Music Education: Instrumental Music and Choral-Vocal

Music Options
Core Requirements
Music History and Literature: Take the following:

MUS 190* Listener's Approach to Music (3) Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGL 100 or GE

Composition (Area A1) or another GE Foundation course.

MUS 490* Introduction to Music Cultures (3) Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.

*Section by advisement, double-counts as GE - C.1

Take two of the following courses:

MUS 160 History of Music: Baroque/Classical (3)

Prerequisite: MUS 190.

MUS 360 History of Music: Medieval/Renaissance (3) Prerequisites: MUS 190.

MUS 374 History of Music: 19th/20th Century (3) Prerequisites: MUS 190, MUS 160 or
consent of instructor.

Music Theory:
Take all of the following:

MUS 141A Musicianship I (2) Corequisite: MUS 142A.

MUS 141B Musicianship II (2)

Prerequisite: MUS 141A or satisfactory score on theory placement test. Corequisite: MUS 142B.

MUS 142A Harmony I (3) Corequisite: MUS 141A.

MUS 142B Harmony II (3)

Prerequisites: MUS 141A and MUS 142A or satisfactory score in theory placement test.
Corequisite: MUS 141B.

MUS 240 Advanced Musicianship (2) Prerequisite: MUS 141B

MUS 341 Form and Analysis (3)

MUS 342 Materials of Modern Music (3) Prerequisite: MUS 341.

Major Performance Organization:

Take a minimum of 6 Units from the following:
MUS 100 (4), MUS 300 (2) Recital:

MUS 323 Junior Recital (1)

Prerequisites: MUS 341, MUS 342. Corequisite: MUS

429.
Keyboard Pro ciency:

Successful completion of conservatory's piano pro ciency examination (equivalent to

MUS 220B)

Option in Choral-Vocal Music (132 units) Requirements

Take the following course for 4 units:
MUS 129 Individual Instruction for Music Majors (1)

Prerequisite: None

Take the following course for 4 units:

MUS 429 Individual Instruction for Music Majors (2)

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Upper-Division Screening Exam on applied instrument or

voice.

Take all of the following:

MUS 273A Diction for Singers (2)

Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.

MUS 326 Conducting (2) Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

MUS 382A Elementary Choral Techniques and Literature (3)

Prerequisite: EDSS 300N, MUS 326, or consent of instructor.

MUS 422 Advanced Choral Conducting and Literature (2)

Prerequisites: MUS 326

MUS 426 Vocal Development (2) Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

MUS 440A Specialized Vocal Ensembles (2) Prerequisites: MUS 326, MUS 426, and Music
Education major, or consent of instructor.

MUS 482A Secondary Literature/Rehearsal Techniques Choral-Vocal (3)

Prerequisite: MUS 382A or consent of instructor.
MUS 484 Arranging (2) Prerequisites: MUS 142B

MUS 485 Music for the Elementary Child (3) Prerequisite: None

MUS 487A Emerging Methods in Music Education (3) Prerequisites: Music Education major
and consent of instructor

MUS 487B Emerging Methods Chamber Performance (2)

Prerequisites: MUS 487A or consent of instructor.

Take 5 of the following courses:

MUS 125A, MUS 125B, MUS 125C, MUS 125D, MUS

125E, MUS 125F Instrumental Methods (1)

Music Education Pro ciency Exam

Taken Spring semester of the Senior year. Music

Education students will demonstrate pro ciency from selected MUS 125 methods,
Instrumental/Choral Ensemble methods, as well as dispositions and characteristics of
an emerging Music Educator.

Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music

Completion of this option meets the subject matter competence requirement for the
Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music. In addition to meeting the subject matter
competence requirement for the Teaching Credential, prospective Music teachers are
also required to complete 45 units of professional preparation in the Single Subject
Credential Program, including student teaching. Students may begin the professional
preparation courses as early
as the junior year. With careful planning, it is possible to complete up to 12 units in the
credential program as an undergraduate. Courses may also be completed as a post-
baccalaureate student. Refer to the Single Subject Teacher Education section of this
catalog or the Single Subject Credential Program website (www.ced.csulb.edu/single-
subject) for a description of the professional preparation requirements, courses, and
application procedures. Prospective students should consult the conservatory's Music
Education Advisor early to plan their program. CSULB students entering the Credential
Program must apply to
the graduate program during the last semester before graduation.

The Subject Matter Preparation Program has been approved by the California
Commission on Teacher Credentialing.