Music Education Emphases

Choral Emphasis

Students focus on developing skills related to choral teaching and training by taking courses in applied voice and choral methodology, pedagogy and literature, and by participating in University Women's Choir or University Choir.

Instrumental Emphasis

Students focus on developing skills in instrumental teaching and training by taking courses on their applied instrument, instrumental methods, pedagogies and literature, and by participating in University Wind Ensemble or University Orchestra.

General Music Emphasis

Students focus on developing skills and knowledge by taking courses in general music methods and literature, musical perspectives, world music, and music theory and history, and by participating in University Women's Choir, University Choir, University Wind Ensemble, or University Orchestra. 

Additional Requirements

A student must also be accepted into the Teacher Education Program, show normal progress, and complete student teaching and core courses of the Teacher Education Program. The final semester of student teaching serves as the pinnacle of this four-and-a-half-year program.