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Bachelor of Music Education - Music Therapy Emphasis Area

Teacher Certification:

(see Bachelor of Music Education procedures)

Therapy Certification:

Graduates may apply for membership by writing to the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA). For Board Certification, graduates may write to the Certification Board For Music Therapy (CBMT). All coursework must be completed before beginning Conservatory 410 Clinical Experience. Therapy students are required to enroll in a professional liability insurance program.

Prerequisites

  1. Students must have an ACT score of 21 or higher, or be at the 50th percentile or higher in the high school class rank, or have a high school grade-point average of 2.5 or better.
  2. Applicants should complete an interview with a music therapy faculty member prior to admission.
  3. Students who do not achieve these standards (listed above) may be considered for admission, but must meet the standards listed below to progress through the degree.

Retention

Before starting the junior year:

  1. Complete 201 and be admitted into 202 in the applied area of study.
  2. Complete Conservatory 223 or complete Conservatory 310, Keyboard Skills IV, with a grade of B- or better.
  3. Compile a GPA of at least 2.8 overall and/or 3.0 GPA in music.
  4. Complete Conservatory 260, Clinical Foundations of Music Therapy.
  5. Maintain a combined GPA of at least 2.75 in music theory and ear training classes.

Before the student teaching/internship year the student must:

  1. Maintain an overall GPA of at least 2.8, with a 3.0 in music and a 3.0 in music methods classes (128, 385, 386/387) and therapy core classes (Conservatory 130, 180, 210, 260, 406, 408, 409).
  2. Complete Conservatory 310, Keyboard Skills IV, with a grade of B- or better.

Area Required Music Courses

  Conservatory 101-301 Applied Study(a)            10
  Conservatory 101C Voice Class I (Instrumental)    2
  Conservatory 121,122,221,222A Music Theory I-IV  12
  Conservatory 128 Introduction to Music
    Education/Music Therapy                         1
  Conservatory 129A,129B,229A,229B Ear Training
    and Solfege I-IV                                4
  Conservatory 130 Music Therapy Techniques:
    Adults                                          3
  Conservatory 150 Introduction to Music 
    Literature                                      3
  Conservatory 154 Music Listening Laboratory
    (four for choral) (five for instrumental)     4-5
  Conservatory 154A Music Listening Laboratory:
    Non-Western Cultures                            1
  Conservatory 180 Music in Special Education       3
  Conservatory 210A Clinical Experience I(b)        1
  Conservatory 210B Clinical Experience II          1 
  Conservatory 210C Clinical Experience III         1   
  Conservatory 210D Clinical Experience IV          1    
  Conservatory 210E Clinical Experience V(c)        1      
  Conservatory 210F Clinical Experience VI(d)       1
  Conservatory 223,310 Keyboard Skills III, IV(e)   4
  Conservatory 260 Clinical Foundations
    of Music Therapy                                3
  Conservatory 302/306A/306C/307C/308B/301C 
    Orchestra/Wind Ensemble/Wind Symphony/
    Conservatory Singers/Conservatory Concert Choir/
    Bella Voce  (five semesters)(f)              5-10
  Conservatory 315 Popular Piano                    1
  Conservatory 316 Popular Guitar Styles 
    (for choral only)                               1
  Conservatory 323 Form and Analysis I              2
  Conservatory 351, 352 History of Music in Western 
    Civilization I, II                              6
  Conservatory 357  Choral Literature 
    (for choral only) (two semesters)               2
  Conservatory 370 Choral/Vocal Techniques 
    (for choral only)                               2
  Conservatory 373 Instrumental Techniques(g) 
    (four-six semesters)                          4-6
  Conservatory 380/381 Basic Conducting Choral/ 
    Instrumental                                    2
  Conservatory 382/383 Choral Conducting/
    Instrumental Conducting                         2
  Conservatory 385 Elementary Music Methods for
    Music Majors                                    3
  Conservatory 386/387 Secondary Music Methods
    - Instrumental/Choral                           2
  Conservatory 405 Introductory Foundations in 
    the Arts                                        3
  Conservatory 406 Influence of Music on Behavior   3
  Conservatory 408 Music in Therapy: Adults         3
  Conservatory 409 Music in Therapy: Children       3
  Conservatory 410 Internship                     1-4
  Conservatory 424 Acoustics                        3
  Conservatory 425A/B Arranging for Choral Groups/ 
    Instrumental Arranging                          2
  Conservatory 435 Psychological Foundations of
    Music I                                         3
  Conservatory 437 Computer Literacy for
    Music Teachers                                  3
  Conservatory 411A/411B Field Experience           2
  Conservatory 412A/412B Student Teaching Music(h)  8

Area Required General Studies Courses

  English 110, 225 English I and II                 6
  LS Physiology 117 Human Physiology                3
  LS Anatomy 118L Human Anatomy Lab                 2
  Elective (Oral Communications)                    3
  Elective (American History)                       3
  Elective (Political Science)                      3
  Elective (Mathematics)                            3
  Elective (Sociology/Anthropology)                 3
  Psychology 210 General Psychology                 3
  Psychology 433 Abnormal Psychology                3
  TE 427 Reading in Secondary School                3
  TE 403 Educational Psychology                     3
  TE 404 Education of the Exceptional Child
    and Youth                                       3
  TE 405/422 Field Experience                       2
  TE 419/437 Student Teaching(h)                    6
(a) Applied Studies Requirement: The student must complete 301 level in any instrument. No recital is required.
(b) Must be taken concurrently with Conservatory 260.
(c) Must be taken concurrently with Conservatory 408.
(d) Must be taken concurrently with Conservatory 409.
(e) Successful completion of Conservatory 310, Keyboard Skills IV, with a grade of B- or better is required.
(f) All students whose applied area is voice are required to participate satisfactorily in one opera production asassigned by the choral faculty in consultation with voice and opera faculty.
(g) One hour in accordion is required for both the choral and instrumental track. The instrumental certification track also requires guitar technique (Conservatory 373G) and one technique class from each of the following areas: woodwinds (except woodwinds III); brass; strings; and percussion; (Conservatory 375A), for a total of six instrumental technique classes. The choral certification track will be required to complete Popular Guitar Styles (Conservatory 316) with prerequisites if needed, special percussion (Conservatory 375A) and either survey of wind/percussion (Conservatory 373N) or survey of strings (Conservatory 373P) for a total of four instrumental technique classes.
(h) Two seven-credit-hour experiences divided between the Conservatory and School of Education provide certification in Music K-12.

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