Music Department
B.M. in Music Education
Students who earn a bachelor of music with a major in music education at Elmhurst are certified to teach music in grades K through 12 in Illinois and most other states. Major strengths of this program include opportunities to participate in conducting master classes and to teach in Jamaican schools. In addition to providing future teachers with a solid foundation in music skills and in directing choral and instrumental ensembles, the program prepares you to help your students make sound aesthetic judgments and participate professionally in this field.
Requirements for the Major
Required Courses
Requirements for the Major
Music education majors are required to participate in a major performing ensemble (concert band, choir, or orchestra) for every term of full-time enrollment. MUS 369, Conducting I, must be taken in residence at Elmhurst College.
Procedures and requirements for admission to teacher education, admission to student teaching, state certification testing, and course sequence may be obtained from the director of music education. Students are required to pass the Illinois Basic Skills Test to be admitted to a certification program, the appropriate contact area test prior to the student teaching semester, and the APT (Assessment of Professional Training) test prior to program completion.
Required Courses
General Education Courses
English Composition (two courses)
Speech
Science
American History
American Government
Mathematics
Non-Western Culture
KIN 200 Lifestyle for Health and Wellness (Half course)
Major Courses
Music (A minimum of sixteen full course credits are required in music)
Music Theory: MUS 135, 136, 235, 236
Music History: MUS 343, 344
Conducting: MUS 369, 370
Applied music: six terms for credit on same instrument or voice
Band, Orchestra, or Choir: one each term, with or without credit
Education and Psychology
EDU 104 American Education
EDU 223 Education of PK-12 Learners with Exceptionalities
EDU 311/PSY 311 Educational Psychology
Music Education
MUS 222 Functional Class Piano II, or a "pass" on the Keyboard Proficiency Exam must be completed in residence at Elmhurst College prior to student teaching.
MUS 251, 252, 253, 254, 255; two from MUS 256, 257, 260, 353 technique courses
MUS 258 Technology for Music Educators (quarter course)
MUS 150 Principles and Procedures in Music Education
MUS 362 Instrumental and Choral Ensembles
MUS 366 Teaching of K-12 Classroom Music
MUS 457 Student Teaching in Music (100 hours of clinical experience are required prior to student teaching)
A student must earn at least a 2.75 general grade-point average and a 2.75 grade-point average in the music major.