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College of Education

Multi-Age Programs PreK-12 in Music

Introduction  Institutional Requirements  Teacher Education Requirements for Major
Music Major Courses    Four Year Course Rotation    Links

Introduction:

Welcome to Ashland University Teacher Education. You have expressed a desire to matriculate in our licensure programs. There are five categories of expectations during your time in teacher education:


This plan outlines those expectations in each of those categories. In addition, the plan provides teacher education or university offices where you can get further clarification. It is your responsibility to understand all expectations and work closely with your advisor in order to successfully fulfill these expectations.

Please keep a copy of this plan in your records and keep it continually updated. You MUST bring your copy with you when you meet with your advisor or other department personnel. An official copy of your academic plan is continually updated and maintained in your Teacher Education cumulative file (Schar Hall).

General Expectations Throughout a Student's Matriculation:
  1. Maintain a 2.5 cumulative, major, and professional GPA. I understand that if I do not have the required GPA's I will be put on Conditional Admittance status. If at the end of two semesters, the required GPA's are still below 2.5, I understand I will be dismissed from teacher education. I also understand that if I do not earn required GPA's, there is an intervention process that can help me earn back full admission status. (The Office of Field and Clinical Experiences and Advisor will assist you with this process.)

          a. Earn a grade of C- or higher in any Teacher Education course (EDCI, EDFN &

              EDEC).  I understand that I will have to repeat the course if I earn a D+ or

              lower on any Teacher Education course.

  1. Accumulate at least 128 hours in order to graduate. (This number is different for transfer students.)
  1. It is the student's responsibility to inform the Office of Disability Services and Peer Tutoring if special learning accommodations are required for course and/or field work. Teacher education faculty or administrators are not required to make accommodations unless appropriate documentation is on file with the Office of Disability Services. Personnel from Teacher Education as well as the Office of Disability Services work closely to ensure fair and reasonable accommodations for the teacher education student.
  1. _____ ACT/SAT Score.
  1. _____ (YES/NO) I must take the Praxis I test because my entering ACT or SAT score was lower than the baseline scores for Teacher Education. An ACT composite of 21 or higher OR an SAT composite of 970 or higher are the current Teacher Education Department baselines. If my ACT/SAT scores are below the baseline scores, then I realize I must take and pass all three sections of the Praxis I test before I can be admitted into Teacher Education. The office that can assist me with Praxis I registration, testing dates, fees, and preparation is Teacher Testing and Licensure and Office.
Suggestions/Challenges to the Student:
  1. Teacher Education faculty advisors are assigned to licensure students based on the particular licensure and expertise of the advisor. That advisor should be your first stop when you have questions or concerns. Do you know where you advisor's office is? Do you know his/her phone number? Do you know his/her email?
  1. As faculty members, your advisor holds regular, weekly office hours. Do you know those hours? Do you know that those office hours change each semester?
  1. Your advisor is assigned to you at the beginning of your matriculation. If you change your licensure area (or your major) you must do the following:

    a. ___ Fill out a Change in Major/Advisor form at the Registrar's Office.

  1. You have been assigned an AU email address as well as a mailbox on campus. Do you check your AU email address often? Those are the two methods of communication we use most often when we send out reminders and notices. We do NOT send these same reminders/notices to your other email addresses. Do you check your mailbox often? Hard copies of updates and notices are sent there.
  1. If you make changes to your academic plan and don't inform your advisor, the total responsibility rests on your shoulders.

Institutional Requirements:

Music

Multi-Age Programs PreK-12
Institutional Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

 Check Off Tier Course Number Course Description Semester Hours
____

IR

 IUL 101 Introduction to University Life 1
____ IPR International Perspectives*** Student Choice 3
 ____ I English 101 Composition I 3
 ____ I English 102 Composition II 3
 ____ I Communications Student Choice 3
 ____
          I received a C- or higher for Communications or an equivalent course.
 ____ I Math Student Choice 3
 ____ I Religion Student Choice 3
 ____ I FCS/PE 180 Lifetime Wellness 2
 ____ II Aesthetics Student Choice 3
 ____ II MUSIC 34X   3
 ____ II Humanities Student Choice-NEED TWO 6
 ____ II Natural Sciences Student Choice-NEED TWO 6
 ____ II PSYCH 218, and ONE MORE Psychology of Adolescence 6
 ____ II Historical Reasoning Student Choice 3

***Please note: PreK-12 Licensure students should choose an International Perspectives course that will also meet one of the following requirements: Tier I requirement or Tier II requirement OR Related Concentration requirement.  Please choose carefully.  See appropriate catalog and/or semester schedule book for approved course to meet Tier I, Tier II and International Perspective requirements.


Teacher Education Requirements for the Major:

Multi-Age Programs PreK-12 – Music
Teacher Education

Check Off  Course Number Course Description Sem. Hours Prerequisites & Requirements
 ____ EDFN 130 Workshop in Teaching 2 Must take w/ EDCI 131
 ____ EDCI 131 Instructional Technology Lab 0 Must take w/ EDFN 130
 ____ I have completed an "intent to enroll in Teacher Education form," and it has been submitted to the Office of Field/Clinical Experiences in 240 Schar
 ____ I have signed a "Good Moral Character" statement, and it has been submitted to the Office of Field/Clinical Experience. NOTE: Both forms are distributed in EDFN 130 and extras are available in the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences
 ____ EDFN 202 Teaching and Learning Process 3 EDFN 130
 ____ EDCI 204 General Music Methods I 3 Music 152
___ I have applied for the EDCI 230 PK field experience prior to registering for EDCI 230PK.  The application can be picked up in the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences
____ EDCI 230 PK Workshop in Ed. PreK-12 2 EDFN 130; 202 recomm.
 ____ EDCI 250 Intro. to Ed. Intervention 3 None

___ (If applicable) I have passed all three tests of the Praxis I, and have submitted those scores to the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences prior to enrollment in the remaining blocked courses (below).

___ I have applied for and have been accepted into the Teacher Education program prior to enrollment in the remaining blocked courses (below). I have met all Teacher Education requirements up to this time. (The application form can be picked up in the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences.)

___ I have applied for the EDCI 330 field experience prior to registering for EDUC 330 blocked courses. The application form can be picked up in the Office of Field and Clinical Experiences. I understand that part of that application involves a background check with an attendant fee. This background check is good for one year.

___ I have submitted my teacher portfolio for Teacher Education Induction. It has been approved before my enrollment in the remaining blocked courses (below)

BLOCKED COURSES (Courses which MUST be taken together.)
Check Off   Course Number Course Description Sem. Hours Prerequisites & Requirements
 ____ EDCI 330 PK Class Mngmnt/Field Exp. PreK-12
2

EDCI 230, PSYCH 218
____ PSYCH 208 Psychology of Adolescene
3
 None
____ EDCI 392 Content Area Reading
3
 None
____ EDCI 325

General Music Methods II

(vocal concentration students only)
2
 Music 152, EDFN 130, EDCI 204
____ EDFN 402 Social & Professional Issues 3 Senior Teacher Ed. Student

___ I have requested a free junior audit of coursework completed from the Registrar’s Office. I understand that this audit is the official record of coursework completed and coursework remaining prior to graduation.

___ I have applied for the EDCI 469 student teaching. As part of my application I developed a resume. (The Office of Field and Clinical Experiences as well as the Career Development Office can assist you with this expectation.)

___ I have submitted my Teacher Education Portfolio for a second time prior to enrollment in student teaching coursework (below). It has been approved.

Check Off  Course Number Course Description Sem. Hours Prerequisites & Requirements
 ____ EDCI 469 Student Teaching PreK-12 10 EDCI 330, 380 or EDCI 432FL & FL proficiency

___ I have applied to take the required Praxis II tests prior to or during my final semester. (The Office of Testing and Licensure can assist with applications, deadlines, costs, and preparations.)

___ I have contacted the Career Development Office to discuss job search strategies and opportunities.

___ I have applied for state teaching licensure. (The Office of Testing and Licensure can assist with the applications, deadlines, and costs.) I understand that part of the application will be a background check if one calendar year has passed since my last background check.

___ I have applied for graduation within the time frame of the Registrar’s Office. I have attached the completed “Undergraduate Degree Graduation Check sheet to the graduation form. For May graduation, applications are due the previous November. For December graduates, applications are due the previous September.

Music Major Courses:

Instrument and Vocal Concentration:
Check Off Course Number Course Description Sem. Hours Prerequisites & Requirements
____
 MUS 151-52 Basic Musicianship I & II
3-3
 Diagnostic exam & MUS 151
____
 MUS 102 Recital (7 Semesters)
0
 None
____
 MUS 237 Fundamentals of Conducting
2
 MUS 152
____
 MUS 261 Adv. Music I
4
 MUS 152
____
 MUS 262 Adv. Musicianship II
4
 MUS 261
  ____ MUS (34-) (4 sem. @ 1 hr. ea.) Principal Applied
4
 music major
____
 MUS 351 Music History I
3
 MUS 150,151 or 152
____
 MUS 355 Music History II
3
 MUS 150,151 or 152
____
 MUS 357 Music History III
3
 MUS 150,151 or 152
____
 MUS 361 Adv. Musicianship III
4
 MUS 262
____
 MUS 362 Adv. Musicianship IV
4
 MUS 361
  ____

MUS (44-)

(3 sem. @ 2 hr. ea.)

Principal Applied
6
 jury
____
 MUS 403 Senior Recital
0
 MUS 44-concurrent
____
 MUS 499 Musical Comprehensive Exam
0
 Pass
Instrumental Concentration:
 Check Off Course Number Course Description Sem. Hours Prerequisites & Requirements
____
 Applied Music, Principal Applied Area:
 
____
 MUS 010 (7 sem. @ 1 hr. ea.) Univ. Band
7
 Audition
____
 *MUS(24-) 3 sem. @ 1 hr. ea. Secondary Applied
3
 None
Secondary Applied:
 
____
 MUS 209 Brass Techniques
2
 music major
  ____ MUS 213 String Techniques
2
 music major
____
 MUS 214 Vocal Methods
1
 None
____
 MUS 218 Woodwind Techniques
2
 music major
____
 MUS 220 Percussion Techniques
1
 music major
____
 MUS 375 Inst. Conducting
3
 MUS 237
____
 MUS 477 Inst. Arranging
1
 MUS 361
____
 EDCI 395 Curr. & Methods Teaching Instr. Music Ensemble
3
 MUS 152, EDCI 230PK

*Choose 3 hours of private applied secondary instruments or additional piano. 1 hour must be a wind, percussion or string instrument from a different family than the principal applied area selected from MUS 241-247 only.

Vocal Concentration:
 Check Off
Course Number Course Description
Sem. Hours
Prerequisites & Requirements
Applied Music, Principal Applied Area:
 
____
 MUS 022 (7 sem. @ 1 hr. ea.) Univ. Choir
7
 Audition
  ____ Choose one of the following:
3
  
**MUS 240 Applied Voice
3
 None
  **MUS 241 Applied Piano
3
 None
Secondary Applied:
 
____
 MUS 216 Vocal Diction & Repertoire I
2
 MUS 340
____
 MUS 270 Into. to Inst. Vocal Music
3
 MUS 152
____
 MUS 348 Keyboard Harmony
2
 MUS 152; 241 or 341
____
 MUS 376 Choral Conducting
3
 MUS 237

**Vocal music education majors with a principal applied area of voice select 241; those with a principal applied area of piano or organ select 240.

Students who begin study at a higher level than 171 must complete the course credit by exam process by the eighth week of the first foreign language course taken at AU in order to have credits appear on a university transcript.

Students are required to participate annually in the Foreign Language Department Portfolio Assessment.

Four Year Course Rotation:

See the Four-Year Rotation in Microsoft Word

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