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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

School of Music


Music Education-Instrumental - Trombone Concentration BM Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing   Mathematics Requirement*
HDFS 201 - Life Span Development  or Breadth Requirement 1/5  EDUC 414 - Teaching Exceptional Adolescents  
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I   MUED 216  or MUED 218  or MUED 222   
MUED 179 - Freshman Seminar in Music Education   MUSC 152 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music II  
MUSC 151 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music I   MUSC 174 - Directing School Choirs  
MUSC 175 - Class Piano: Elementary I   MUSC 176 - Class Piano: Elementary II  
MUSC 184 - Music Fundamentals: Theory and Fluency   MUSC 186 - Aural Skills II  
MUSC 185 - Aural Skills I   MUSC 195 - Foundations of Music Theory  
MUED 214  or MUED 215  or MUED 217   MUSC 460  , MUSC 461  , MUSC 462  , or MUSC 463                                                                
Ensemble Elective (1/7)* Ensemble Elective (2/7)*
   
Credits: 16 Credits: 18
Second Year
HDFS 202 - Diversity and Families  or MUED 270 - Critical Issues in Music Education   Breadth Requirement (2/5)
MUED 214  or MUED 215  or MUED 217   MUED 277 - Musicianship for Teaching  
MUSC 196 - Musical Objects: Analysis and Application   MUED 216  or MUED 218  or MUED 222   
MUSC 211 - Music, History, and Ideas   MUSC 252 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music IV  
MUSC 251 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music III   MUSC 276 - Class Piano: Intermediate II  
MUSC 275 - Class Piano: Intermediate I   MUSC 286 - Aural Skills IV  
MUSC 285 - Aural Skills III   Music Theory - course offerings vary by term 
Ensemble Elective (3/7)* MUSC 212  or MUSC Elective
  Ensemble Elective (4/7)*
Credits: 16 Credits: 17-18
Third Year
Breadth Requirement (3/5) Breadth Requirement (4/5)
MUED 377 - Elementary General Music Methods   MUED 337 - Instrumental Conducting  
MUED 214  or MUED 215  or MUED 217   MUED 379 - Instrumental Music in Elementary and Middle School  
MUSC 213  or Music History Period (MUSC 314  or MUSC 315  or MUSC 316  or MUSC 317 )                                       MUSC Elective
Music Theory - course offerings vary by term  MUED 219 - Percussion Instruments  
MUSC 335 - Basic Conducting   MUSC 411 - Topics in Music History  or Music History Period (MUSC 314  or MUSC 315  or MUSC 316  or MUSC 317 )
MUSC 351 - Private Study for Music Education V   MUSC 352 - Private Study for Music Education VI  
Ensemble Elective (5/7)* Ensemble Elective (6/7)*
Credits: 17-18 Credits: 17
Fourth Year
Breadth Requirement (5/5) EDUC 400 - Student Teaching  (12 credits)
MUED 479 - Secondary Music Materials and Approaches                                           
MUSC 301 - Junior Recital    
MUSC 451 - Private Study for Music Education VII    
MUSC Elective or MUSC 411 - Topics in Music History    
Ensemble Elective (7/7)*  
Free Elective  
Credits: 14 Credits: 12
Total Credits: 127

Grade of C- or better required in all courses in major.
     *See program page for approved courses.

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.