Choral Music Education - Early
Childhood through Adolescence Education Certification (K-12)

(55 semester hours)

Lakeland students singing
  • MUS 111 music Theory I and lab (4 semester hours)
  • MUS 112 music Theory II and lab (4 semester hours)
  • MUS 149/159/249/259 Class Piano I-IV (2 semester hours each for a total of 8 semester hours)
  • MUS 211 music Theory III and lab (4 semester hours)
  • MUS 212 music Theory IV and lab (4 semester hours)
  • MUS 235/236 Concert Choir or Frauenchor (.5 semester hour each for 8 semesters for a total of 4 semester hours of credit)
  • MUS 245/445 Applied Voice (1-2 semester hours for a minimum total of 10 semester hours)
  • MUS 275/285/295/305 One Instrumental Techniques course (1 semester hour)
  • MUS 311 music History and Literature I
  • MUS 312 music History and Literature II (Writing Intensive)
  • MUS 351 Conducting (1.5 semester hours)
  • MUS 363 Advanced Choral Conducting (1.5 semester hours)
  • MUS 383 Choral Writing and Arranging (1.5 semester hours)
  • MUSE 435 Secondary School Choral Teaching methods (2 semester hours)
  • MUSE 442 General music Teaching methods and materials II (2 semester hours)
  • MUS 465 Vocal Pedagogy and Literature (1.5 semester hours)
  • Successful completion of junior and senior recitals
  • Successful completion of piano proficiency examination

To qualify for Early Childhood through Adolescence (grades K-12) teaching certification, a student must complete the courses listed above, the Early Childhood through Adolescence Professional Sequence, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) statutory requirements.