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MUSIC
AT MILLIGAN
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The music curriculum at Milligan seeks to produce life-long learners and lovers of music, as well as accomplished performers and avid music consumers. The primary goal of the Music Area is to produce well-trained musicians who enjoy music and music making while also viewing music as a way to enhance and improve the quality of life. The music education curriculum is designed as an interdisciplinary program for the student planning a career in teaching music. Students majoring in music education must choose either the instrumental or vocal emphasis. Licensure is K-12 vocal/general or K-12 instrumental. This degree requires nine semesters of study. Foreign language through the intermediate level is required. On completion of the Music education major, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental elements of music, the ability to understand, communicate, and perform in a variety of styles, and fundamental theory, pedagogy, and methodology of K-12 music education.
Applied music study for the Music Education major is determined by the type of licensure sought. Either the principal or secondary applied area for the Music Education major must be piano, unless a proficiency (MUSC 207) in piano is demonstrated. Voice must be the principal or secondary concentration for those students with a major in music education with the vocal emphasis. A standard band or orchestral instrument must be the principal concentration for those students with a major in music education with the instrumental emphasis. All Music Education majors whose principal instrument is piano must enroll in one semester of organ study. Each semester of their applied study, Music Education majors take a jury in their principal applied area, unless they have completed a junior or senior recital after mid-term. Music Education majors also take a jury in their secondary area each semester of their applied study, unless their secondary instrument is piano. Students with piano as their secondary concentration take MUSC 207-Piano Proficiency when the professor deems the student prepared. Preparation for the proficiency will be developed through class instruction (MUSC 101, 102, 201 - Piano as a Secondary Concentration) unless it is the judgment of the piano faculty that a student's substantial background in piano warrants private lessons (MUSC 104 - Applied Study-Piano). Music Education majors must participate in a primary ensemble which uses their particular applied study skill and is approved by their applied professor for six semester hours. (Primary Ensembles: Concert Choir, Women's Chorale, Jazz Ensemble, Civic Band, and Orchestra). Music Education-instrumental majors whose principal applied area is in woodwind, brass, or percussion must take 2 semesters of Johnson City Community Band (Civic) as part of their ensemble requirements. Concert and recital attendance is required of the Music Education major for eight semesters. Failure to meet all recital attendance requirements results in a half a letter grade (5 points) reduction in every music class final average for the semester. Praxis Exams: *The above Praxis exams will count as the Major Field Test required for graduation. Milligan College Library also has an available copy of the Praxis study booklet.
Music education students planning to enter the Master of Education program after completing their undergraduate degree should consider taking the following courses for graduate credit (EDUC 534, EDUC 535, EDUC 536, and EDUC 537): These courses will count toward both the undergraduate degree (beyond the 128 hour requirement) and for the Master of Education at Milligan College. If the courses are taken for graduate credit there will be graduate level objectives and assignments. These courses will replace the following required courses in the Master of Education degree program: Students seeking licensure in vocal music take only EDUC 534 and 535 and two electives in their graduate program. Taking these courses would permit music education students to complete a Master of Education program in 12 months beyond their undergraduate program. For additional information contact the Director of Teacher Education or Area Chair for Education.
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What is your vocation? Students who select the Music Education major is planning a career in teaching music. Planning to pursue the Master of Education program? Taking available courses would permit music education students to complete a Master of Education program in 12 months beyond their undergraduate program. |