Bachelor [Music Education] From Montana State University

Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degree students must enroll in Applied Music each semester of residency. All students will be placed, by audition, at the appropriate level of applied study. Advancement to the next level will be by performance jury and with the approval of the applied music instructor. A recital, or an appearance in a recital as soloist, must be completed before advancement to MUSI 395 (Applied Music III). Additionally, BME majors must fulfill the chamber music requirement through applied study prior to advancement to MUSI 395. BME students must successfully complete at least one semester of MUSI 395 before student teaching. Students are required to adhere to the current concert/lecture attendance policy as stated in the School of Music "Music Major Handbook."
BME degree students are classified as either Instrumental or Choral majors. All BME majors are expected to participate in an ensemble every semester in residence. Acceptable ensembles are listed in the music major handbook. As a portion of the required ensemble courses, choral majors are required to enroll in choir (MUSI 112, MUSI 312, or MUSI 426) and complete one term of an instrumental ensemble. As a portion of the required ensemble courses, string, piano and guitar majors are required to complete one term each of an instrumental and a choral ensemble. As a portion of the required ensemble courses, wind and percussion majors must enroll in MUSI 155 (Marching Band) for two semesters and a choral ensemble for one semester.
BME students must receive the grade of "C" or better in ALL music content and education classes to be approved for student teaching. BME students must also demonstrate guitar proficiency by either passing the guitar proficiency examination or completing MUSI 160 with a grade of "C" or better. Further, a grade of "C-"or better is required in all courses that will be counted toward the 42 upper-division credits required in all degrees. Courses with a passing grade of D-, D, or D+ may only be counted toward the overall 120 credit requirement.
As with many degree programs at MSU, the music curriculum is sequential in nature, with upper-level courses building upon knowledge acquired in previous course work. Completion of a course with a "C" or better is required to satisfy all music (MUST/MUSI/MUSE) prerequisites. Any exceptions will be at the sole discretion of the Director.