Students should have a strong background in music, with performance experience on a particular instrument or designated voice type.
Auditions
All students must pass an audition and a music fundamentals exam in order to declare a music education major. To schedule an audition, students must contact the School of Music for a separate application. Visit music.ua.edu/apply-audition for an application or more information.
Auditions typically take place between January and the first week of March prior to fall enrollment. With the assistance of a Music Education advisor, students, including transfer students, will formally declare the major the first semester of enrollment after formal acceptance into the School of Music.
General Studies: 47–49 hours
Courses that are common to the teaching field and the general studies component may be applied to both. Music education majors should select PY 101 Intro To Psychology or HD 101 Life Span Human Development and MUS 250 Music In World Cultures to satisfy UA Core Curriculum behavioral science and fine arts requirements.
Area V: EDU 200 Orient to Teacher Education is required.
Instrumental Music Teaching Field: 66–69 hours
The University of Alabama GPA — and, if transfer work, the cumulative GPA — must be at least 2.50 in these courses.
Music Academics
Applied and Ensemble
Code and Title | Hours |
MUA 010 | Music Convocation (x 5) | 0 |
| |
1 | 4 |
1 | 4 |
MUA 199 | Sophomore Qualifying | 0 |
1 | 4 |
1 | 1 |
MUA 499 | Senior Recital | 1 |
| 7 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
Total Hours | 21 |
Class Instruments
Code and Title | Hours |
| 0-4 |
| Class Piano I | |
| Class Piano II | |
| Class Piano III | |
| Class Piano IV | |
| |
MUA 299 | Piano Proficiency (Exam) * | 0 |
MUE 252 | Teach String/Percu Instr | 2 |
MUE 351 | Tchg Flute Single Reeds | 3 |
MUE 352 | Teaching Double Reeds | 1 |
MUE 353 | Teach Brass Instruments | 2 |
MUE 354 | Teaching Percussion II | 1 |
MUE 381 | Vocal Methods Lab | 1 |
Total Hours | 10-14 |
See general studies requirements listed earlier in this section.
Professional Studies: 37 hours
Students must earn grades of C- or higher in each of the following professional studies courses. The University of Alabama GPA — and, if transfer work, the cumulative GPA — must be at least 2.50 in these courses:
Code and Title | Hours |
BEF 362 | School, Culture, and Society | 3 |
BEP 305 | Educational Psychology 1 | 3 |
CRD 412 | Impr Read Second Schools | 3 |
MUS 448 | Tchng Instrumental Music Pub S | 3 |
MUE 350 | Evaluatn Teaching Learning Mus | 3 |
MUE 387 | Elem School Music Program | 3 |
MUE 389 | Clinical Experience In Mue 1 | 3 |
SPE 300 | Survey Spe Accomd Stratg | 3 |
MUE 497 | Internship Music Educ 2 | 12 |
EDU 400 | Internship Seminar | 1 |
Total Hours | 37 |
Students completing this degree program are fully prepared to teach in a K-12 setting in a public school environment.
Types of Jobs Accepted
Students completing this program are routinely employed at the high school, middle school and elementary levels.
Learn more about opportunities in this field at the Career Center