Music Performance MusB/Music Education EdM

Admission Criteria

New, current, and transfer students must be admitted to the MusB in Music Performance degree, which requires a short application and audition. Up-to-date audition requirements are found on the music department’s website.

As with other UB Teach programs, students do not apply separately to graduate study. Instead, there are a series of progression points that must be met. Students must:

• maintain a 3.0 GPA
• earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses (courses in the major);
• earn a “B-” or better in all education and graduate-level coursework;
• complete an interview with the Office of Educator Preparation in year three of the bachelor’s program;
• submit two letters of recommendation.

Academic Requirements

Students must:

• maintain a 3.0 GPA
• earn a “C” grade or higher in content courses (courses in the major);
• earn a “B-” or better in all education and graduate-level coursework.

Undergraduate Course Requirements

Graduate Course Requirements

Total Credits Required for Undergraduate Major: 75

Additional Degree Requirements

• Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements
• 13 credits of Education Core*

Total Undergraduate Credits Required: 112

Total Graduate Credits Required for Degree: 57

Total Credits Required for Graduation: 169

Notes

* Dual listed with a graduate course and satisfies both undergraduate and graduate requirements.

For Pathways, students should take Mus 104, which is a part of the Thematic List 3 pathway and a degree requirement. Students with a 4 or 5 on the AP Music Theory exam can receive credit for Mus 104.  
 

Curricular Plan

YEAR 1

Fall Semester

• MUS 155LAB - Basic Keyboard Credits: 1-2  (All Performance Majors except Keyboard)
• Applied Lessons Credits: 2
• Ensemble Credits: 2
• UB Seminar Credits: 3
• ENG 105LEC - Writing and Rhetoric Credits: 4  
• MUS 104LEC - Introduction to Music Theory and Musicianship Credits: 3  
  
  Total Credits: 16

Spring Semester

• MUS 105LEC - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 1 Credits: 3  
• MUS 105LAB - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 1 Lab Credits: 1  
• Applied Lessons Credits: 2
• Ensemble Credits: 2
• Pathway Credits: 3
• Math and Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 4
• LAI 350LEC - Introduction to Education Credits: 4  
  
  Total Credits: 19

YEAR 2

Fall Semester

• MUS 106LEC - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 2 Credits: 3  
• MUS 106LAB - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 2 Lab Credits: 1  
• MUS 213LEC - Music History Survey 1 Credits: 3  
• Applied Lessons Credits: 2
• Ensemble Credits: 2
• Pathway Credits: 3
• Pathway Credits: 3
  
  Total Credits: 21

Spring Semester

• MUS 211LEC - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 3 Credits: 3  
• MUS 211LAB - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 3 Lab Credits: 1  
• MUS 214LEC - Music History Survey 2 Credits: 3  
• Applied Lessons Credits: 3
• Ensemble Credits: 2
• Scientific Literacy and Inquiry 1 Credits: 3
• Pathway Credits: 3
• ELP 405LEC - Sociology of Education Credits: 3  
  
  Total Credits: 21

YEAR 3

Fall Semester

• MUS 212LEC - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 4 Credits: 3  
• MUS 212LAB - Music Theory, Analysis, and Aural Skills 4 Lab Credits: 1  
• Music History Elective 1 Credits: 3
• Applied Lessons Credits: 2
• Ensemble Credits: 2
• MUS 343LAB - Elements of Conducting I Credits: 2  
• LAI 474SEM - Teaching the Exceptional Learner in the Regular Education Classroom Credits: 3  
• CEP 400LEC - Educational Psychology Credits: 3  
  
  Total Credits: 20

Spring Semester

• Music History Elective 2 Credits: 3
• Applied Lessons Credits: 2
• Ensemble Credits: 2
• Pathway Credits: 3
• MUS344
• Communication Literacy II Credits: 3
• UBC 399MNT - UB Curriculum Capstone Credits: 1  
  
  Total Credits: 17

YEAR 4

Fall Semester

• MUS 424STU - Vocal/Choral Methods Credits: 2  
• MUS 423STU - String Methods Credits: 2  
• MUS 420STU - Woodwind Methods Credits: 2  
• Applied Lessons Credits: 2
• Music Education Elective 1 Credits: 3
• LAI 584 Instrumental Musicianship and Materials Credits: 3
• LAI 606 Foundations in Music Education Credits: 3 
  
  Total Credits: 17

Spring Semester​

• Applied Lessons Credits: 2
• Recital Credit: 0
• Music Education Elective 2 Credits: 3
• LAI 554 Measurement and Evaluation in Music Credits: 3 OR LAI 600 Curriculum Integration and Assessment Credits: 3 
• LAI 583 Classroom Musicianship and Materials Credits: 3
• MUS 422STU - Percussion Methods Credits: 2   
  
  Total Credits: 15

YEAR 5

Fall Semester

• LAI 694 Instructional Strategies All Grades Credits: 3
• Content Area Elective Credits: 2 
• LAI 668 Supervised Teaching Credits: 3
• LAI 667 Field Experience Credits: 3
  
  Total Credits: 11

Spring Semester​

• LAI 569 Research in Music Education OR LAI 515 Action Research Credits: 3
• Capstone Credits: 3
• LAI 595 Supervised Teaching II Credits: 3
• LAI 674 Student Teaching Seminar Credits: 3
  
  Total Credits: 12

Learning Outcomes

Undergraduate Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of all requirements, the student will have knowledge of:

• Students will demonstrate  technical and musical proficiency at an advanced level, culminating in a public recital of varied repertoire approved by the performance faculty.
• Students will demonstrate proficiency in performance ensemble.
• By the completion of Music History Survey I & II, music majors will be able to explain the major historical trends in the development of Western classical music.
• Students will develop competency in the fundamentals of Western music theory, including notated and aural traditions.
• Develop analytical strategies and theoretical knowledge that responds to a variety of musical traditions, including instrumental and vocal music, tonal and non-tonal music written in the Western art music tradition, and vernacular music.