Beacon Music K-12 Certification Minor

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Fifty-one semester hours of courses with an EDUC field code, plus ANTH 270 or SOCI 270 . Minor is restricted to the following specific 54 hours of Professional Education coursework as well as 45 hours of Music content courses. Students must complete at least half (27 hours) of the Professional Education coursework through Columbia College and maintain a 3.0 GPA in Professional Education and a 2.5 GPA in Music content area with no grade lower than C. Program leads to Missouri certification. Students who do not live in Missouri will be required to sign an attestation that they will complete their field experiences and student teaching in Missouri and will work in Missouri upon graduation.

BEACON Music K-12 Certification Checklist

Content Area Requirements (45 sem. hrs)

Choose 15 hrs (Music Theory, History, and Choral Arranging) from the following:
MUSI 223 - Music History I 3 hours
MUSI 326 - Music History II 3 hours
MUSI 338 - Music Theory III 3 hours
MUSI 440 - Music Theory IV: Arranging and Orchestration 3 hours
Piano (or proficiency) and Applied Voice (9 hrs minimum):
Choose 3 hours from the following:
MUSI 171 - Applied Lessons I - Piano for the non-Music Major 1 hour or
MUSI 179 - Applied Lessons I - Piano 1 hour
MUSI 172 - Applied Lessons Piano 1 hour
MUSI 273 - Applied Lessons II - Piano for the non-Music Major 1 hours or
MUSI 279 - Applied Lessons II - Piano 1 hour
Choose 6 hrs from the following:
MUSI 181 - Applied Lessons I - Voice 1 hour
MUSI 185 - Applied Lessons I - Voice for non-music majors 1 hour
MUSI 280 - Applied Lessons II - Voice for non-music majors 1 hour
MUSI 282 - Applied Lessons II - Voice 1 hour
MUSI 384 - Applied Lessons III: Voice 1 hour
MUSI 484 - Applied Lessons IV - Voice 1 hour
Choose 12 hrs (Choral Conducting, Techniques, and Literature) from the following:
MUSI 352 - Introduction to Vocal and Choral Literature 3 hours
MUSI 353 - Basic Conducting 3 hours
MUSI 354 - Choral Rehearsal Techniques 3 hours
MUSI 355 - Advanced Conducting 3 hours
Choose 3 hrs (Choral Ensemble) from the following:
MUSI 160 - Jane Froman Singers 1 hour
MUSI 360 - Jane Froman Singers 1 hour
MUSI 180 - Chamber Choir 1 hour
MUSI 380 - Chamber Choir 1 hour
Choose 6 hrs (Methods/Techniques of Teaching Pre-K/Elementry and Middle/Secondary School Music) from the following:
EDUC 346 - Teaching Pre-K and Elementary Music 3 hours
EDUC 347 - Teaching Middle School and Secondary Music 3 hours

Professional Education Requirements (60 sem. hrs)

SOCI 270 - Diversity and Society 3 hours or
ANTH 270 - Diversity and Society 3 hours
EDUC 200 - Law, Ethics, and Education 3 hours ³
EDUC 220 - Methods of Teaching English Learners 3 hours
EDUC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours or
PSYC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours
EDUC 300 - Techniques of Teaching 3 hours ¹
EDUC 311 - Classroom and Behavior Management Techniques 3 hours ¹
EDUC 322 - Educational Measurement and Assessment 3 hours
EDUC 338W - Content Reading and Writing 3 hours ¹
EDUC 346 - Teaching Pre-K and Elementary Music 3 hours ¹
EDUC 347 - Teaching Middle School and Secondary Music 3 hours ¹
EDUC 376 - Adolescent Literacy 3 hours
EDUC 390 - Education and Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 hours
Choose one option from the following:
PSYC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or
EDUC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or
EDUC 391 - Child Psychology 3 hours and
EDUC 392 - Adolescent Psychology 3 hours
EDUC 400 - Senior Seminar 3 hours (Take course in the semester prior to student teaching)
EDUC 425 - Undergraduate Student Teaching 12 hours ⁴ (16 weeks)

Total Semester Hours: 105

Note(s):

¹ Includes field experience
²Must be taken within first 9 hours of EDUC classes
³Meets college Ethics requirement
⁴ Must receive a grade of B or higher for certification; two placements (Elementary and Secondary)