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Undergraduate Programs- PA Teaching Certification: Music (K-12)

Program Description
Admissions & Retention Requirements
Course Requirements (Recommended Course Sequence)

Program Description

To be able to teach music in a Pennsylvania (PA) public school, students need to declare the first major in music and elect a second major in certification. In addition to completing requirements in their major, they need to fulfill the following requirements. Students may complete the professional semester requirements in the graduate year if they elect the BA/M. Ed. Combined 5-year program.

Course Requirements

Course Number	Course Name	Credit
Secondary Education Core Courses (18 Credits)
EDU 200*	Social and Philosophical Foundations of Modern Education	3
EDU 201*	Introduction to Special Education	3
EDU 207	Child, Adolescent, & Educational Development	3
EDU 250*	Field Experience (Middle/High School)	3
EDU 403	Reading in the Content Area	3
Recommended Electives
EDU 417	Multicultural Education (required for the BA/M.Ed 5-year program)	3
BKIN 201	First Aid	3
Music Certification Requirements (32 credits)
MUS 135, 136	Voice Diction I, II	1, 1
Applied Major	Private lessons in students' performing medium	14
MUS 173, 174	String Instruments I, II	1, 1
MUS 250	Music in World Cultures	3
MUS 273, 274	Woodwind Instruments I, II	1, 1
MUS 333, 334	Elementary/Secondary Music Methods and Materials	3, 3
MUS 371, 372	Brass Instruments I, II	1, 1
MUS 473	Percussion Class	1
MUS 440	Senior Recital	0
Professional Semester (15 credits)
EDU 410	Student Teaching	12
EDU 420	Practicum	3