Admission Requirements
Applicants to the DePaul music teacher certification program must meet the following standards:
Undergraduate degree in music
Grade Point Average of 2.75 or higher
Recommendations from two individuals familiar with the candidate’s potential as a teacher
Music audition
Program of Study
All certification students must meet the core requirements of the undergraduate students in music education. Certification students take courses in four basic areas: music, liberal studies, music education, and education. A transcript review will be done by the music education department, to determine any deficiencies in any of these areas of study. Substitutions will be determined by the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs where appropriate.
Music Courses
Applied music study (2 years)
Musicianship/music theory and history (2 years)
Aural training (2 years)
Keyboard skills (2 years)
Conducting (1 course)
Music Traditions (world music and jazz)
Ensemble (4 years)
Liberal Studies
Writing (8 credits)
Math (4 credits)
Science, lab or quantitative (4 credits)
American government (4 credits)
American history (4 credits)
Music Education (V=vocal specialization, I=instrumental specialization)
Professional Education
MED 306
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC EDUCATION
(2 credits) Concurrent teaching/observation required
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 303
ELEMENTARY VOCAL-GENERAL METHODS & LAB
(4 credits)
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music Education student who has passed the petition to major is a prerequisite for this class.MED 304
MIDDLE SCHOOL VOCAL METHODS AND LAB
Junior High Vocal Methods & Lab. (2 hrs.)
Prerequisites:
MED 303 is a prerequisite for this class.MED 300
ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL METHODS & LAB
(4 credits)
Prerequisites:
MED 303 is a prerequisite for this class.MED 305
SECONDARY VOCAL METHODS AND LAB
(2 credits)
Prerequisites:
MED 303 is a prerequisite for this class.MED 308
ACCOMPANYING FOR THE MUSIC EDUCATOR
(2 credits) The objectives of this course are to help students further develop practical keyboard facility and keyboard musicianship skills, reinforce musical and theoretical concepts presented in Musicianship classes, improve facility of reading piano music, establish keys of pieces by preparing scales, arpeggios, and chord progressions, and combine all of the above in teaching more effectively and confidently with good piano accompaniment for classroom/choral teaching.
Prerequisites:
A petition to major is a prerequisite for this class.MED 301
SECONDARY INSTRUMENTAL METHODS AND LAB
Secondary Instrumental Methods & Lab. (2 hrs.)
Prerequisites:
MED 300 is a prerequisite for this class.MED 310
MUSIC EDUCATION FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD
(4 credits) A survey course highlighting special education mandates that affect music educators, including profiles of giftedness and various areas of disability. Alternative teaching strategies and classroom management techniques are also addressed.
Prerequisites:
MED 303 is a prerequisite for this class.MED 325
TECHNOLOGY FOR MUSIC EDUCATORS
This course will acquaint the music education major with a variety of music technology hardware and software applications, which may be used effectively for instruction in the music classroom and studio.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Graduate Music Education student or an Undergraduate Music Education major with a completed petition to major is a prerequisite for this class.MED 340
CONDUCTING FOR THE MUSIC EDUCATOR
This course will equip the music educator with the preliminary abilities to teach from the podium (i.e. in a performance ensemble setting). It will provide a sequential and methodical approach to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are necessary for effective and efficient teaching in the performing ensemble classroom.
Prerequisites:
A petition to major in Music Education is a prerequisite for this class.MED 121
CLASS GUITAR
(1 credit) Open only to School of Music students. Techniques of functional guitar.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 196
CLASS VOICE
(1 credit) Open only to School of Music students. A developmental approach to singing.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 101
BRASS I
(1 credit) Trumpet and french horn. This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 102
BRASS II
(1 credit) Trombone, euphonium and tuba. This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 103
WOODWINDS I
(1 credit) Clarinet and saxophone. This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 104
WOODWINDS II
(1 credit) Oboe and bassoon. This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 105
STRINGS I
(1 credit) Violin and viola. This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 107
PERCUSSION I
(1 credit) This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 106
STRINGS II
(1 credit) Cello and string bass. This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 313
CHORAL LITERATURE I
Prerequisites:
A petition to major is a prerequisite for this class.MED 108
PERCUSSION II
(1 credit) This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.MED 95
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH
(0 credit) Required of all music education students. Observations and participation experience with children and youth in a school or agency. This course is a prerequisite for student teaching and related professional courses. This course serves as a pre-requisite for MED 392.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music Education student who has passed the petition to major is a prerequisite for this class.MED 392
STUDENT TEACHING
(12 credits) A variety of supervised and directed experiences in the teaching of music in elementary and secondary schools. The teaching in schools is supplemented with conferences, evaluations, and seminars. COREQUISITE(S): MED 393.
Prerequisites:
MED 300, MED 303, MED 306, MED 310, MED 095 and status as a Music Education major is a prerequisite for this class.MED 393
STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR
(0 credit) COREQUISITE(S): MED 392.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music Education student who has passed the petition to major is a prerequisite for this class.SCU 207
SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
This course examines through an interdisciplinary framework sociological and historical issues and concerns associated with the relationship between education and public life. The course analyzes education as a form of cultural power, addressing its political and ideological effects. Emphasis will be placed upon the social and historical meanings and purposes assigned to education, especially as it pertains to questions of race, gender, sexuality, and the political economy of class.
SCU 336
ADOLESCENT AND ADULT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Theories of development throughout adolescence including current issues of problems and growth crises in attaining maturation. The course also includes adult and aging life span considerations. Emphasis is placed on the role of the early childhood professional in interaction with adults in the lives of young children (i.e., parents, grandparents).
PSY 303
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Principles of development from conception through maturity. May only be taken for credit toward psychology major by students in the Comprehensive Evening Program. May be taken as general elective by all students.
Prerequisites:
PSY 105 or PSY 106 is a prerequisite for this class.LSE 380
PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION
This course is a critical inquiry to major philisophical writings in education. This course satisfies the philosophical inquiry requirement. PREREQUISITE(S): PHL 100; SCU 207 highly recommended.
MED 109
WOODWINDS III
(1 credit) Flute. This course focuses on the fundamentals of instrumental performance, pedagogy, and other related information. Open only to School of Music students.
Prerequisites:
Status as a Music student is a prerequisite for this class.