Music Education, BME
The School of Music offers the BME degree with the following concentrations:
Instrumental
Vocal
Instrumental Concentration
Music Requirements
Ensembles (4 hours total- .5 hour each semester)
Students with band concentration 8 semesters
Four must be:
Marching Band | 0.5 |
Four remaining may be chosen from:
Wind Symphony | 0.5 | |
Symphonic Band | 0.5 | |
Jazz Ensemble | 0.5 |
Students with orchestra concentration- 8 semesters
Students must enroll in course each regular semester.
Symphony Orchestra | 0.5 |
Remaining credits may be chosen from:
Chamber Music | 0.5 | |
New Music Ensemble | 0.5 | |
Collegium Musicum | 0.5 |
Studio Performance Lessons (14 hours)
Lower Division-8 hours
Upper Division-6 hours
Music Theory (20 hours)
Elementary Ear Training | 1 | |
Elementary Theory | 3 | |
Elementary Ear Training | 1 | |
Elementary Theory | 3 | |
Advanced Ear Training | 1 | |
Advanced Theory | 3 | |
Advanced Ear Training | 1 | |
Advanced Theory | 3 | |
Form and Analysis | 2 | |
Instrumentation | 2 |
Music History (11 hours)
History of Western Music I | 3 | |
World Music for Music Majors | 2 | |
History of Western Music II | 3 | |
History of Western Music III | 3 |
Instrumental Techniques (7 hours)
Students not required to take technique class in their primary instrument
String Instrument Technique I | 1 | |
String Technique II | 1 | |
Percussion Technique | 1 | |
Woodwind Technique I | 1 | |
Brass Technique I | 1 | |
Woodwind Technique II | 1 | |
Brass Technique II | 1 |
Class Voice (1 hour)
Class Voice | 1 |
Music Education (9 hours)
Introduction to Music Education | 1 | |
Music Learning and Assessment | 1 | |
Elementary Music | 3 | |
Instrumental Methods and Materials I | 2 | |
Instrumental Methods and Materials II | 2 |
Conducting (4 hours)
Introduction to Conducting | 2 | |
Instrumental Conducting | 2 |
Recital (1 hour)
Recital I | 1 |
Music Elective (1-2 hours)
Wind and Percussion, 1 hour
Strings, 2 hours
Acoustics (2 hours)
Fundamentals of Digital Recording | 2 |
Education Requirements
Communication Studies (3 hours)
Required for admission to the College of Education:
Communicating Effectively | 3 | |
3 | ||
3 |
ED Psych/Development (6 hours)
Educational Psychology | 3 | |
Child and Adolescent Development | 3 |
Education Certification (10 hours)
Professional Practice Seminar | 1 | |
Study of Exceptional Students | 3 | |
Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas | 3 | |
Schools, Curriculum, and Society | 3 |
Student Teaching (6 hours)
All Level Student Teaching | 6 |
University Requirements
Undergraduate degree (120 hours minimum)
Upper-level coursework taken at TCU (42 hours minimum)
TCU Core Curriculum minimum requirements vary depending on the choice of courses. Some courses may count in more than one area. The maximum required is 63 hours.
Vocal Concentration
Some School of Music majors require more than 120 hours to complete. See individual music requirements for details.
Music Requirements
Ensembles (4 hours total-.5 hour each semester)
8 semesters
Concert Chorale | 0.5 | |
University Singers | 0.5 | |
Cantiamo | 0.5 | |
Frog Corps | 0.5 |
May be counted for a maximum of 2 semesters
Opera Studio | 0.5 |
Studio Performance Lessons (14 hours)
Lower Division-8 hours
Upper Division-6 hours
Music Theory (20 hours)
Elementary Ear Training | 1 | |
Elementary Theory | 3 | |
Elementary Ear Training | 1 | |
Elementary Theory | 3 | |
Advanced Ear Training | 1 | |
Advanced Theory | 3 | |
Advanced Ear Training | 1 | |
Advanced Theory | 3 | |
Form and Analysis | 2 | |
Instrumentation | 2 |
Music History (11 hours)
History of Western Music I | 3 | |
World Music for Music Majors | 2 | |
History of Western Music II | 3 | |
History of Western Music III | 3 |
Diction (2 hours)
Diction for Singers | 1 | |
Diction for Singers | 1 |
Class Guitar (1 hour)
Class Guitar | 1 |
Functional Instrumental Technique (1 hour)
Functional Instrumental Technique | 1 |
Music Education (10 hours)
Introduction to Music Education | 1 | |
Music Learning and Assessment | 1 | |
Choral Methods and Materials I | 1 | |
Elementary Music | 3 | |
Choral Methods and Materials II | 2 | |
Choral Methods and Materials III | 2 |
Conducting (4 hours)
Introduction to Conducting | 2 | |
Choral Conducting | 2 |
Recital (1 hour)
Recital I | 1 |
Music Elective (2 hours)
Acoustics (2 hours)
Fundamentals of Voice Pedagogy for Music Educators | 2 |
Education Requirements
Communication Studies (3 hours)
Required for admission to the College of Education
Choose from
Communicating Effectively | 3 | |
3 | ||
3 |
ED Psych/Development (6 hours)
Educational Psychology | 3 | |
Child and Adolescent Development | 3 |
Education Certification (10 hours)
Professional Practice Seminar | 1 | |
Study of Exceptional Students | 3 | |
Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas | 3 | |
Schools, Curriculum, and Society | 3 |
Student Teaching (6 hours)
All Level Student Teaching | 6 |
University Requirements
Undergraduate degree (120 hours minimum)
Upper-level coursework taken at TCU (42 hours minimum)
TCU Core Curriculum minimum requirements vary depending on the choice of courses. Some courses may count in more than one area. The maximum required is 63 hours.