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Dec 02, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
Music Education, BA
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Music Education Major | Course of Study
What can I teach?
- Students who complete the program can teach:
- Choral Music in Grades K4-12
- Instrumental Music in Grades K4-12
- General Music in Grades K4-12
To declare an Education Major:
Upon admission to WLC, students are encouraged to express an area of interest in education to assist with the scheduling and advising process.
Student may officially declare an Education major upon:
- Completion of 27 credits, including: COM 101 , ENG 101 , EDU 201 , EDU 210 , EDU 221 & EDU 292
- Attainment of a cumulative GPA of 2.5
- Successful presentation of the Education Entry Portfolio (an overview of this requirement is provided by professors in the EDU course sequence noted above)
Major Requirements:
- Exit cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the major
- Exit cumulative GPA of 2.75 overall
- Pass all EDU courses with a BC or higher (or students must repeat the course)
*Please consult with your Education Department advisor regarding testing requirements pertaining to your program in compliance with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).
The following Education coursework is required:
The following Music coursework is required:
Emphasis: Choral
Students will select either a Choral or Instrumental emphasis to complete within the major. Requirements for a Choral Emphasis are specified below:
Emphasis: Instrumental
Students will select either a Choral or Instrumental emphasis to complete within the major. Requirements for an Instrumental Emphasis are specified below:
The following Teacher Candidacy requirements conclude the program:
General Education Core Curriculum
Approaches to Individual and Social Questions
One Literature course from: - ENG 210 - American Literature 1 3 credits
- ENG 211 - American Literature 2 3 credits
- ENG 220 - British Literature 1 3 credits
- ENG 221 - British Literature 2 3 credits
- ENG 293 - Genre Studies: Drama 3 credits
- ENG 294 - Genre Studies: Poetry 3 credits
- ENG 295 - Genre Studies: Fiction 3 credits
- ENG 307 - Non-Western Perspectives 3 credits ♦
One History course from: - HIS 101 - American History 1, 1492-1865 3 credits
- HIS 102 - American History 2, 1866-1945 3 credits
- HIS 103 - Modern America, 1945-present 3 credits
- HIS 111 - European History 1, to - 1500 3 credits
- HIS 112 - European History 2, 1500-1850 3 credits
- HIS 113 - Modern Europe, 1850-present 3 credits
- HIS 321 - The Crusades 3 credits
- HIS 352 - Islam and the Middle East 3 credits ♦
- HIS 371 - Native American History 3 credits ♦
- HIS 381 - American Revolution and Early Republic, 1763-1815 3 credits
- HIS 383 - American Civil War, 1848-1877 3 credits
One Quantitative Reasoning course from: - MAT 116 - Survey of Contemporary Mathematics 3 credits
- MAT 117 - Elementary Statistics 3 credits
- MAT 118 - A Modeling Approach to College Algebra 3 credits
- MAT 119 - Trigonometry 3 credits
- MAT 221 - Calculus 1 4 credits
One Lab Science course from: - ANT 101 - Biological Anthropology 4 credits ♦
- BIO 121 - Insect Empire 4 credits
- BIO 124 - Plant Science 4 credits
- BIO 142 - Microbes - Friends and Foes 3 credits and BIO 143
- BIO 202 - Principles of Biology 2 4 credits
- CHE 101 - Fundamentals of Chemistry 4 credits
- CHE 105 - Food and Cooking Chemistry 4 credits
- CHE 161 - General Chemistry 1 4 credits and CHE 168 - General Chemistry 1 Lab (one additional credit)
- ESS 182 - Environmental Science 4 credits
- PHY 101 - Introduction to Astronomy 3 credits and PHY 105
- PHY 151 - General Physics 1 4 credits
- PHY 152 - General Physics 2 4 credits
- PHY 201 - General Physics 1: Space, Time and Motion 5 credits
- PHY 202 - General Physics 2: Electricity, Magnetism and Light 5 credits
One Social Science course from: - ANT 100 - General Anthropology 3 credits ♦
- ANT 102 - Cultural Anthropology 3 credits ♦
- ANT 322 - Food and Culture 3 credits ♦
- BUS 150 - Introduction to Business 3 credits
- BUS 181 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits
- COM 203 - Introduction to Mass and Social Media 3 credits
- COM 211 - Small Group Communication 3 credits
- COM 260 - Interpersonal Communication 3 credits
- COM 309 - Intercultural Communication 3 credits ♦
- PHI 101 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits
- POL 110 - Introduction to American Government and Politics 3 credits
- POL 290 - Politics and Governments of Developed and Developing Nations 3 credits ♦
- POL 390 - Central Europe: International Travel Course 3 credits ♦
- PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology 3 credits
- PSY 120 - Human Growth and Development 3 credits
- SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credits ♦
- SPE 240 - Cognitive and Behavior Change in Sport & Exercise Science 3 credits
One Fine Arts course from: - ART 110 - Drawing 1 3 credits
- ART 120 - Fundamentals of 2-D 3 credits
- ART 130 - Fundamentals of 3-D 3 credits
- ART 140 - Introductory Web Design 3 credits
- ART 150 - Non-Western Art 3 credits ♦
- ART 200 - Introduction to Visual Art 3 credits
- MUS 100 - Music Appreciation 3 credits
- MUS 101 - Music Fundamentals 3 credits
- MUS 105 - American Popular Music 3 credits
- MUS 106 - Women in Music 3 credits
- MUS 110 - Music Theory 1 3 credits
- THR 101 - Introduction to Theatre 3 credits
- THR 210 - Acting 1 3 credits
or successfully complete three semesters of MUS 021 or three semesters of MUS 025 .
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
BA Foreign Language
For the BA, one of the following:
Completion of three years of a high school foreign language, two of which must be sequential from the same language or completion of a college level foreign language course: - GER 101 - Elementary German 1 4 credits
- GER 102 - Elementary German 2 4 credits
- SPA 101 - Elementary Spanish 1 4 credits
Note: If a course is used to satisfy the foreign language requirement it may not be used to satisfy the Intercultural Knowledge and Competence requirement.
Degree Credit Requirements
- At least 120 degree credits are required for a bachelor’s degree along with completion of the GENED Curriculum and the requirements of at least one major.
- There is no limit to the number of credits which may be earned in one department.
- A minimum of 30 of the final 36 credits must be earned in residence to receive a bachelor’s degree from WLC.
- Students must also earn at least 15 credits in residence in upper division courses (300 and 400 level) in the major to receive a bachelor’s degree from WLC.
- If a major requires a capstone course, it is required to be taken at WLC.
- At least 9 credits in the minor must be taken at WLC.
- A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 must be achieved to satisfy the degree requirements. Individual programs may require grade point averages higher than a 2.0 for courses used to satisfy the major.
Suggested General Education Sequencing
- Freshman : COL 101 (Fall), LAS 101 (Spring), Foreign Language/Foreign Language Diversity, Quantitative Reasoning, ENG 101 , COM 101 , THE 105 /THE 110 , ~9 cr. in the major
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Sophomore: Biblical Theology, PED 100 , 1-2 Approaches, declare major
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Junior: Applied Theology, 1-2 Approaches
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Senior: Systematic Theology, 1-2 Approaches, LAS 401 /LAS 402
(Full general education information may be found here.)
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