Music Education (K-12)

The music education program prepares you for the State of Illinois Professional Educator's License in Music Education, which qualifies you to teach band, choir, orchestra or general music courses in K-12 classroom settings.

Preparing You For Success

You participate in classroom field experiences your first year, then you gain additional field experiences your sophomore and junior years. These prepare you for the senior year student teaching experience. Bradley faculty and your supervising teachers are valuable mentors throughout the process.

The Department of Education, Counseling, and Leadership is accredited by the Illinois State Board of Education.

By the time you graduate, your experiences include:

• Professional development and licensure in K-12 education
• More than 500 hours of field experience and student teaching in local classrooms
• Instruction and mentorship from faculty who taught on six continents, published 30 books on education and served in educational leadership at state and national levels
• Research opportunities with faculty
• Use of classroom technology such as Smart Boards, virtual reality, 3-D printing and wearable devices

Making Your Mark

All music education students who completed the program and graduated boast a 100 percent pass rate on Illinois licensure tests, including the national edTPA portfolio evaluation. That success means you can enter the teaching profession or graduate school after graduation. As an educator, you can consider future graduate studies in curriculum and instruction or other fields.

Major Requirements

Bradley Core Curriculum - 30 hrs. (Choose 2 from different areas QR, HU, SB, NS)

• COM 103 (OC): The Oral Communication Process (COM 103 is required for Advancement) - 3 hrs.
• ENG 101 (W1): English Composition (ENG 101 is required for Advancement) - 3 hrs.
• ENG 300-306 (W2): Advanced Writing - 3 hrs.
• ETE 115 (MI): Multi-discipline Integration
• ETE 280 (GP): Global Systems or World Cultures
• MTH 111 or 101 (QR): Quantitative Reasoning (MTH 111 or MTH 101 is required for Advancement) - 3 hrs.
• Humanities (HU): - 3 hrs.
• Social & Behavioral Sciences (SB): - 3 hrs.
• Science Reasoning (NS): - 3 hrs.

Bradley Core Practice

• MUS 335: Music in Its Historical Perspective III - 3 hrs.

Music and Music Education

Taken By All Music Education Students

• MUS 001: Recital Laboratory EACH SEMESTER - 0 hrs.
• MUS 002: Senior Recital - 0 hrs.
• MUS 141: Orchestra - 1 hr.
• MUS 142: University Bands - 1 hr.
• MUS 143: Bradley Community Chorus - 0.5 hr.
• MUS 144: Bradley Chorale OR
  MUS 145: Cantus - 1 hr.
• MUS 341: Orchestra - 1 hr.
• MUS 342: University Bands - 1 hr.
• MUS 343: Bradley Community Chorus - 0.5 hr.
• MUS 344: Bradley Chorale OR
  MUS 345: Cantus - 1 hr.
• MUS 115: Voice Class (MUEINT only) SPRING ONLY - 1 hr.
• MUS 125: Diction (MUEVOT only) FALL ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 161: Music Theory I FALL ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 162: Music Theory II SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 163: Elementary Ear-Training and Sight Singing FALL ONLY - 1 hr.
• MUS 164: Elementary Ear-Training and Sight Singing SPRING ONLY - 1 hr.
• MUS 165: Keyboard Skills-Class Piano FALL ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 166: Keyboard Skills-Class Piano SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 380: Western Music to 1750 FALL ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 381: Western Music 1750-Present SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 235: Music in Its Historical Perspective I (WI) FALL ONLY - 3 hrs.
• MUS 236: Music in Its Historical Perspective II FALL ONLY - 3 hrs.
• MUS 261: Music Theory III FALL ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 262: Music Theory IV SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 263: Advanced Ear-Training and Sight Singing FALL ONLY - 1 hr.
• MUS 264: Advanced Ear-Training and Sight Singing SPRING ONLY - 1 hr.
• MUS 265: Advanced Keyboard Skills-Class Piano FALL ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 266: Advanced Keyboard Skills-Class Piano SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MUS 305: Counterpoint - 2 hrs. OR
  MUS 319: Composition - 3 hrs. SPRING EVEN YRS OR
  MUS 405: Theories of Atonal Music SPRING ODD YRS - 3 hrs.
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• MED 101: Intro to Music Education FALL ONLY - 1 hr.
• MUS 405: Theories of Atonal Music SPRING ODD YRS - 3 hrs.
• MUS 323: Marching Band Techniques MUEINT only FALL ODD YRS - 1 hr.
• MUS 382: Music and World Cultures FALL ONLY - 3 hrs.
• MUS 383: History of American Music SPRING ONLY - 3 hrs.
• MUS 375: Opera Workshop MUEVOT only SPRING ONLY - 1 hr.
• MUS 401: Orchestration MUEINT only FALL ODD YRS - 2 hrs.
• MUS 470: Vocal Pedagogy MUEVOT only SPRING EVEN YRS - 2 hrs.
• MUS 480: Vocal Literature MUEVOT only SPRING ODD YRS - 2 hrs.

Music Education Coursework

• MED 101: Introduction to Music Education FALL ONLY - 1 hr.
• MED 155: Brass Technique, Materials and Methods FALL EVEN YRS - 2 hrs.
• MED 251: String Technique, Materials and Methods FALL ODD YRS - 2 hrs.
• MED 252: Advanced String Technique, Materials and Methods MUEINT only SPRING EVEN YRS - 1 hr.
• MED 257: Percussion Technique SPRING ODD YRS - 2 hrs.
• MED 321: Conducting I FALL ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MED 322: Conducting II SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MED 331: Piano Pedagogy P only SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.
• MED 354: Woodwind Technique FALL ODD YRS - 2 hrs.
• MED 355: Advanced Woodwind Technique SPRING EVEN YRS - 1 hr.
• MED 433: Piano Literature P only SPRING ONLY - 2 hrs.