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

Instrumental Concentration (52.5 semester hours)

  • 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 225/226/235/236 Concert Band or Sheboygan Symphony or Concert Choir or Frauenchor (.5 semester hour each for a total of 8 semesters)
  • MUS 244/444 Applied Instrument (a minimum of 10 semester hours)
  • MUS 311 music History and Literature I
  • MUS 312 music History and Literature II (Writing Intensive)
  • MUSE 320 Classroom Instruments for General music Teachers (1 semester hour)
  • MUS 382 Orchestration and Arranging (1.5 semester hours)
  • MUS 420 Pre-adolescent Choral Techniques (2 semester hours)
  • MUS 441 General music Teaching methods and materials I (2 semester hours)
  • MUS 442 General music Teaching methods and materials II (2 semester hours)
  • Successful completion of junior and senior recitals
  • Successful completion of piano proficiency exam

Piano Concentration (54.5 semester hours)

  • 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 225/226/235/236 Concert Band or Sheboygan Symphony or Concert Choir or Frauenchor (.5 semester hours each for a total of 8 semesters)
  • MUS 245/445 Applied Voice (2 semester hours)
  • MUS 246/446 Applied Piano (a minimum of 10 semester hours)
  • MUS 311 music History and Literature I
  • MUS 312 music History and Literature II (Writing Intensive)
  • MUSE 320 Classroom Instruments for General music Teachers (1 semester hour)
  • One of the following:
    • MUS 382 Orchestration (1.5 semester hours)
    • MUS 383 Choral Writing and Arranging (1.5 semester hours)
  • MUS 420 Pre-adolescent Choral Techniques (2 semester hours)
  • MUS 441 General music Teaching methods and materials I (2 semester hours)
  • MUS442 General music Teaching methods and materials II (2 semester hours)
  • Successful completion of junior and senior recitals
  • Successful completion of piano proficiency exam

Vocal Concentration (52.5 semester hours)

  • 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 225/226/235/236 Concert Band or Sheboygan Symphony or Concert Choir or Frauenchor (.5 semester hour each for 8 semesters)
  • MUS 245/445 Applied Voice (a minimum of 10 semester hours)
  • MUS 311 music History and Literature I
  • MUS312 music History and Literature II (Writing Intensive)
  • MUSE 320 Classroom Instruments for General music Teachers (1 semester hour)
  • MUS383 Choral Writing and Arranging (1.5 semester hours)
  • MUS 420 Pre-adolescent Choral Techniques (2 semester hours)
  • MUS441 General music Teaching methods and materials I (2 semester hours)
  • MUS 442 General music Teaching methods and materials II (2 semester hours)
  • Successful completion of junior and senior recitals
  • Successful completion of piano proficiency exam

Note: 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.