Music Education Licensure

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The Music Education licensure program is designed to prepare students for a public and private teaching career as a K-12 vocal music teacher. The program is structured to meet the Minnesota Board of Teaching Music licensure requirements. Students must have a bachelor’s degree before they are approved to pursue a Music Education licensure only program. The student must be accepted into and fulfill all requirements for the Teacher Education Department as well as the Music Department.

Licensure Requirements

All persons completing approved teacher education programs in Minnesota institutions and seeking initial teaching licensures are required to successfully complete the Minnesota Teacher Licensure Examinations (MTLE) Basic Skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Students must take this exam prior to department acceptance. Students are also required to pass the MTLE pedagogy and content area tests to be eligible for licensure.

The State of Minnesota requires a background check of all persons seeking teacher licensure upon completion of the preparation program and prior to issuing the teaching licensure. A criminal record does not automatically disqualify a candidate from licensure, but candidates must consider whether their backgrounds would jeopardize receiving licensure approval. Additional information may be required by the Board of Teaching to determine whether or not to grant the license.

I. Education Core - 25 Credits

EDU 209 - Teacher Education Basic Skills Review 0-1 Credits
EDU 211 - Media and Technology 2 Credits
EDU 241 - Foundations of Education 3 Credits
EDU 241F - Foundations of Education Field Experience 0 Credits
EDU 312 - Instructional Design 3 Credits
EDU 314 - Multicultural and Diverse Learners 3 Credits
EDU 314F - Multicultural and Diverse Learners Field Experience 0 Credits
EDU 315 - Assessment for Learning 3 Credits
EDU 350 - Literacy Across the Curriculum 3 Credits
EDU 406 - Classroom Environment 3 Credits
EDU 455 - Student Teaching Seminar 1 Credits
PSY 232 - Educational Psychology 3 Credits

II. Music Core - 61 Credits

MUS 090 - Music Hour/ Master Class 0 Credits ¹
MUS 156 - Music Theory I 4 Credits
MUS 157 - Music Theory II 4 Credits
MUS 160 - Applied Lessons 0-1 Credits (2 Credits Required)
MUS 221 - Conducting 2 Credits
MUS 250 - Music Theory III 4 Credits
MUS 257 - Piano Lab 1 Credits ² (2 Credits Required)
MUS 260 - Applied Lessons 1 Credits (2 Credits Required)
MUS 272 - Non Western Music Theory 4 Credits
MUS 331 - Music History: Antiquity Through Baroque 3 Credits
MUS 332 - Music History: Classical Through 21st Century 3 Credits
MUS 334 - Orchestration and Arranging 2 Credits
MUS 340 - Music in World Cultures 3 Credits
MUS 360 - Applied Lessons 1 Credits
MUS 364 - Applied Lessons/Junior Recital 1 Credits
MUS 441 - Elementary Music Methods 2 Credits
MUS 441P - Elementary Music Methods Practicum 0 Credits
MUS 442 - Secondary Music Methods 1 Credits
MUS 442P - Secondary Music Methods Practicum 0 Credits
MUS 451 - Student Teaching: Elementary 6 Credits
MUS 453 - Student Teaching: Secondary 6 Credits
MUS 464 - Applied Lessons/Senior Recital 1 Credits
MUS 490 - Senior Music Hour 1 Credits
MUS - Performance Organizations 7 Credits

Vocal Music Concentration - 9 Credits

Total - 95 Credits

All courses require a minimum passing grade of a “C”.

¹ Music Education licensures must complete Music Hour every semester enrolled in the Music Department at Crown College except during student teaching. Their final semester, students take MUS 490 instead of MUS 090 .

² Piano Lab: Students must take Piano Lab their first year for credit and then take private piano instruction for 1 or 0 credits until the piano proficiency has been met.