Music Education - General Music Track, B.M.

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The Crane School of Music boasts one of the world’s oldest and largest music teacher preparation programs. In fact, music education is Crane’s proudest legacy. For many years, Crane students and faculty have held leadership positions in local school districts and in state and national organizations that shape our nation’s musical future. We actively seek those who wish to perpetuate our rich heritage and participate in the community of ideas regarding music and music teaching.

At The Crane School of Music, you will encounter a faculty and staff who care deeply about our students. Your teachers will possess years of classroom teaching experience, advanced degrees from America’s most prestigious universities, active research interests, and a commitment to your success. Your activities here will include opportunities to teach school-aged students under the supervision of our faculty. You will be taught to reflect on each teaching experience and to apply these discoveries to future teaching assignments. Success in our degree program will prepare you to begin your career as a professional music educator.

A primary mission of education is to create a need to be aware of and navigate through a constantly and rapidly changing world. Current cultural and social forces such as technology, globalization and shifting sensibilities require music teachers to examine long-held values and practices. At times, how music teachers and teacher educators should forge ahead in pedagogically responsive ways seems bewildering. What roles should music teachers play in educating individuals for the future? What roles should teacher education programs play in preparing these music teachers? Of special concern in these questions are issues of responsiveness to change and responsibility to society as well as attention to quality of educational experience and personal engagement.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Music Education B.M. students will be able to:

   • notate a newly encountered melody accurately and efficiently.
   • demonstrate competency in musical performance.
   • demonstrate knowledge of pivotal historical events, societal attitudes, aesthetic and artistic trends, and to identify their interrelationship with music.
   • demonstrate pedagogical and professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Program Requirements

Basic Musicianship Sequence: 29 Credits Required for Bachelor of Music Degrees

Students with a studio emphasis in piano are exempt from the two Keyboard Skills courses, but will take MUCC 303 regardless of track.

Upper Division Music History or Theory Elective: 3 Credits

Upper Division Music Education Elective: 3 Credits

Required Courses for State Certification: 9 Credits

EDLS 307 - Literacy Education in the Arts Disciplines 3 Credit(s)
PHTH 230 - School Health CA 2 SAVE DASA 3 Credit(s)
PSYC 220 - Child Development 3 Credit(s)

General Music Track: 60 Credits

Performance

Details about specific ensemble requirements can be found in the Crane Student Handbook.

MUCS 420 - Performance Class 2 Credit(s) (7 @ 2 credits)
Ensembles (7 @ 1 credit)

Non-Western/Non-Traditional Music Performance Experience: 1 Credit

MUAP 320 - West African Drumming and Dancing Ensemble 1 Credit(s)
or
MUAP 327 - Irish Ensemble 1 Credit(s)
or
MUAP 377 - Crane Latin Ensemble 1 Credit(s)
or
MUAP 378 - Laptop Orchestra 1 Credit(s)
or
MUAP 391 - Contemporary Music Ensemble 1 Credit(s)

Music Education

MUCE 205 - Principles of Music Education 3 Credit(s)
MUCE 306 - Music Teaching and Learning 3 Credit(s)
MUCE 307 - Practicum in Elementary General Music 1 Credit(s)
MUCE 316 - General Music Practices: Secondary 3 Credit(s)
MUCE 318 - Practicum Secondary General Music 1 Credit(s)
MUCE 445 - Special Education Music 3 Credit(s)
MUCE 467 - Student Teaching in Music. 1-15 Credit(s) (taken for 15 credits)

Technical/Professional Courses

Students with a studio emphasis in voice are exempt from MUCC 350

MUCC 201 - Functional Keyboard Choral and General Music I 1 Credit(s)
MUCC 202 - Functional Keyboard Choral and General Music II 1 Credit(s)
MUCC 350 - Vocal Techniques I 1 Credit(s)
MUCE 311 - Practices in Classroom Instruments 3 Credit(s)
MUCC 340 - Band Techniques 1 Credit(s)
MUCC 341 - Choral Techniques 1 Credit(s)
MUCC 342 - Orchestra Techniques 1 Credit(s)

Note(s)

Students are accepted for admission who demonstrate by audition the potential to accomplish Level A in area of applied study by the end of the fourth semester. If the Level A is not satisfactorily completed by the end of the fourth semester, a change of applied area or curriculum may be recommended.
The minimum performance requirement for the major in Music Education is satisfactory completion of Level A and the performance of a 30-minute recital.
To enter the Music Education program, SUNY requires entering students have a 3.0 or better GPA coming in. The GPA considered will be the most recent GPA, achieved prior to entering the program. This will either be the overall high school GPA, the overall GPA from another college (two- or four-year) for transfer students, or overall SUNY Potsdam GPA for current SUNY Potsdam students.
To remain in the Music Education program, it is necessary to have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.5 and a 3.0 music GPA.
A grade of 2.0 or higher is required in each music course in order for it to count toward a major in music. In courses that are sequential, a grade of 2.0 or higher is required for the student to advance to the next course in the sequence.
Bachelor of Music majors are exempt from the college physical education/health and wellness requirement.
Each student pursuing a Music Education degree must successfully complete the Sophomore Evaluation process before admission into the Crane Music Education Professional sequence. The Sophomore Evaluation will take place during the student’s sophomore year, the semester following successful completion of MUCE 205 : Principles of Music Education. This comprehensive review will be completed by the Music Education faculty to evaluate the student’s progress in relation to academic and musical growth and the feasibility of successful completion of the Music Education degree. Detailed information about this process will be distributed to students pursuing a Music Education degree in the Principles of Music Education course.

Music Education - General Music Track, B.M.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

Program Requirements

Basic Musicianship Sequence: 29 Credits Required for Bachelor of Music Degrees

Semester I

Semester II

Semester III

Semester IV

Semester V