Program: Music Education - Instrumental Major (MEIN), BME [Teacher Licensure] - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 44 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete 53 hours of Liberal Arts studies. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

Three hours of the Creative Spirit component are met within the major and counted below. ENG 201 or ENG 202 is still required.
EDFD 203 is required in place of PSY 201 in the Individual and Social Environment component and is counted below in the hours required for licensure.
Three hours of the Global Literacy component are met by MUS 324 and counted below.

Required:

Students must take MATH 151 and ENG 113 .

Major: 51 Hours

Music major status requires a passing score of 80 percent or higher on the Theory Entrance Exam or MUS 170 with a grade of “B” or better; and satisfactory performance on the Theory, Keyboard and Principal Applied Performance Evaluations.

COMM 235 - Audio Production and Recording Credit Hours: 3
MUS 140 - Music Forum (Majors must enroll in and satisfy the requirements every semester.)
MUS 171 - Theory and Ear Training I Credit Hours: 4
(Leveling for MUS 171, if needed, increases required music hours by 3.)
MUS 172 - Theory and Ear Training II Credit Hours: 4
MUS 215 - Class Brass Credit Hours: 1
MUS 216 - Class Strings Credit Hours: 1
MUS 217 - Class Percussion Credit Hours: 1
MUS 218 - Class Woodwinds Credit Hours: 1
MUS 271 - Theory and Ear Training III Credit Hours: 4
MUS 272 - Theory and Ear Training IV Credit Hours: 4
MUS 321 - Music History I Credit Hours: 3
MUS 322 - Music History II Credit Hours: 3
MUS 323 - Music History III Credit Hours: 3
MUS 324 - World Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 330 - Conducting Credit Hours: 1
MUS 332 - Instrumental Conducting Credit Hours: 2
MUS 372 - Orchestration and Arranging Credit Hours: 2
MUS 380 - Junior Recital Credit Hours: 0, 1
PIA 111 - Class Piano I Credit Hours: 1
or PIA 112 - Class Piano II Credit Hours: 1
or PIA 211 - Class Piano III Credit Hours: 1
or PIA 212 - Class Piano IV Credit Hours: 1
or 4 hours of equivalent piano

* Principal applied study: 7 Hours

BRS 101 - Private Brass Lessons Credit Hours: 1
BRS 302 - Private Brass Lessons Credit Hours: 1
GUI 102 - Private Guitar Lessons Credit Hours: 1
GUI 302 - Private Guitar Lessons Credit Hours: 1
PERC 102 - Private Percussion Lessons Credit Hours: 1
PERC 302 - Private Percussion Lessons Credit Hours: 1
PIA 102 - Private Piano Lessons Credit Hours: 1, 2
PIA 302 - Private Piano Lessons Credit Hours: 1, 2
STR 102 - Private String Lessons Credit Hours: 1
STR 302 - Private String Lessons Credit Hours: 1
WWND 102 - Private Woodwind Lessons Credit Hours: 1
WWND 302 - Private Woodwind Lessons Credit Hours: 1

Note(s):

* Students are required to take applied study for seven semesters and until at least two semesters of 302 have been successfully completed.

Wind and percussion players must participate in band every semester; string players must participate in orchestra every semester.

Two semesters in a choral ensemble or in VOI 101 or VOI 111 are required.

Students must take piano every semester for credit until they pass the Piano Proficiency Examination.

In addition to earning a degree in Music Education, Instrumental, an endorsement in vocal/choral may be earned.

Licensure: 34 Hours

Consult the Cannon-Clary College of Education catalog section for additional licensure information.

EDFD 202 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 203 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 311 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
MUS 403 - Methods for Music Teachers Credit Hours: 3
MUS 415 - Music Literacy Credit Hours: 2
MUS 425 - Instrumental Methods and Assessment Credit Hours: 3
SEED 314 - Managing the Learning Environment - Intership I Credit Hours: 2
SEED 426 - Teaching Music Credit Hours: 3
SEED 461 - Supervised Teaching - Internship II Credit Hours: 8-12
SEED 480 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
SPED 418 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Note(s):

Students seeking teaching licensure must follow eligibility criteria for admission and retention listed in the Cannon-Clary College of Education section of the undergraduate catalog.

The Arkansas Department of Education issues licensure in Instrumental Music Education and in Vocal Music Education. However, the same PRAXIS is used for both areas. Consequently, a Vocal Music Education major who passes the PRAXIS exam may also apply for instrumental certification. For a MEVCmajor who wishes to also teach instrumental music, we recomment, as a minimum, these additional courses: 6 hours of principal instrument, 4 hours of MUS 215 , MUS 216 , MUS 217 , and MUS 218 , and four semesters of aprimary instrumental ensemble.

Electives/Remaining Bible: 6 Hours

BMIN 320 - Hymnology is required of all music majors. Bible is not required during the supervised teaching semester.

See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

Locations

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Music Education - Instrumental Major (MEIN), BME [Teacher Licensure]

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 44 Hours

Major: 51 Hours

* Principal applied study: 7 Hours

Note(s):

Licensure: 34 Hours

Note(s):

Electives/Remaining Bible: 6 Hours

Total Hours: 135