Academic Learning Compact - Music Education

The Bachelor of Music in music education prepares you to become musicians and music teachers in a K-12 instructional setting. Through studies in conducting, rehearsal planning, teaching techniques, and theory, applied performance, music literature and history, and piano, you will be able to structure and apply music for meaningful and effective music class and ensemble instruction.

Additional information is available from your major's website.

Before Graduating You Must

• Pass the General Knowledge Test and the Music (K-12) Subject Area Test of the Florida Teacher Certification Examination.
• Satisfactory faculty evaluation of a student portfolio.
• Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.

Skills You Will Acquire in the Major (SLOs)

1. Solo and ensemble performance at an advanced level.
2. Teaching, planning, rehearsal and conducting skills for K-12 music classes and ensembles.
3. Knowledge of common elements and organizational patterns of music.
4. Knowledge of music history from early practice to the present.
5. Ability to critically analyze and evaluate problems and issues in music and other disciplines.
6. Ability to consistently and accurately discriminate musical quality based on sound musical reasoning.
7. Effective verbal and written communication of musical judgments, criticisms and preferences.
8. Effective vebal and written communication of ideas, thoughts and feelings in music and other disciplines.