The following is a sample four year plan outlining only the required courses for the prescribed major and does not include electives, minors, certificates, etc which can be added upon advisement.

Freshman Year

MUPI 4XX Private Instruction Instrument or Voice
MUS 121 Ear Training & Sight Singing I
MUS 122 Ear Training & Sight Singing II
MUS 123  Harmony I
MUS 124 Harmony II
MUS 139 Introduction to Music Education
MUS 172 Woodwind Techniques for the Music Educator
MUS 183/4 or MUPI 320A Class Piano or Secondary Piano
MUS ___ Performing Organization
ENG 101 Writing: Rhetoric & Comp
MUS 150 Field Experiences in Music Education
TRS ___ Foundations in Theology I
MUS 476 Lyric Diction I (Voice Principals)
PHIL 201 The Classical Mind
PHIL 202 The Modern Mind
___ Academic Elective - Math, Science

Sophomore Year

MUPI 4XX Private Instruction Instrument or Voice
MUS 221 Ear Training & Sight Singing III
MUS 222 Ear Training & Sight Singing IV
MUS 223 Harmony III
MUS 224 Harmony IV
MUS 173 Brass Techniques for the Music Educator
MUS ___ Performing Organization
MUS 325 History of Music I
MUS 326 History of Music II
EDUC 251 Foundations of Education
MUS 150 Field Experiences in Music Education
EDUC 271 Psychology of Education
EDUC 381 Diverse Learners - Academic Elective

Junior Year

MUPI 4XX Private Instruction Instrument or Voice
MUS 321 Form and Analysis I
MUS 323 Orchestration I
MUS 337 Conducting
MUS 457 Conducting
MUS 155 Piano Sight Reading & Improvisation (principals only)
MUS 156 Piano Sight Reading & Improvisation (principals only)
MUS 458 Elementary Instrumental Music Methods / Secondary Instrumental Music Methods
MUS 462 Elementary Choral-Gen Music Methods / Secondary Choral Gen Music Methods
MUS 400 Piano Pedagogy (principals only)
MUS 327 History of Music III
MUS 148 World Percussion
MUS 150 Field Experiences in Music Education
MUS 170 Percussion Techniques for the Music Educator
MUS 174 String Techniques for the Music Educator
MUS ___ Performing Organization

Senior Year

MUS ___ Performing Organization
___ Academic Elective - Social Science
___ Academic Elective - Math, Science
ENG Literature Elective
MUS 423 Student Teaching Seminar
MUS 423A Elementary Student Teaching
MUS 423B Secondary Student Teaching
MUS 499XX Senior Solo Recital (45 minutes)
___ Academic Elective - Free

The above plan is a sample arrangement of required classes and should not be used as an official degree audit.  Students will meet with their major advisor to plan out a custom path that meets their needs and allows them to study various electives of interest.