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Music Education- Vocal
Bachelor of Music Education
The College of Music and Fine Arts offers a program of study leading to a bachelor of music in music education degree with teaching certification in K 12 vocal or instrumental music. The College of Music and Fine Arts in consortium with Our Lady of Holy Cross College offers coursework leading to post-baccalaureate certification in Louisiana. The College of Music and Fine Arts demonstrates a commitment to engaging all resources needed to prepare teacher candidates to acquire the knowledge, dispositions, and skilled actions necessary for K 12 student achievement in music.
Music education candidates are prepared to cultivate relational thinking, advocate for growth of the whole person, and develop a discerning mindset about their vocation to professional praxis. In this way, the teacher preparation process also fulfills the universitys mission and the tradition of the liberal arts. These underlying commitments are integrated into coursework, fieldwork, and clinical practice. Music education candidates gain competence in professional teaching standards, a variety of communication methods, and collaboration skills.
ADMISSION AND RETENTION IN MUSIC EDUCATION
Prerequisites to the music education major include:
- Admission to the College of Music and Fine Arts;
- Declaration of music education major;
- Successful completion of Foundations of Multicultural Education*;
- Completion of an interview with teacher education faculty members;
- Evidence of knowledge, dispositions, and skilled actions appropriate to program objectives and the folio-based program assessment plan.
Music education candidate progress is determined by assessment measures employed at transition portals 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Portal 1- (Freshman)
- Acceptance to College of Music and Fine Arts (Freshman)
- Passing scores on Praxis I in reading, writing, and mathematics
- Achieve a grade of C or better in Foundations of Multicultural Education*
Portal 2- (Sophomore Junior)
- Methods courses and field components: M200, M250, M307, M306
- Praxis II in Principles of Learning, Praxis Music
- Junior Recital
- Faculty Interview
Portal 3- (Senior)
- Intern Teaching/Student Teaching Seminar
- Remaining coursework
- Completion of all other program requirements
- Application for certification
Portal 4 Licensed Practice
- Follow-up graduate surveys
- LATAPP evaluations
- To be eligible for graduation and state certification, students must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and the grade of a C or better in all music and professional education courses.
* Our Lady of Holy Cross (OLHCC) consortium
INTERNSHIP TEACHING
The culminating experience in teacher education is student teaching. Internship teaching is a full-time, off-campus, school-based experience comprising a full semester. During internship teaching, the teacher candidate is expected to assume all responsibilities of a certified teacher. Intern teaching is clinical practice supervised by one or more faculty members in the music eduction department and a cooperating teacher in the school.
Upon successful completion of the internship, teacher candidates qualify for application for the bachelor of music degree and certification with the state of Louisiana. Faculty review may require probation, or removal of teacher candidate, for a given period. The services of the university counseling center are available for the purpose of career counseling to assist student teacher candidates.
STATE CERTIFICATION IN MUSIC EDUCATION
To be recommended by Loyola University New Orleans for certification as a K 12 vocal or instrumental teacher in Louisiana, the teacher candidate must fulfill all the requirements specified by the department for the degree program in music education. The degree program incorporates all the requirements for certification by the State of Louisiana for teaching in grades K 12. Certification requirements for Louisiana including reciprocity with other states are established by the Louisiana State Department of Education and are subject to change. Any such changes will be incorporated into the teacher preparation programs.
BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION (VOCAL)
| Freshman | F |
S |
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| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 |
0 |
| MUTH | M102, 103 | Theory I and II | 4 |
4 |
| MUPC | M110, 111 | Piano Class I and II | 1 |
1 |
| MUPC | M101 | Freshman Voice Lab | 0 |
|
| MUGN | M100 | Italian Diction and Repertoire I | 1 |
|
| MUPR | M148 | Applied Voice | 2 |
2 |
| MUHL | M106 | Introduction to Music Literature | 2 |
|
| MUEN | M100- 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 |
1 |
| ENGL | T122 | Critical Reading/Writing | 3 |
|
| OLHC | M204 | Foundations of Multicultural Education* | 3 |
|
| ENGL | T125 | The Emerging Self | 3 |
|
| PHIL | T122 | Intro to Philosophy | 3 |
|
Totals: |
14 |
17 |
||
| Sophomore | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 |
0 |
| MUTH | M202, 203 | Theory III and IV | 4 |
4 |
| MUPC | M210 | Piano Class III | 1 |
|
| MUPR | M136 | Applied Piano | 1 |
|
| MUGN | M200 | French Diction and Repertoire I | 1 |
|
| MUPR | M148 | Applied Voice | 2 |
2 |
| MUEN | M100 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 |
1 |
| OLHC | M303 | Adolescent Psychology* | 3 |
|
| MUED | M200 | Field Experience in Music Education | 0 |
|
| RELS | T122 | Introduction to World Religions | 3 |
|
| HIST | T122 or T124 | World Civilization | 3 |
|
| BIOL | T122 | Cultural Biology | 3 |
|
| MATH | T122 | Math Models | 3 |
|
| HIST,GEOG,ECON | History, Geography, or Economic Elective | 3 |
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Totals: |
18 |
17 |
||
| Junior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 |
0 |
| MUTH | M306 | Orchestration I | 2 |
|
| MUHL | M306, 307 | History of Western Art Music I and II | 3 |
3 |
| MUPR | M348 | Applied Voice | 2 |
2 |
| MUGN | M300 | German Diction and Repertoire I | 1 |
|
| MUPR | M136 | Applied Piano | 1 |
1 |
| MUPC | M300 | Essentials of Conducting | 2 |
|
| MUPC | M302 | Choral Conducting Methods | 2 |
|
| MUED | M308 | General Music Education Methods | 3 |
|
| MUED | M309 | Psychology of Teaching Music | 3 |
|
| MUED | M250 | Practicum in Music Education | 0 |
|
| MUEN | M100 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 |
1 |
| MATH | Math Elective | 3 |
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| OLHC | M311 | Teaching Reading in Content Areas* | 3 |
|
| CHEM | T122 | Intro to Chemistry | 3 |
|
Totals: |
18 |
18 |
||
| Senior | ||||
| MUPC | M100 | Recital Hour | 0 |
|
| MUPR | M300 | Recital Appearance | 0 |
|
| MUPR | M348 | Applied Voice | 2 |
|
| MUPD | M406 | Vocal Pedagogy | 1 |
|
| MUPR | M136 | Applied Piano | 1 |
|
| MUED | M307 | Choral Music Education Methods | 3 |
|
| OLHC | M452 | Student Teaching Seminar* | 3 |
|
| MUED | M400 | Internship - Student Teaching | 6 |
|
| MUEN | M100 106 | Major Ensemble | 1 |
|
| MUHL/MUTH | Music History or Music Theory Elective | 2 |
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| MUED | Music for the Special Learner | 3 |
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| MU | Music Elective | 1 |
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| PHYS | T122 | Intro to Physics | 3 |
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Totals: |
17 |
9 |
||
| TOTAL: | 128 cr. hrs. | |||
| *Denotes Our Lady of Holy Cross course | ||||
This course of study is designed to accommodate students who wish to pursue a music education curriculum and whose primary performance area is either voice or keyboard. Teaching certification, in either case, would be in vocal music. Adjustments in applied music focus will be made accordingly.

