Degree Requirements
Minimum Credit Requirement: 134 credits
Minimum Residency Requirement: 32 credits must be taken at UNH
Minimum GPA: 2.0 required for conferral*
Core Curriculum Required: Discovery & Writing Program Requirements
Foreign Language Requirement: No
All Major, Option and Elective Requirements as indicated.
*Major GPA requirements as indicated.
Major Requirements
Students in music education must maintain an overall minimum 2.8 grade-point average at the time of application for student teaching (February 15 of junior year). Any education course taken for a teacher licensure requirement must be completed with a B- or better.
B.M. music education majors may use MUSI 501 The Western Musical Canon (a required core course for the major) to satisfy the Fine and Performing Arts Discovery category requirement. In addition, they may use MUSI 502 Musics in Context (a required core course for the major) to satisfy the Inquiry Discovery category requirement, and MUSI 515 Music in World Cultures (a required core course for the major) to satisfy the World Cultures Discovery category requirement.
All bachelor of music students are required to give a public performance during their senior year, which fulfills the Discovery Program capstone requirement:
- For students in the music education option, a half recital is required.
Course List Code | Title | Credits |
MUSI 471 & MUSI 472 | Theory I and Theory I | 6 |
MUSI 473 & MUSI 474 | Ear Training I and Ear Training I | 2 |
MUSI 475 & MUSI 476 | Functional Piano I and Functional Piano I 1 | 2 |
MUSI 571 & MUSI 572 | Theory II and Theory II | 6 |
MUSI 573 & MUSI 574 | Ear Training II and Ear Training II | 2 |
MUSI 575 & MUSI 576 | Functional Piano II and Functional Piano II 1 | 2 |
MUSI 501 & MUSI 502 | The Western Musical Canon and Musics in Context | 6 |
MUSI 515 | Music in World Cultures | 4 |
MUSI 540 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
MUSI 691 | Music Internship I | 1-2 |
MUSI 731 | Conducting | 2 |
| 3 |
MUSI 701 | Topics in Music History | |
MUSI 713 | Art Song | |
MUSI #715 | Survey of Opera | |
| 3 |
MUSI #771 | Counterpoint | |
MUSI 781W | Analysis: Form and Structure | |
| Variable |
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| Variable |
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Total Credits | 39-40 |
Bachelor of Music in Music Education Curriculum
Degree program has final approval from the National Association of Schools of Music.
Course List Code | Title | Credits |
MUED 741 | Techniques and Methods in Choral Music | 2 |
MUED 745 | Techniques and Methods in String Instruments | 2 |
MUED 747 | Techniques and Methods in Woodwind Instruments 1 | 2-3 |
MUED 749 | Techniques and Methods in Brass Instruments | 2 |
MUED 751 | Techniques and Methods in Percussion Instruments | 2 |
MUED 755 | Vocal Pedagogy 2 | 2 |
MUED 765 | Instrumental Music Methods 3 | 2 |
MUED 790 | Teaching Elementary School Music | 3 |
MUED 791 | Teaching Secondary School Music | 2 |
MUSI 520 | Diction for Singers I 4 | 2 |
MUSI 732 | Conducting | 2 |
MUSI 779 | Reading and Writing Musical Scores | 3 |
| 8 |
| |
5, 6, 7 | 8 |
| |
EDUC 500 | Exploring Teaching | 4 |
EDUC 605 | Educational Perspectives in Critical Times | 4 |
EDUC 701 | Human Development & Learning: Cultural Perspectives | 4 |
EDUC 751B | Methods of Inclusive Secondary Education: Literacies, Learning, and Transitions | 4 |
EDUC 694 | Courses in Supervised Teaching | 8 |
Total Credits | 66-67 |
Junior Standing in Music Education
Recognition of adequate completion of fundamental academic and musical competencies shall earn students declared for the Bachelor of Music: Music Education the title Junior Standing. Students will not receive permission to register for the upper-level music education methods courses (MUED 765, MUED 790, MUED 791) without such recognition. Two of the steps required for recognition are the submission of passing scores on the PRAXIS: Core Academic Skills for Educators tests (scores will be sent directly to the Department of Education) and clearance of the Criminal Background Check as conducted by the State of New Hampshire Department of Safety. Results will be sent directly to the music education coordinator in the Department of Music. There is a charge for each of these steps assessed by the providers. Current students may follow the catalog corresponding to their matriculation year or follow the proposed changes.
Junior Standing Requirements
- Criminal Background Check
- Academic Standing
- 2.8 overall grade point average
- Pass PRAXIS Core Academic Skills for Educators Test
- Aural Skills: Complete MUSI 574 Ear Training II with a grade of C- or better and a departmental followup assessment
- Music Performance Skills
- Pass Sophomore Performance Jury with a grade of C- or better
- Perform for at least 3 semesters as a regular member of at least one of the designated core ensembles
- Complete MUSI 576 Functional Piano II with a C- or better and a departmental followup assessment
- Complete EDUC 500 Exploring Teaching and a departmental followup assessment