The Bachelor of Arts in Music with an Emphasis in Music Education includes 38 semester hours of General Education Requirements, the 40 semester hour Music Core, an additional 21 semester hours of music and professional music education coursework, and 37 semester hours of courses within the Department of Education, for a total of 136 semester hours. The course of study integrates music and professional education courses to develop a superior music teacher, certified to teach at all levels P-12 (Class B Professional Teacher’s Certificate) with emphasis in either vocal or instrumental music. Students must demonstrate throughout their course of study competencies in both performance and teaching. Because of the demands of this program, there is little opportunity to elect courses other than those required and outlined below.
General Education Requirements for Vocal and Instrumental Music Education
The General Education Requirements for the Music Education Emphasis are different from the General Education Requirements for other music emphases. The Music Education Emphasis leads to meeting the requirements for earning an Alabama Class B Professional Teacher's Certificate.
- Music, BA requires 120 credit hours.
- No minor is required.
- Must have a 2.0 GPA in major and overall.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
Degree Requirements:
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Freshman Composition | 6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 12 | |
12 hours of Humanities and Fine Arts chosen from the following categories below | ||
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Literature: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
Students must have a two course sequence in either Literature or History. | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
| ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL | ||
| ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN | ||
| ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
Any WLC 100 or 200 level 1 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRO TO ETHICS | ||
| TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
PHL 201 | ||
| INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES | ||
| Mathematics and Natural Sciences | 11 | |
| Mathematics: Choose one | 3 | |
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| Natural Sciences: Choose any two | 8 | |
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE | ||
| WEATHER, CLIMATE & GLOBAL CHNG | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III | ||
| History and Social and Behavioral Sciences | ||
| 12 hours of History and Social and Behavioral Sciences chosen from the following categories below | ||
| History: Choose one or two | 3-6 | |
| Students must have a two course sequence in either Literature or History. | ||
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences: Choose two or three | 6-9 | |
| PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS | ||
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| SOCIOLOGICAL PERSP TECH & SCI | ||
Requirements for Vocal Music Education Students
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements for Vocal and Instrumental Music Education | ||
| College General Education Requirements | 38 | |
| Music Core 1 | ||
| 200-Level Studio Instruction (4 x 1.5) (MUA 2_1) | 4 | |
| 400-Level Studio Instruction (MUA 4_1) | 1.5 | |
| MUA 498 | SENIOR RECITAL | 1.5 |
| MUX 3XX | Ensembles 2 | 7 |
| MU 100 | INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | 3 |
| MU 106 | INTRO TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | 1 |
| MU 201 | MUSIC THEORY I | 3 |
| MU 202 | MUSIC THEORY II | 3 |
| MU 301 | THEORY OF MUSIC III | 3 |
| MU 203 | MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS I | 1 |
| MU 204 | MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS II | 1 |
| MU 303 | MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS III | 1 |
| MU 311 | HISTORY OF MUSIC I | 3 |
| MU 312 | HISTORY OF MUSIC II | 3 |
| MU 325 | CONDUCTING | 2 |
| MU 199 | MUSIC FORUM (0 semester hour x 7 sem.) | 0 |
| Additional Music Education Emphasis Courses | ||
| Secondary Instrument: | ||
| MUA 131 | STUDIO INSTR-PIANO (3 x 1) | 1 |
| MUA 141 | STUDIO INSTR-GUITAR | 1 |
| or MUA 151 | STUDIO INSTR-STRINGS | |
| MU 322 | DICTION FOR SINGERS | 2 |
| MUE 321 | CHORAL/INSTRUMENTAL DIR OBSERV | 1 |
| MU 302 | MUSICAL MATLS OF MODERN ERA | 3 |
| MU 401 | FORM AND ANALYSIS | 2 |
| MU 416 | ORCHESTRATION | 2 |
| MU 425 | ADVANCED CONDUCTING | 2 |
| MUE 328 | TEACHING GENERAL MUSIC | 3 |
| MUE 428 | VOCAL/CHORAL METH SEC SCH | 3 |
| Piano Proficiency Exam | ||
| Education | ||
| ED 301 | INTRO TO EDUCATION PRACTICUM | 1 |
| ED 308 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| ED 307 | MULTICULTURAL FND EDUCATION | 3 |
| ED 309 | CLASSROOM & BEHAVIOR MGMT | 3 |
| EDC 301 | TCHG THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD | 3 |
| EDC 311 | INSTR STRATEGIES INCLUSIVE CLR | 3 |
| ED 408 | TCHG READING/CONTENT AREA | 3 |
| ED 350 | TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM | 3 |
| ED 410 | FOUNDATIONS EDUC EVALUAT | 3 |
| ED 499 | P-12 INTERNSHIP (Music) | 12 |
| Total Semester Hours | 133 | |
| 1 | The Music Core consists of a common 40 semester hours of music courses that are included in every Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. This part of the curriculum includes private lessons, ensembles, and courses in music history and literature, music theory, conducting, and music technology. See the course lists below for specifics. |
| 2 | At least half must be large conducted ensembles and at least one semester hour must be chamber ensembles. |
Requirements for Instrumental Music Education Students
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements for Vocal and Instrumental Music Education | ||
| College General Education Requirements | 38 | |
| Music Core 1 | ||
| 200-Level Studio Instruction (4 x 1.5) (MUA 2_1) | 4 | |
| 400-Level Studio Instruction (MUA 4_1) | 1.5 | |
| MUA 498 | SENIOR RECITAL | 1.5 |
| MUX 3XX | Ensembles 2 | 7 |
| MU 100 | INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | 3 |
| MU 106 | INTRO TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | 1 |
| MU 201 | MUSIC THEORY I | 3 |
| MU 202 | MUSIC THEORY II | 3 |
| MU 301 | THEORY OF MUSIC III | 3 |
| MU 203 | MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS I | 1 |
| MU 204 | MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS II | 1 |
| MU 303 | MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS III | 1 |
| MU 311 | HISTORY OF MUSIC I | 3 |
| MU 312 | HISTORY OF MUSIC II | 3 |
| MU 325 | CONDUCTING | 2 |
| MU 199 | MUSIC FORUM (0 semester hour x 7 sem.) | 0 |
| Additional Music Education Emphasis Courses | ||
| Secondary Instrument: | ||
| MUA 161 | STUDIO INSTR-WOODWINDS (2x1) | 1 |
| or MUA 171 | STUDIO INSTR-BRASS | |
| MUA 141 | STUDIO INSTR-GUITAR | 1 |
| or MUA 151 | STUDIO INSTR-STRINGS | |
| MUA 181 | STUDIO INSTR-PERCUSSION | 1 |
| MUE 321 | CHORAL/INSTRUMENTAL DIR OBSERV | 1 |
| MU 302 | MUSICAL MATLS OF MODERN ERA | 3 |
| MU 401 | FORM AND ANALYSIS | 2 |
| MU 416 | ORCHESTRATION | 2 |
| MU 425 | ADVANCED CONDUCTING | 2 |
| MUE 328 | TEACHING GENERAL MUSIC | 3 |
| MUE 429 | ORG & DIR INSTRU GRP SEC SCH | 3 |
| Piano Proficiency Exam | ||
| Education | ||
| ED 301 | INTRO TO EDUCATION PRACTICUM | 1 |
| ED 307 | MULTICULTURAL FND EDUCATION | 3 |
| ED 308 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| ED 309 | CLASSROOM & BEHAVIOR MGMT | 3 |
| EDC 301 | TCHG THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD | 3 |
| EDC 311 | INSTR STRATEGIES INCLUSIVE CLR | 3 |
| ED 350 | TECHNOLOGY IN CLASSROOM | 3 |
| ED 408 | TCHG READING/CONTENT AREA | 3 |
| ED 410 | FOUNDATIONS EDUC EVALUAT | 3 |
| ED 499 | P-12 INTERNSHIP (Music) | 12 |
| Total Semester Hours | 132 | |
| 1 | The Music Core consists of a common 40 semester hours of music courses that are included in every Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. This part of the curriculum includes private lessons, ensembles, and courses in music history and literature, music theory, conducting, and music technology. See the course lists below for specifics. |
| 2 | At least half must be large conducted ensembles and at least one semester hour must be chamber ensembles. |