Music Education
Area of Performing, Visual, and Communicative Arts
The Music and Music Education majors support the following goals of Milligan College:
The music curriculum at Milligan seeks to produce life-long learners and lovers of music, as well as accomplished performers and avid music consumers The primary goal of the Music Area is to produce well-trained musicians who enjoy music and music making while also viewing music as a way to enhance and improve the quality of life.
All Milligan Students
Milligan College offers a wide variety of lessons including voice, piano, guitar, organ, brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion instruments. In addition, the music area has numerous choral and instrumental ensembles. Applied study and ensemble participation are available to all students at Milligan College.
Music Majors and Minors: Admission to Program
In order to be appropriately placed in the music program at Milligan College, a prospective student must:
Music Education – B.A.
The music education curriculum is designed as an interdisciplinary program for the student planning a career in teaching music. Licensure is K-12 vocal/general or K-12 instrumental. This degree requires nine semesters of study.
Music Education - Instrumental
Required courses (includes Teacher Licensure Requirements and Professional Education Courses) in the major:
* A standard band or orchestral instrument must be the principal concentration
**MUSC 101, 102, 201 Piano as Secondary Concentration instead of applied study if the secondary area of concentration is piano (6 hrs)
***In order to be eligible for a senior recital, students need to have successfully completed a junior recital.
Additional Licensure Requirements
Music education majors must engage in field experience during the first two weeks of a secondary school’s fall semester in order to satisfy the Tennessee licensure requirements. Students have the sole responsibility for arranging this field experience and must keep a journal which they will submit to their adviser immediately following and as part of their required work for MUSC 452/EDUC 535.
Verification of CPR and/or first aid proficiency is required for approval to student teach.
Students completing any teacher education program are required to take the Praxis II test “Principles of Learning and Teaching” (#0523 PLT for 5-9 [score 154] or #0524 PLT for 7-12 [score 159]).
The following general education requirements are fulfilled in the major:
Total number of required hours: 85.5
To earn a bachelor’s degree, a student must complete 128 semester hours in courses with course numbers at the 100 level or above. In addition to courses in the major (and minor, if applicable), students must complete the requirements for a bachelor of arts degree as described on Pages 39-43 of the 2012-13 catalog. The B.A. degree requires foreign language through the intermediate level.
† Graduate Credit Option
Music education students planning to enter the Master of Education program after completing their undergraduate degree should consider taking the following courses for graduate credit (EDUC 534, 535, 536, and 537).
These courses will count toward both the undergraduate degree (beyond the 128 hour requirement) and for the Master of Education degree at Milligan College. If the courses are taken for graduate credit, there will be graduate level objectives and assignments.
These courses will replace the following required courses in the Master of Education degree program:
Taking these courses would permit music education students to complete a Master of Education program in 12 months beyond their undergraduate program. For additional information, contact the Director of Teacher Certification or Area Chair for Education.
For additional information about the teacher licensure program or about the Praxis II exams required for licensure, including a list of courses required for licensure, see the Education: Licensure Programs section of the Catalog.
Music Education – Vocal
Required courses (includes teacher licensure requirements and professional education courses) in the major:
*All music majors whose principal instrument is piano must enroll in one semester of organ study. (.5 hr)
*Voice must be the principal or secondary concentration
**MUSC 101, 102, 201 Piano as Secondary Concentration instead of applied study if the secondary area of concentration is piano
(6 hrs)
***In order to be eligible for a senior recital, students need to have successfully completed a junior recital.
Additional Licensure Requirements
Music education majors must engage in field experience during the first two weeks of a secondary school’s fall semester in order to satisfy the Tennessee licensure requirements. Students have the sole responsibility for arranging this field experience and must keep a journal which they will submit to their adviser immediately following and as part of their required work for MUSC 452/EDUC 535.
Verification of CPR and/or first aid proficiency is required for approval to student teach.
Students completing any teacher education program are required to take the Praxis II test “Principles of Learning and Teaching” (#0523 PLT for 5-9 [score 154] or #0524 PLT for 7-12 [score 159]).
The following general education requirements are fulfilled in the major:
Total number of required hours: 81.5
To earn a bachelor’s degree, a student must complete 128 semester hours in courses with course numbers at the 100 level or above. In addition to courses in the major (and minor, if applicable), students must complete the requirements for a bachelor of arts degree as described on Pages 39-43 of the 2012-13 catalog. The B.A. degree requires foreign language through the intermediate level.
†Graduate Credit Option
Music education students planning to enter the Master of Education program after completing their undergraduate degree should consider taking the following courses for graduate credit (EDUC 534, 535):
These courses will count toward both the undergraduate degree (beyond the 128 hour requirement) and for the Master of Education degree at Milligan College. If the courses are taken for graduate credit, there will be graduate level objectives and assignments.
These courses will replace the following required courses in the Master of Education degree program:
Taking these courses would permit music education students to complete a Master of Education program in 12 months beyond their undergraduate program. For additional information, contact the Director of Teacher Certification or Area Chair for Education.
For additional information about the teacher licensure program or about the Praxis II exams required for licensure, including a list of courses required for licensure, see the Education: Licensure Programs section of the Catalog.
Applied Study
Applied music study for the music education major is determined by the type of licensure sought. Either the principal or the secondary applied area for the music education major must be piano, unless a proficiency (MUSC 207) in piano is demonstrated. Preparation for the proficiency will be developed through class instruction (MUSC 101, 102, 201 – Piano as a Secondary Concentration) unless it is the judgment of the piano faculty that a student’s substantial background in piano warrants private lessons (MUSC 104 – Applied Study-Piano). Voice must be the principal or secondary concentration for those students with a major in music education with the vocal emphasis. A standard band or orchestral instrument must be the principal concentration for those students with a major in music education with the instrumental emphasis. All Music Education majors whose principal instrument is piano must enroll in one semester of organ study.
Each semester of their applied study, Music Education majors take a jury in their principal applied area, unless they have completed a junior or senior recital after mid-term. Music Education majors also take a jury in their secondary area each semester of their applied study, unless their secondary instrument is piano. Students with piano as their secondary concentration take MUSC 207-Piano Proficiency when the professor deems the student prepared.
Ensembles
Music Education majors must participate in a primary ensemble which uses their particular applied study skill and is approved by their applied professor for six semester hours. (Primary Ensembles: Concert Choir, Women’s Chorale, Jazz Ensemble, Civic Band, and Orchestra.) Music Education –instrumental majors whose principal applied area is in woodwind, brass, or percussion must take 2 semesters of Johnson City Community Band (Civic) as part of their ensemble requirements.
Concert and recital attendance
Concert and recital attendance (90%/semester of scheduled performances) is required of the music major for eight semesters. Failure to meet all recital attendance requirements results in a half a letter grade (5 points) reduction in every music class final average for the semester.
Senior Major Exam
The senior major exam, which is required of all baccalaureate degree-seeking students and evaluates the students’ achievement of learning outcomes in their major fields of study, will be fulfilled by successfully completing the Praxis exams (#0113 Music: Content Knowledge [score of 150 or above] and #0111 Music: Concepts and Processes [score of 145 or above].
