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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Education - Instrumental (BMED) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
MATH 100   - College Algebra   3   KSC 030  
MUSIC 101   - A New Rhythm: Cultivating a Healthy Life in College and Beyond   1      
MUSIC 117   - Wind Symphony   0-1 ​   
MUSIC 210   -Music Theory I    3  KSC 060
MUSIC 211   - Piano Class I   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
Total Credits: 17      
       
Semester 2      
EDCI 200   - Teaching as a Career   1      
EDCI 230   - Early Field Experience   1      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3   KSC 010  
MUSIC 117   - Wind Symphony   0-1      
MUSIC 212  - Piano Class II   1      
MUSIC 230   - Music Theory II   3      
MUSIC 231   - Aural Skills I   1      
MUSIC 249   - Introduction to Music of the World   3 ​   
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year       
Semester 1      
AMETH 160   - Introduction to American Ethnic Studies   3   KSC 050  
PSYCH 110   - General Psychology   3   KSC 050   
MUSIC 117   - Wind Symphony   0-1      
MUSIC 213   - Piano Class III   1      
MUSIC 232   - Fundamentals of Teaching Music   2      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
MUSIC 320   - Music Theory III   3      
MUSIC 321   - Aural Skills II   1      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
EDCI 110   - Foundations of Education   3      
MUSIC 117   - Wind Symphony   0-1      
MUSIC 203   - Vocal Techniques I   1      
MUSIC 214   - Piano Class IV   1 ​   
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
MUSIC 360  - Music Theory IV   3      
MUSIC 361   - Aural Skills III   1      
MUSIC 235   - Percussion Techniques and Materials   1      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 17      
       
Semester 3      
EDCI 315   -Educational Psychology   3      
EDCI 318   - Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning   1      
EDCI 320   -Core Teaching Skills and Lab   3      
EDSP 323   - Exceptional Students in the Secondary School   2      
Total Credits: 9      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
BIOL 101   - Concepts of Biology   4   KSC 040  
MUSIC 234   - String Techniques and Materials   1      
MUSIC 236   - Clarinet & Saxophone Woodwind Techniques and Materials   1      
MUSIC 239   - Low Brass Techniques and Materials   1      
MUSIC 365   - Conducting   1      
MUSIC 402   - Wind Ensemble   0-1      
MUSIC 455   - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 466   - Music History I: Ancient Greece to Beethoven   3      
PHILO 130   -Introduction to Moral Philosophy    3  KSC 050
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 237   - Double Reed and Flute Woodwind Techniques and Materials   1      
MUSIC 238   - High Brass Techniques and Materials   1      
MUSIC 266  - Marching Band Techniques for School Music Educators   2      
MUSIC 402   - Wind Ensemble   0-1      
MUSIC 455   - Upper-Division Performance    0-4   
MUSIC 457   - Instrumental Conducting   1      
MUSIC 458   - Music in the Schools, PK-6   3      
MUSIC 460   - Teaching Beginning Instruments   1      
MUSIC 467   - Music History II: Beethoven to Present   3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
EDSEC 455   -Teaching in a Multicultural Society   1      
EDSEC 477   - Content Area Literacies and Diverse Learners   2      
EDSEC 525   - Interpersonal Relations in the Schools   1      
MUSIC 455   - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 459   - Music Programs in Middle School/High School   3      
MUSIC 461   - Advanced Studies in Music Education   2      
MUSIC 501   - Half Recital   1      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
EDSEC 582   - Teaching Internship in Music   6-12      
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 132