Music, P-12 Certification, B.S.

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Designed for students pursuing careers as music educators at the elementary/secondary levels. Concentration options in choral or instrumental music, pedagogical and practical experiences in teaching music are provided. Students must earn a “C” or higher in all teacher education and teaching field courses.

University Core and General Education Electives

The University of Mobile’s undergraduate program is comprised of the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Christian Ministries, School of Education, School of Music, School of Nursing, School of Worship Leadership, and the Center for Adult Programs. All University of Mobile undergraduate students are required to complete certain basic courses that apply uniformly to the Bachelor of Arts degree, the Bachelor of Business Administration degree, the Bachelor of Science degree, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and the Bachelor of Music degree unless otherwise noted. These are identified as basic course (general education) requirements.

Requirements (Please see NOTES section below)

UNIVERSITY CORE (28 SEMESTER HOURS)

ENGLISH (6 semester hours)
EN 101 Effective English (WI)
EN 102 Effective English
LITERATURE (3 semester hours)
EN 201 The Literary Tradition
EN 202 The Literary Tradition
CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (6 semester hours)
CMS 310 Christian Worldview (WI)
CMS 321 Mission and Message of Jesus or
CMS 331 Christian Theology
SPEECH OR PHILOSOPHY (3 semester hours)
COM 101 Basic Public Speaking (OC) or
PY 101 Introduction to Philosophy (OC)
HISTORY (3 semester hours) from among the following:
HI 101 Western Civilization
HI 102 Western Civilization
HI 103 World History
HI 104 World History
HI 201 History of The United States
HI 202 History of The United States
LABORATORY SCIENCE (4 semester hours) from among the following:
BIO 101 Introduction to Biology
BIO 210 Introduction to Biotechnology
BIO 214 Introduction to Nutrition
BIO 215 Introduction to Food Science
CH 110 Introduction to Chemistry
ES 101 Introduction to Geology
ES 103 Basic Meteorology
ES 105 Environmental Science
ES 107 Natural Disasters and Hazards
MAR 103 Introduction to Marine Science
PH 101 Physical Science
MATHEMATICS (3 semester hours) from among the following:
MA 102 Elementary Algebra
MA 107 Structure of Mathematics
MA 110 Intermediate Algebra
MA 112 College Algebra
MA 211 Elementary Statistics
GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES (18 semester hours)

No more than two courses in any one of the following disciplines:

ART
AR 201 Art Appreciation
CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
CMS 101 Introduction to The Bible
CMS 201 Old Testament Introduction
CMS 202 New Testament Introduction
ECONOMICS
EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
EC 202 Principles of Microeconomics
HISTORY–courses listed above
LITERATURE–courses listed above

OR
EN 221 Introduction to British Literature I
EN 222 Introduction to British Literature II
EN 230 Introduction to American Literature
MATHEMATICS–courses listed above
MUSIC
MU 111 Music Appreciation
PHILOSOPHY–PY 101 (above)

OR

*Notes:

Consult with your College/School advisor for specific and/or additional requirements relating to general education courses. For example, is required for business, theology, and education majors and teacher certification students. is required for all majors in the School of Business. Education majors and teacher certification students have very specific requirements, particularly regarding English, Mathematics, History, and Laboratory Sciences.
FS 100 Freshman Seminar (1 semester hour) is required for freshmen only.
ZCH 007 Chapel (noncredit) is required of traditional undergraduate students. The number of semesters of Chapel (1 to 4 semesters) is based on entry classification. Students in the Center for Adult Programs are exempt from chapel.
Students earning a Bachelor of Arts degree must also take twelve semester hours of a modern foreign language. See specific requirements in the Modern Foreign Language section of the catalog.

This Degree Includes:

Ensemble Participation

Music Education majors are expected to participate in ensembles in the area in which they plan to student-teach.

Vocal/Choral music education students should participate in University Singers (seven-eight sequential semesters) and a secondary (small) choral ensemble (four semesters/audit approved).
Instrumental music education students should participate in the Symphonic Winds or Chamber Strings/Orchestra (seven-eight sequential semesters) and a secondary (small) instrumental ensemble (four semester/audit approved).