse Settings* (S-L) |
3 |
EDUC 4320 - Instructional Technology* |
3 |
EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching* |
6 |
READ 4331 - Reading in the Content Area* |
3 |
III. Academic Major Requirements |
68 |
Music Education Core (47 hours) |
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MUSI 1011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II |
0 |
MUSI 1012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II |
0 |
MUSI 1013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level II |
0 |
MUSI 1111 - Aural Skills I |
1 |
MUSI 1112 - Aural Skills II |
1 |
MUSI 1201 - Foundations and Principles of Music Education* |
2 |
MUSI 1206 - Diction I |
2 |
MUSI 1311 - Music Theory I |
3 |
MUSI 1312 - Music Theory II |
3 |
MUSI 2011 - Written MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* |
0 |
MUSI 2012 - Dictation MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* |
0 |
MUSI 2013 - Sight-singing MPE (Music Proficiency Exam) Level IV* |
0 |
MUSI 2111 - Aural Skills III |
1 |
MUSI 2112 - Aural Skills IV |
1 |
MUSI 2311 - Music Theory III |
3 |
MUSI 2312 - Music Theory IV |
3 |
MUSI 3201 - Analysis of Musical Structure* |
2 |
MUSI 3204 - Music History and Literature I* |
2 |
MUSI 3205 - Music History and Literature II |
2 |
MUSI 3206 - Music History and Literature III |
2 |
MUSI 3207 - Basic Conducting |
2 |
MUSI 3208 - Advanced Choral Conducting |
2 |
MUSI 3311 - Elementary Music Methods* |
3 |
MUSI 3312 - Secondary Music Methods* |
3 |
MUSI 4010 - Music All-Level Seminar (S-L) |
0 |
MUSI 4089 - Senior Recital for Music Education |
0 |
MUSI 4201 - Orchestration |
2 |
MUSI 4204 - Choral Arranging |
2 |
MUSI 4211 - Vocal Pedagogy |
2 |
MUSI 4301 - Instrumental Methods |
3 |
* (Music Proficiency Exam Level IV courses are requisites for all upper-level Music courses, including recital courses). |
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Applied Concentration |
10 |
Applied Secondary |
4 |
Music Ensembles |
7 |
Performance Lab |
0 |
Electives |
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Upper-Level Electives |
0 |
Lower or Upper-Level Electives |
0 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED |
132 |
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours.
*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.
Students seeking a BME, Bachelor of Music Education degree with EC-12 Music Education Teacher Certification (Choral), may refer to the College of Education section of this catalog for additional information.
NOTE: Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.
Retention in the Educator Preparation Program:
Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.
A minimum grade of C- is required for all music courses within a music major field of study.
At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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