1. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  2. Music: Education: Instrumental/General, BM

Student guide

Music: Education: Instrumental/General, BM

The Music: Education: Instrumental/General, BM: what it asks for, in what order, and who teaches it. This guide was started from the catalog; its own introduction is still to be written.

  • 103credits in the major
  • 120credits in all

What the degree asks for, group by group. The map sets out every course by how many must come before it; open a course there to see what it needs and what it opens.

All of these · 14 credits

Music core

Musica Practica 1 and 2 with their aural skills, and the two-semester survey of Western music history: in every undergraduate music program the Guide lists.

  • MUSIC-121MUSICA PRACTICA 13
  • MUSIC-171MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 11
  • MUSIC-122MUSICA PRACTICA 23
  • MUSIC-172MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 21
  • MUSIC-211SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC3
  • MUSIC-212SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC3
All of these · 8 credits

Musica Practica 3 and 4

  • MUSIC-221MUSICA PRACTICA 33
  • MUSIC-271MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 31
  • MUSIC-222MUSICA PRACTICA 43
  • MUSIC-272MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 41
Choose two · 2 credits

Cultural breadth ensemble

  • MUSIC-260GLOBAL HAND DRUMMING ENSEMBLE: SURVEY OF SELECTED GLOBAL HAND DRUMMING TRADITIONS1
  • MUSIC-262JAZZ ENSEMBLE1
  • MUSIC-266RESISTANCE MUSIC ENSEMBLE1
All of these · 4 credits

Keyboard skills

Every student must pass the MUS PERF 104 keyboard proficiency; extra credits earned reaching it count as music electives.

  • MUSPERF-103ELEMENTARY CLASS PIANO2
  • MUSPERF-104INTERMEDIATE CLASS PIANO2
Choose one · 2 credits

Jazz

  • MUSPERF-108JAZZ CLASS PIANO2
  • MUSIC-331JAZZ IMPROVISATION3
Choose one · 3 credits

Global Music Cultures

3 credits from the list. Most are 3-credit courses; the ensembles on it (MUSIC 260, 262, 266, 268) are 1 credit, so a student counting those takes more than one.

  • MUSIC-102JAZZ IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICA3
  • MUSIC-103INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD3
  • MUSIC-202DELTA BLUES3
  • MUSIC-203AMERICAN ETHNICITIES AND POPULAR SONG3
  • MUSIC-260GLOBAL HAND DRUMMING ENSEMBLE: SURVEY OF SELECTED GLOBAL HAND DRUMMING TRADITIONS1
  • MUSIC-262JAZZ ENSEMBLE1
  • MUSIC-266RESISTANCE MUSIC ENSEMBLE1
  • MUSIC-268ENSEMBLE-PERCUSSION1
  • MUSIC-318CULTURAL CROSS CURRENTS: WEST AFRICAN DANCE/MUSIC IN THE AMERICAS3
  • MUSIC-319TOPICS IN MUSIC AND ETHNICITY IN THE UNITED STATES3
  • MUSIC-331JAZZ IMPROVISATION3
  • MUSIC-332JAZZ IMPROVISATION3
  • MUSIC-405SEMINAR: CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC3
  • AFRICAN-233GLOBAL HIPHOP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE3
  • AFROAMER-154HIP-HOP AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY3
  • AFROAMER-156BLACK MUSIC AND AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY3
  • ANTHRO-340MUSIC, RACE, AND CULTURE IN BRAZIL3
  • GERMAN-267YIDDISH SONG AND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE3-4
  • JEWISH-213JEWS AND AMERICAN POP. CULTURE3-4
  • LITTRANS-233RUSSIAN LIFE AND CULTURE THROUGH LITERATURE AND ART (TO 1917)3-4
  • LITTRANS-234SOVIET LIFE AND CULTURE THROUGH LITERATURE AND ART (FROM 1917)3-4
All of these · 4 credits

Conducting

  • MUSIC-253CONDUCTING2
  • MUSIC-254CONDUCTING2
Required · 2 credits

Composition, arrangement and orchestration for the music teacher

  • MUSIC-304COMPOSITION, ARRANGEMENT, AND ORCHESTRATION FOR THE MUSIC TEACHER2
All of these · 2 credits

Teaching popular music

  • MUSIC-420TEACHING POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 11
  • MUSIC-421TEACHING POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 21
All of these · 8 credits

Music education professional sequence

MUSIC 337, the practicum, is taken twice: beside MUSIC 301 and beside MUSIC 302.

  • MUSIC-300PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC EDUCATION2
  • MUSIC-301MUSIC LEARNING AND TEACHING 12
  • MUSIC-302MUSIC LEARNING AND TEACHING 22
  • MUSIC-337PRACTICUM IN TEACHING MUSIC1
Choose one · 3 credits

Human development

  • EDPSYCH-320HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD2-3
  • EDPSYCH-321HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE2-3
Required · 3 credits

Learning

  • EDPSYCH-301HOW PEOPLE LEARN3
Choose one · 3 credits

Foundations of the profession

  • EDPOL-300SCHOOL AND SOCIETY3
  • EDPOL-412HISTORY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION3
Required · 3 credits

Special education

  • RPSE-506STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING3
Required · 3 credits

Literacy

  • CURRIC-305INTEGRATING THE TEACHING OF READING WITH OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS3
Choose one · 8 credits

Applied study, intermediate (200-level)

8 credits in one of these. Applied lessons are 2-4 credits a term and repeatable: the credits are reached over several terms on one instrument, and a single course here stands for all of them.

  • MUSPERF-201INTERMEDIATE PIANO2-4
  • MUSPERF-207INTERMEDIATE FLUTE2-4
  • MUSPERF-209INTERMEDIATE OBOE2-4
  • MUSPERF-211INTERMEDIATE CLARINET2-4
  • MUSPERF-213INTERMEDIATE SAXOPHONE2-4
  • MUSPERF-215INTERMEDIATE BASSOON2-4
  • MUSPERF-217INTERMEDIATE HORN2-4
  • MUSPERF-219INTERMEDIATE TRUMPET2-4
  • MUSPERF-221INTERMEDIATE TROMBONE2-4
  • MUSPERF-223INTERMEDIATE EUPHONIUM2-4
  • MUSPERF-225INTERMEDIATE TUBA2-4
  • MUSPERF-227INTERMEDIATE PERCUSSION2-4
  • MUSPERF-231INTERMEDIATE VIOLIN2-4
  • MUSPERF-233INTERMEDIATE VIOLA2-4
  • MUSPERF-235INTERMEDIATE CELLO2-4
  • MUSPERF-237INTERMEDIATE DOUBLE BASS2-4
  • MUSPERF-239INTERMEDIATE HARP2-4
  • MUSPERF-240INTERMEDIATE GUITAR2-4
  • MUSPERF-241INTERMEDIATE JAZZ2-4
Choose one · 6 credits

Applied study, advanced (400-level)

6 credits in one of these. Applied lessons are 2-4 credits a term and repeatable: the credits are reached over several terms on one instrument, and a single course here stands for all of them. Moving from 200-level to 400-level study is the performance faculty's assessment, not a course prerequisite: the Guide lists each 400-level lesson as its own requisite (a student continues in it), so no wire joins the two levels.

  • MUSPERF-401ADVANCED PIANO2-4
  • MUSPERF-407ADVANCED FLUTE2-4
  • MUSPERF-409ADVANCED OBOE2-4
  • MUSPERF-411ADVANCED CLARINET2-4
  • MUSPERF-413ADVANCED SAXOPHONE2-4
  • MUSPERF-415ADVANCED BASSOON2-4
  • MUSPERF-417ADVANCED HORN2-4
  • MUSPERF-419ADVANCED TRUMPET2-4
  • MUSPERF-421ADVANCED TROMBONE2-4
  • MUSPERF-423ADVANCED EUPHONIUM2-4
  • MUSPERF-425ADVANCED TUBA2-4
  • MUSPERF-427ADVANCED PERCUSSION2-4
  • MUSPERF-431ADVANCED VIOLIN2-4
  • MUSPERF-433ADVANCED VIOLA2-4
  • MUSPERF-435ADVANCED CELLO2-4
  • MUSPERF-437ADVANCED DOUBLE BASS2-4
  • MUSPERF-439ADVANCED HARP2-4
  • MUSPERF-440ADVANCED GUITAR2-4
  • MUSPERF-441ADVANCED JAZZ2-4
Choose one · 6 credits

Large instrumental ensemble

Six semesters, from these.

  • MUSIC-40WIND ENSEMBLE1
  • MUSIC-41CONCERT BAND1
  • MUSIC-62UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA1
Choose one · 2 credits

Large choral ensemble

Two semesters, from these.

  • MUSIC-50CONCERT CHOIR1
  • MUSIC-52TREBLE CHOIR1
  • MUSIC-56CHORALE1
Choose four · 4 credits

Instrumental fundamentals

The four fundamentals courses, or MUS PERF 227 (percussion lessons) in place of one.

  • MUSPERF-21BRASS FUNDAMENTALS1
  • MUSPERF-22STRINGS FUNDAMENTALS1
  • MUSPERF-23WOODWIND FUNDAMENTALS1
  • MUSPERF-27FUNDAMENTALS-PERCUSSION1
  • MUSPERF-227INTERMEDIATE PERCUSSION2-4
Required · 1 credits

Voice fundamentals

  • MUSPERF-143INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE: VOICE1
Required · 12 credits

Student teaching

12 credits.

  • MUSIC-410STUDENT TEACHING IN GENERAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC6-12

Meet your instructors

Everyone teaching a course in this degree this term, by the part of the degree they teach in. Expand an area to see who is in it; someone teaching in two areas appears in both, with that area’s courses on each card. A Full-time band on a photo means that instructor is full-time faculty. Every email here works; use it.