Pre-requisites for Methods and Student Teaching
All students seeking a Bachelor of Music in music education degree must formally
apply for admission to Teacher Education. Minimum criteria for admission to Teacher Education are:

1. Required GPA

2. Passing scores as established by the Pennsylvania Department of Education on the Pre-Professional Skills Tests, which include reading,writing,mathematics and listening.

3. Recommendation by the music education department (department recommendation may be contingent upon completion of additional and/or more rigorous requirements than the minimum described above).

Only students admitted to Teacher Education are eligible to take designated advanced professional music education course work. This will be notated by the placement of EDF 000 on the transcript. Students admitted to Teacher Education must maintain the GPA required for admission in order to continue taking advanced professional music education course work.

The following are the pre-requisites for MUE 331 (Methods and Materials I):

Completion of a minimum of 64 credits
Required GPA
ENG 120,ENG 121
2 Math Courses (at the college level)
EDF 100 School and Society
PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology

MUE 101 Dalcroze Eurhythmics I
MUE 102 Dalcroze Eurhythmics II
MUE 201 Seminar in Music Education
MTC 212 Music Theory III
MTC 214 Aural Activities III
Professional Qualifying Test
Sophomore observations

The following are the pre-requisites for MUE 431/432 (Student Teaching I,II)
Completion of a minimum of 96 credits
Required GPA
MTC 213 Theory IV
MTC 215 Aural Activities IV
MHL 210,211,212 Music History I,II,III

Required Conducting Courses
Instrument Classes
MUE 331,332,333,335 with a C or better
EDA 250 Inclusion in Music Education
Final required secondary keyboard and voice studio lessons with a C or better

Private Lessons
Do not schedule Private Lessons. If you are now taking a private lesson,the computer will automatically add lessons at the next level at the end of the regular scheduling period. Leave enough room in your schedule for these additional credits. If you do not want or need the next number (for example,your curriculum only requires that you take up to PIA 201 and you have been automatically scheduled for PIA 202),you must ask the chair of the appropriate department to drop the course. Chairs will schedule students for the private lesson following VOI 192 and PIA 192 (providing the class was successfully completed). Requests for elective private lessons should also be directed to the chairpersons. Requests for change of teacher in a private lesson should likewise be addressed to the chairperson.

Please inform the chair of the department if you are not planning to return in any given semester or are not planning to take private lessons for any reason.

Professional Sequencing
Information for students to help them to prepare to enter the professional sequences can be found at http://courses.wcupa.edu/kalbert/professionalsequence.html

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