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Department of Music Education

The Department of Music Education is committed to training future teachers, who are also musicians, involved in both music and teaching at the highest professional level. The objectives of the course series is to learn the role of music in their lives, to develop theories of musical learning development, and to practice methods and approaches for teaching music (Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze)

Through a sequence of courses and pre-service teaching experiences, students who successfully complete the program fulfill the requirements for Certification in Secondary Music Education. Students study various practical techniques of the major, including Solfege, Harmony, Counterpoint, History of Western Music, Orchestration, Chorus, Orchestra, Theory of Music Education, Teaching Material and Pedagogy of Music, Traditional Korean Music, Computer Music, Keyboard Harmony, and Techniques of Digital Piano, among others.

Careers

A large number of graduates work at middle and high schools. Others go on to graduate school to pursue more advanced careers.

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