K-12 Licenses: Vocal Music

Students interested in earning a K-12 teaching license in vocal music are advised to declare a music major in performance and take general education classes offered by the School of Education. The remaining State of Minnesota requirements for licensure are completed at the College of St. Catherine, not at Hamline University. Students will graduate from Hamline University and complete student teaching as a post-baccalaureate candidate at St. Catherine's.

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 profficiency test
MUS 3350 Music History I
MUS 3360 Music History II
MUS 3400 Dalcroze Eurhythmics
MUS 3410 Theory of Music I
MUS 3420 Theory of Music II
MUS 3430 Theory of Music III
MUS 3450 Arranging, Orchestration, & Computer Notation
MUS 5940 Senior Recital
1 music history elective
6 semesters of performance study (MUS 3500-3700)
6 semesters of ensembles

Courses taken at the College of St. Catherine:
Consult with 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
MUS 316 Conducting II - Choral
Elementary music methods
Secondary music methods

Additional requirement:
Pass a piano profficiency exam 

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