School of
Music and Dance
Bachelor of Music in Music Education
| Aural Skills (highly recommended) | ||
| M106A | 1 unit | Introduction to Aural Skills I |
| M106B | 1 unit | Introduction to Aural Skills II |
| M206A | 1 unit | Aural Skills I |
| M206B | 1 unit | Aural Skills II |
| Music Technology | ||
| M104 | 1 unit | Music Technology I |
| M204 | 1 unit | Music Technology II |
| Class Piano | ||
| M110A | 1 unit | Class Piano I |
| M110B | 1 unit | Class Piano II |
| M110C | 1 unit | Class Piano III |
| M110D | 1 unit | Class Piano IV |
| Keyboard majors will wave M110A and 110B | ||
| Comprehensive Musicianship | ||
| M105 | 2 units (if needed) | Comprehensive Musicianship: Introduction |
| M205A | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Basic Harmony I |
| M205B | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Basic Harmony II |
| M305A | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Renaissance & Baroque Counterpoint |
| M305B | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Classical & Romantic Period Harmony |
| M405A | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Twentieth-Century Harmony |
| M405B | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Music Since 1945 |
| CM History | ||
| M151 | 3 units (GE credit) | Introduction to Music |
| M308A | 2 units | Medieval & Renaissance |
| M308B | 2 units | Baroque & Classical |
| M408A | 2 units | Romantic & Twentieth Century |
| M408B | 2 units | Jazz History & Improvisation |
| Conducting | ||
| M347 | 1 unit | Conducting |
| M348 or M349 | 1 unit | Choral or Instrumental Conducting |
| Vocal and Instrumental Methods | ||
| M115 | 1 unit | Voice Methods |
| M220 | 1 unit | String Methods |
| M225 | 1 unit | Woodwind Methods |
| M230 | 1 unit | Brass Methods |
| M235 | 1 unit | Percussion Methods |
| M240 | 1 unit | Guitar Methods |
| Music Education Practicum | ||
| M246A | 2 units | Practicum in Music Education I |
| M246B | 2 units | Practicum in Music Education II |
| M346 | 2 units | Practicum in Music Education III |
| M446 | 2 units | Practicum in Music Education IV |
| Performing Ensembles | ||
| M170-189 | 4 units | Performing Ensembles I |
| M369-389 | 4 units | Performing Ensembles II |
| Applied Music | ||
| M251 | 4 units | Private Studio Instruction (Semesters I-IV) |
| Junior-Level Performance Examination | Must be passed to continue with M451 | |
| M451 | 4 units | Private Studio Instruction (Semesters V-VIII) |
| *6 upper division units are to be taken in the 3rd and 4th year from one of the two options: | ||
| 1. M343 Literature for Children (3 units) and 3 elective units selected in consultation with the coordinator of Music Education |
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| 2. M554B Orchestra Literature (2 units), M554C Band Literature (2 units) and M554E Choral Literature (2 units) | ||
| *An additional 4 lower division music elective units are to be taken in the 1st and 2nd year. | ||
*An additional 7 upper division music elective units are to be taken in the 3rd and 4th year. |
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| *Vocal students must perform one semester in Concert Band. Instrumental students must perform one semester in a Concert Choir. Instrumentalists may enroll in two semesters of Marching Band. | ||
| *An additional 13 elective units (lower and upper division) may be taken from music or other departments. | ||
| *Students must usher at four approved recitals during the first and second semester and perform for a maximum of eight minutes on a divisional recital each semester during years 2, 3 and 4 excluding the semesters in which the junior and senior recitals are given. | ||
| *Students must attend 12 approved recitals for each semester of private studio instruction at SDSU. | ||
*All students must pass the aural skills examination before graduation (1, 2 and 4-part dictation, error detection, chromatic harmony and sight-singing). |
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| *Voice students are expected to provide an accompanist for lessons, performances and juries. | ||
| *Students must demonstrate a foreign language equivalency of two university semesters of Spanish. | ||
| *All students must complete 49 units of General Education. | ||
| Required Music Courses | 70 units | |
| General Education | 49 units | |
| Elective courses | 13 units | |
| Degree Total | 132 units | |