ADVISING TIPS SHEET

VCU Music Education Advising Sheet

VCU offers an approved program leading to the Virginia collegiate teaching certificate in Music, PK-12, with an endorsement in either choral or instrumental music.

• This endorsement is based upon the student’s major applied medium:

Ensemble Requirements

Performing Medium/Achievement Level/Recital

• All Music Education majors music complete:
  • 18 credits on Principal Performance Medium
  • 4 credits on Secondary Performance medium (1 credit maximum per semester)

Secondary Medium

• All Music Education majors must earn Achievement Level VI. A minimum of one level must be achieved every two semesters.

• All Music Education must successfully complete a Junior Recital. Completion of APPM 273 (keyboard skills) and all other Departmental requirements must occur before permission is granted for recital. The Junior Recital must be completed prior to Student Teaching (recommended in spring of third year).

 Class Instrument Methods

• Music Education methods coursework in class instruments cannot be substituted with applied study on a particular instrument. The courses required are:

Music Education Sequence

The final coursework in Music Education follows a proscribed sequence beginning in the fall of the third year. Students must proceed in this sequence as follows:

MUED 380 – Introduction to Music Education – to be taken in fall of third year. This course involves a thirty (30) hour practicum.

• Prerequisite : Successfully passed Praxis I (Reading: 178, Writing: 176, Math: 178; or combined score of 532) or appropriate SAT scores (minimum of 530 on both Verbal/Math and combined 1100)

MUED 381 – Methods and Practicum in Elementary Music Education – taken in spring of third year. This course involves a thirty (30) hour practicum.

• Prerequisite : MUED 380

MUED 382 – Secondary Methods/Practicum and Rehearsal Techniques – taken in fall of fourth year. This course involves a thirty (30) hour practicum.

• Prerequisite: MUED 381, APPM 381

TEDU 485/486 – Student Teaching in Music Education – taken in spring of fourth year

• Prerequisite : MEDU 382, Junior Recital, overall gpa of 2.5 and 3.0 in Music Ed coursework

General Requirements

The Commonwealth of Virginia requires the following assessments for licensure:

• Praxis I – taken and passed prior to beginning Music Ed sequence
• Praxis II (Music Content) – taken in final semester
• Virginia Communication and Literacy Assessment – taken in final semester