Undergraduate Curriculum Overview
The WVU Music Education curriculum is comprehensive and will prepare students for a variety of teaching settings.
General Education Courses
Courses that balance professional specialization in music, such as writing, humanities and fine arts, social and behavioral sciences, and natural sciences and mathematics
Content Area Courses
Courses that increase skills as a musician, such as principal performance studies, ensembles, voice, piano, music theory (aural and written), music listening, music history, conducting, and arranging
Education Courses
Courses that develop knowledge of teaching, learning, and schools, including Introduction to Music Education and educational psychology
Pedagogy Courses
Courses that develop skills as a teacher and performer of various secondary instruments, such as woodwinds, recorder, brass, guitar, strings, percussion, and voice
Methods Courses
Courses that develop skills as a teacher in each of the three major areas of Music Education (instrumental music, vocal music, and general music), including clinical experiences
Capstone Experience
A two-week preparatory seminar and a fourteen-week supervised teaching internship in K-12 schools requiring successful integration of the knowledge and demonstration of the skills acquired throughout the undergraduate experience
Sample 4-year plan
Curriculum (advising) checklist
Music Education Advising Handbook (rev. Fall 2009)
Transferring into Music Education