Request to revise Music Education Curriculum

Date: July 1, 2009
To: College of Arts + Architecture
From: Julie Putnam, Administrative Assistant to Faculty Governance
Approved On: April 6, 2009
Implementation Date: 2009

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs. Insertions are underlined.

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MUED 4141. 2121. Music Development and Learning. (2) Prerequisite: MUED 2200. acceptance into the Professional Music Education track. This course is for all music education majors and is designed to provide foundational skills for music teaching in grades K-12, regardless of specialization. Students will approach the teaching of music through various perspectives of developmental and learning theory, music acquisition and learning theory, and different approaches skills. Students will address their own philosophies of music education and will develop lesson planning strategies based on

those philosophies guided by the National and North Carolina Standards for the Arts. Students will also explore reading instruction within the music curriculum. A minimumof five hours field experience through observation is required. (Fall) This course teachesmusic educators how to deliver developmentally appropriate music instruction in gradesK-12. Students will explore and manipulate teaching strategies through variousresearched perspectives of: (1) developmental learning theory; (2) music acquisition/learning theories; and (3) teaching music to students with special needs. A field component of ten hours minimum is required. Three contact hours (Spring).

MUED 4192 General Music Methods and Materials K-12. (3) (2)Prerequisite: MUED 4141.MUSC 2400. Co-requisite MUED 4192L. This course is designed for the general music specialist.The course includes general music methods and materials for elementary grades through high school. The primary focus will be on elementary schoolgeneral music but will extend into teaching general music, and non-performance basedmusic courses in grades 6 through 12. Students will experience applications of Gordon�sMusic Learning Theory, and the approaches of Orff, Kodaly and Jacques-Dalcroze. Ccurrent school music theories and approaches to general music teaching. and mMaterials will also be explored and discussed. A minimum of ten hours of field experience isrequired through observation and teaching. (Fall)(Spring)

MUED 4194. ElementaryInstrumental Methods. (2) Prerequisite: MUED 4141. MUSC 2400 and MUSC 3136. Corequisite: MUED 4194L. Rehearsal techniques, repertoire, teaching strategies, methods, and materials of teaching and administrating an instrumental music program in the public school.Study and analysis through individual evaluation and in-class group performance of current elementary instrumental method books and teaching strategies. Field work required.Three contact hours. (Fall)

MUSC 1223. Woodwind Techniques I. (1) Prerequisite: acceptance as a music major. Co-requisite: MUPF 1117. Playing and teaching techniques and materials for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone. (Fall, Spring)

MUSC 1225. Brass Techniques I.(1) Prerequisite: acceptance as a music major. Corequisite: MUPF 1117.Playing and teaching techniques and materials for trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, and tuba. (Fall, Spring)

MUSC 1227. String Techniques I. (1) Prerequisite: acceptance as a music major. Corequisite: MUPF 1117. Playing and teaching techniques and materials for violin, viola, cello, and bass. Two contact hours. (Fall, Spring)

MUSC 1229. Percussion Techniques (1) Prerequisite: acceptance as a music major. Corequisite: MUPF 1117. Playing and teaching techniques and materials for snare drum, timpani, mallet percussion, and accessory instruments. Two contact hours. (Fall)

MUED 4467. Student Teaching/Seminar: K-12 Music. (15)(12)Prerequisite: approved application for student teaching. A planned sequence of experiences in the student’s area of specialization conducted in an approved school setting under the supervision and coordination of a University supervisor and a cooperating teacher in which the student demonstrates the competencies identified for his/her specific teaching field in an appropriate grade level setting. (Fall, Spring)

MUED 2100. Introduction to Music Education. (2) Introduction to the organizationand various types/levels of music education. Overview of the ethical, legal, and instructional issues related to diversity in the classroom. Field-based activities in observing music classroom settings: 5 hours.A minimum of ten hours of communityservice is required. (Spring)

MUED 2200. Foundations of Music Education. (2) Prerequisite: permission of theinstructor. MUED 2100. Introduction to the social, historical, and philosophicalfoundations of music education, major issues in American education, music educationresearch, and instruction planning in music education. Field-based activities in observingmusic classroom settings: 5 hours.A minimum of 10 hours of directed observation in the field is required.(Fall)

MUED 4190. SecondaryChoral Methods. (2) Prerequisite: MUED 4141,MUSC 2400, MUSC 3135 and MUSC 4137. Corequisite: MUED 4190L. Rehearsal techniques,repertoire, and administration of junior and senior highschool choral groups programs.Three contact hours. (Fall)

MUED 4270. Teaching Discipline: Assessment & Behavior in the Music Classroom.(2) Prerequisite: MUED 4141.MUSC 2400.This class guides students in developing Students will develop specific quantitative and qualitative methods that address uniquediscipline, teaching, and assessment concerns inherent in a music classroom with typical and diverse populations of students.Students will develop specific techniques in the quantitative study and assessment of music behavior. A minimum of 10 hours of clinicalexperience observing and teaching students with special needs is required. Three contacthours.(SpringFall)

NEW COURSES

MUPF 1117. Instrumental Lab Ensemble. (0) Students will meet together to create a beginning band or orchestra for the purposes of rehearsing on a secondary instrument in an ensemble format. This format will also allow student conductors in instrumental conducting and methods the opportunity to rehearse and conduct a novice ensemble. Graded on a Pass/No Credit basis. May be repeated. (Fall, Spring)

MUED 4192L. General Methods Lab. (1) Co-requisite MUED 4192; Prerequisite: MUSC 2400. Clinical application of general music teaching concepts in the public school setting. A minimum of 10 hours in the field are required.

MUED 4194L. Instrumental Methods Lab. (1) Co-requisite MUED 4194; Pre-requisite: MUSC 2400. Clinical application of rehearsal methods with collegiate and public school instrumental ensembles. A minimum of 10 hours in the field are required.

MUSC 1222. Jazz Ensemble Techniques. (1)The teaching and administration of public school jazz ensembles including rehearsal techniques, and analyzing appropriate literature and teaching materials. Fieldwork may berequired.

Delete the following courses:

MUSC 1224. Woodwind Techniques II. (1) Prerequisite: MUSC 1223. Continuation ofMUSC 1223. (Spring)

MUSC 1226. Brass Techniques II. (1) Prerequisite: MUSC 1225. Continuation of MUSC 1225. (Spring)

MUSC 1228. String Techniques II. (1) Prerequisite: MUSC 1227. Continuation ofMUSC 1227. (Spring)

MUED 4195. Secondary Instrumental Methods. (2) Prerequisite: MUED 4141.Musical, organizational, and administrative aspects of teaching junior and senior highschool bands and orchestras. Field work required. Three contact hours. (Spring)