K-12 Licenses: Instrumental Music

The required courses for a K-12 teaching license in instrumental music are listed below. All teaching candidates are advised that completion of the program within a four-year time frame requires careful planning. If you seek a license to teach, please seek early advising from the School of Education to plan your program.

The Licensure Requirements Form lists a full description of the required courses and tests.

Education courses:
EDU 3150 Schools and Society
EDU 3250 Educational Psychology
EDU 5620 Education and Cultural Diversity
EDU 5640 Families, Schools and Communities
EDU 5690 Theory to Practice 5-8
EDU 5710 Teaching Literacy in the Middle and High Schools
EDU 5720 Exceptionality
EDU 5750 Teaching in Secondary Schools
EDU 5900 Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 5960 K-12 Student Teaching

Music courses:
MUS 1750 Class Guitar or pass guitar proficiency test
MUS 3350 Music History I
MUS 3360 Music History II
MUS 3410 Theory of Music I
MUS 3420 Theory of Music II
MUS 3430 Theory of Music III
MUS 3450 Arranging, Orchestration, and Computer Notation
MUS 3460 Instrumental Score Analysis and Conducting
MUS 5940 Senior Recital
1 music history elective
7 semesters of performance study (MUS 3500-3700)
7 semesters of ensembles

One 4-credit elective course in music taken at the College of St. Catherine:
Consult a music department advisor for details
MUS 285 Instrument Techniques: Strings
MUS 286 Instrument Techniques: Woodwinds
MUS 287 Instrument Techniques: Brass and Percussion
MUS 315 Conducting I
Elementary Music Methods
Secondary Music Methods

Additional requirement:
Pass a piano proficiency exam

See the K-12 instrumental music licensure requirements form for a full description of the required courses and tests.