BME - Vocal
Program Requirements
A minimum total of 120 credit hours is required for the BME - vocal. In addition to meeting the requirements of the WSU General Education Program and the requirements of the College of Fine Arts, students must meet the following requirements:
| Course | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education (34-35 credit hours) | ||
| Select courses to meet General Education requirements 1 | 31-32 | |
| General Education courses that will also meet Program Requirements | ||
| CESP 334 | Introduction to Diversity: Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| or PSY 111 | General Psychology | |
| Applied Music (16 credit hours) 2 | ||
| Primary performance medium | 14 | |
| Class Piano/Secondary performance medium | 2 | |
| Piano Class Level I - Music Majors | ||
| Piano Class Level IV - Music Majors | ||
| Required Music Core (13 credit hours) | ||
| MUSC 127 | Musicianship 1 | 2 |
| MUSC 128 | Musicianship 2 | 2 |
| MUSC 129 | Aural Skills 1 | 2 |
| MUSC 130 | Aural Skills 2 | 2 |
| MUSC 229 | Aural Skills 3 | 2 |
| MUSC 113 | Introduction to Music Studies and Professional Skills | 3 |
| Musicology Electives (3 credit hours) | ||
| Select 3 credit hours from the following | 3 | |
| History of Jazz | ||
| Topics in Musicology: Aesthetics | ||
| Topics in Musicology: Ethnography | ||
| Topics in Musicology: Gender | ||
| Topics in Musicology: Popular Musics | ||
| Theory/Composition Electives (4 credit hours) | ||
| Select 4 credit hours from the following | 4 | |
| Jazz Improvisation | ||
| Post-Tonal Music | ||
| Jazz Music Theory | ||
| Introduction to Music Composition | ||
| Topics in Music Technology | ||
| 18th Century Counterpoint | ||
| Performance and Analysis | ||
| Topics in Analysis: Music in Media | ||
| Topics in Analysis: Popular Music Analysis | ||
| Vocal Required Courses (25 credit hours) | ||
| MUSE 231 | Scaffolding Musical Understanding | 2 |
| MUSC 334 | History of Music I | 3 |
| MUSC 523 | Form and Analysis | 2 |
| MUSC 641 | Orchestration | 2 |
| Conducting | ||
| MUSP 308 | Choral Conducting | 2 |
| MUSP 691 | Advanced Choral Conducting | 2 |
| Vocal Electives | ||
| Select 4 credit hours from the following | 4 | |
| Italian Diction | ||
| English Diction | ||
| German Diction | ||
| Elementary Vernacular Instrument Methods | ||
| Voice Pedagogy | ||
| Ensembles | ||
| Ensembles 3, 4 | 8 | |
| Recital Attendance | ||
| MUSP 105 | Recital Attendance (two semesters) | 0 |
| Senior Recital | ||
| MUSP 400 | Senior Recital | 0 |
| Music Education Requirements (25 credit hours) | ||
| Introduction | ||
| MUSE 171 | Orientation to Music Education | 1 |
| MUSE 271 | Introduction to Music Education 5 | 2 |
| Core I | ||
| MUSE 311 | Introduction to Diversity Field Experience | 1 |
| MUSE 611 | Music for Special Education | 2 |
| MUSE 617 | Literacy Strategies for Content Areas: Music | 2 |
| Core II | ||
| MUSE 303 | Elementary and General Music Methods 5 | 2 |
| MUSE 323 | Fundamentals of Vocal Music for Secondary Schools 5 | 2 |
| MUSE 305 | Pre Student Teaching 5 | 1 |
| MUSE 306 | Class Management for Music Educators | 1 |
| Core III | ||
| MUSE 405 | Teaching Internship Seminar | 1 |
| MUSE 451 | Teaching Internship Elementary School: Music | 3 |
| MUSE 469 | Teaching Internship Secondary Music | 3 |
| CAS 501 | Teacher Licensure Capstone (Must be taken with MUSE 451 or MUSE 469) | 0 |
| Additional Requirements | ||
| MUSE 241 | String Rehearsal Methods | 1 |
| MUSE 242 | Wind and Percussion Rehearsal Methods | 1 |
| MUSE 342 | Survey of Choral Techniques and Literature | 2 |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
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Required major courses may also count towards General Education requirements. Students will need to select additional electives to reach 120 credit hours required for graduation with assistance from an advisor.
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Students must be enrolled in applied music during the semester of their senior recital.
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See degree check sheets for specified ensembles.
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Ensembles are counted by semester.
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Must be passed with a B- or better in order to be counted towards the program.
Piano Proficiency
Students who have not satisfied all piano proficiency requirements must enroll in class piano until they meet those requirements. All music majors must pass the piano proficiency examination before graduation and BME students must have it completed before the student teaching semester.
Applied Learning
Students in the Bachelor of Music Education — vocal program are required to complete an applied learning or research experience to graduate from the program. The requirement can be met by recitals ( MUSP 400), ensembles and student teaching ( MUSE 405, MUSE 451 and MUSE 469).