BME in Music Education - Special Music Education emphasis (Strings)

Degree Map

1st year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours
ENGL 101: College English I ¹ 010	3	ENGL 102: College English II ¹ 010	3
GEN ED: First-Year Seminar ² 070	3	MATH 131: Contemporary Mathematics ¹ 030	3
MUSA 113P: Piano Class Level I - Music Majors	1	MUSA 114P: Piano Class Level II - Music Majors	1
MUSA 232_: Applied Lesson	2	MUSA 232_: Applied Lesson	2
MUSC 127: Musicianship 1	2	MUSC 128: Musicianship 2	2
MUSC 129: Aural Skills 1	2	MUSC 130: Aural Skills 2	2
MUSE 171: Orientation to Music Education	1	MUSE 271: Introduction to Music Education	2
MUSP 105: Recital Attendance	0	MUSP 105: Recital Attendance	0
MUSP 2__: Ensemble	1	MUSP 2__: Ensemble	1
Fall Total Hours	15	Spring Total Hours	16

Total hours for 1st year: 31

2nd year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours
GEN ED: Arts & Humanities 060	3	COMM 111: Public Speaking ¹ 020	3
GEN ED: Social & Behavioral Sciences 050	3	GEN ED: Arts & Humanities 060	3
MUSA 115P: Piano Class Level III - Music Majors	1	MUSA 116P: Piano Class Level IV - Music Majors ³	1
MUSA 232_: Applied Lesson	2	MUSA 232_: Applied Lesson	2
MUSC 113: Introduction to Music Studies and Professional Skills	3	MUSC 641: Orchestration	2
MUSC 229: Aural Skills 3	2	MUSE 231: Scaffolding Musical Understanding	2
MUSE 241: String Rehearsal Methods	1	MUSE 242: Wind and Percussion Rehearsal Methods	1
MUSP 2__: Ensemble	1	MUSP 2__: Ensemble	1
Theory/Composition Elective ⁴	2	Theory/Composition Elective ⁴	2
Fall Total Hours	18	Spring Total Hours	17

Total hours for 2nd year: 35

3rd year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours
GEN ED: Social & Behavioral Sciences 050	3	GEN ED: Additional GE Approved Course 070	3
GEN ED: Natural & Physical Sciences w/ Lab 040	4	MUSA 432_: Applied Lesson	2
MUSA 432_: Applied Lesson	2	MUSC 523: Form and Analysis	2
MUSC 336: Survey of the Western Musical Canon	3	MUSE 324: Fundamentals of Instrumental Music for Secondary Schools	2
MUSE 311: Introduction to Diversity Field Experience	1	MUSE 617: Literacy Strategies for Content Areas: Music	2
MUSE 611: Music for Special Education	2	MUSP 307: Instrumental Conducting	2
MUSP 4__: Ensemble	1	MUSP 4__: Ensemble	1
Music Elective - Choose one of the following: MUSE 244: Elementary Vernacular Instrument Methods MUSE 319: Practicum Special Music Education	1	MUSP 651: Advanced Conducting and Score Reading	2
Fall Total Hours	17	Spring Total Hours	16

Total hours for 3rd year: 33

4th year
Fall Semester	Fall Hours	Spring Semester	Spring Hours
MUSA 432_: Applied Lesson	2	MUSE 405: Teaching Internship Seminar	1
MUSE 303: Elementary and General Music Methods	2	MUSE 453: Teaching Internship: Special and Elementary Music Education	3
MUSE 305: Pre Student Teaching	2	MUSE 469: Teaching Internship Secondary Music	3
MUSE 309: Special Music Education Methods	2	CED 501: Teacher Licensure Capstone	0
MUSE 342: Survey of Choral Techniques and Literature	2
MUSP 4__: Ensemble	1
MUSP 400: Senior Recital	0
Music Elective - MUSP 620: String Pedagogy	2
Music Elective - Choose one of the following: MUSE 244: Elementary Vernacular Instrument Methods MUSE 319: Practicum Special Music Education	1
Fall Total Hours	14	Spring Total Hours	7

Total hours for 4th year: 21

Hours needed to complete the degree: 120

C- or higher required.
Students who have earned an Associate Degree or 30 credit hours prior to high school graduation and before starting classes at WSU as a degree-bound student, may be exempt from taking a First-Year Seminar course. Those students must take an additional general education approved course.
All music majors must pass a piano proficiency examination.
Must be selected from a specified list. For a complete list of options, please view the 2026-2027 catalog.