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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE | MUSIC EDUCATION

Overview | Music Education

If you are called to teach music, whether in public or private schools, consider the advantages of Maranatha’s Music Education major. Music Education graduates have enjoyed a 100-percent hire rate for those seeking teaching positions, and a 100-percent acceptance rate for those applying to graduate school. Maranatha’s Education programs are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and approved for licensure by the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. The Music Education program provides students with the option of obtaining both a general music license as well as an instrumental or choral license by complete one of two specialized program levels.

Two Program Levels

Maranatha’s programs are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and approved for licensure by the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. They provide students with the option of obtaining both a general music license as well as an instrumental or choral license by completing one of two specialized program levels:

a) The Core Program provides an essential course of study featuring a program of study common to the majority of colleges and universities.

b) The Comprehensive Program, unique to MBU students since 1996, provides pre-service teachers with the highest levels of preparedness for success in 21st century classrooms and graduate schools. Students completing the Comprehensive Program have had a 100% pass rate for the Praxis 2 test since 2008, and supervising teachers consistently report that our students demonstrate exceptional readiness for the classroom.

 

Program Outcomes

  • Students will demonstrate the ability to identify a variety of differences among students and individualize instruction accordingly.
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively plan for instruction, incorporating a wide variety of strategies for instruction and classroom management.
  • Students will demonstrate thorough knowledge and application to the teaching of their content in general music, and school vocal and/or instrumental performing groups.
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to conduct and interpret a wide variety of assessments.
  • Students will demonstrate professionalism in education.
  • Students will demonstrate the ability to teach content according to a biblical worldview.

Suggested Course Schedule

Semester 1

  • Foundations of Education (2)
  • Introductory Music Seminar (0)
  • Music Theory Fundamentals (remedial) (2)
  • Aural Skills Foundations (2)
  • Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2)
  • Basic Music Literature (3)
  • Primary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Functional Piano Skills (Secondary Piano Proficiency, remedial) (1)
  • Secondary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Performing Group (0.5)
  • Repertoire (0)
  • Old Testament Survey (3)
  • English Composition 1 (3)

Total Credits: 17.5

Semester 2

  • Introduction to Sociology (3)
  • Freshman Fieldwork (0)
  • Harmony 1 (2)
  • Primary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Keyboard/Strings Skills 1 (remedial) (1)
  • Secondary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Performing Group (0.5)
  • Repertoire (0)
  • New Testament Survey (3)
  • The Modern World (3)
  • English Composition 2 (3)
  • Music History Course (2)

Total Credits: 18.5

Summer

  • Bible Elective (3)

Total Credits: 3

Semester 1

  • Sophomore Fieldwork (1)
  • Harmony 2 (2)
  • Principles of Christian Music (2)
  • Primary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Performing Group (0.5)
  • Keyboard/Strings Skills 2 (remedial) (1)
  • Repertoire (0)
  • Human Relations (3)
  • Brass Classroom Methods (2)
  • Middle Childhood Music & Movement (3)
  • Math Elective (3)

Total Credits: 17.5

Semester 2

  • Woodwind Classroom Methods (2)
  • The Exceptional Child (3)
  • Harmony 3 (2)
  • Music History Course (2)
  • Concepts in Biochemistry (3)
  • Early Childhood Music & Movement (2)
  • Primary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Keyboard/Strings Skills 3 (remedial) (1)
  • Secondary Proficiency Jury (0)
  • Performing Group (0.5)
  • Repertoire (0)
  • Baptist Heritage (3)

Total Credits: 18.5

Summer

  • Upper Level Status (0)
  • Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 (3)

Total Credits: 3

Semester 1

  • Music Theory Elective (2-3)
  • Aural Skills Advanced (2)
  • String Methods (2)
  • Harmony 4 (2)
  • Music History Course (2)
  • Elementary Conducting (2)
  • Christian Life, Leadership, and Evangelism (3)
  • Primary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Keyboard/Strings Skills 4 (remedial) (1)
  • Performing Group (0.5)
  • Repertoire (0)

Total Credits: 16.5-17.5

Semester 2

  • Junior Practicum (2)
  • Percussion Classroom Methods (2)
  • Music History Course (2)
  • Advanced Conducting (2)
  • Primary Proficiency Lesson (1)
  • Performing Group (0.5)
  • Instrumental Classroom Methods, Technique, & Assessment (3)
  • Repertoire (0)
  • Educational Psychology (3)
  • Classroom Management (3)

Total Credits: 18.5

Summer

  • Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 (3)
  • Literature Elective (3)

Total Credits: 6

Semester 1

  • Education Seminar (2)
  • Choral Classroom Methods and Assessment (3)
  • Vocal Pedagogy (3)
  • American Studies Elective (3)
  • Music Program Administration (2)
  • Performing Group (0.5)
  • Repertoire (0)
  • Bible Elective (3)
  • Primary Lesson w/ Senior Recital (1)

Total Credits: 17.5

Semester 2

  • Student Teaching (12)

Total Credits: 12

Related Majors

Music
Elementary Teacher Education
Early Childhood Education

Related Minors

Early Childhood Music
Church Music
Music Arranging
Piano Pedagogy
String Pedagogy

Potential Career Fields

Music Teacher–Public or Private Schools
Early Childhood Music and Movement Teacher
Choir Director
Band Director
Orchestra Director

*Some careers and employment positions require graduate degrees,
specialized training, or addtional certification and licenses.

MBU Program Faculty

David Ledgerwood

College of Arts and Sciences | Associate Professor
Credentials

DMA Music Education, Boston University
MA Sacred Music, Pensacola Christian College
MA Music Theory and Composition, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
BS Music Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Janet Tschida

College of Arts and Science | Associate Professor
Credentials

MA Music Education, University of St. Thomas
BS Music, Maranatha Baptist University

David Brown

College of Arts and Sciences | Professor
Credentials

DMA Choral Conducting, University of Missouri
MM Trombone Performance, Bob Jones University
BA Trombone Performance, Bob Jones University

Andrew Bonnema

College of Arts and Science | Associate Professor
Credentials

MM Music Performance, University of South Carolina
BS Music Education, Bob Jones University

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