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The Bachelor of Music Education (K-12 Broadfield) degree is designed for students who wish to become licensed to teach music in grades K-12. Upon completion of the degree, students are eligible for licensure in the state of Montana. Obtaining a teaching minor will require more than eight semesters.

Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degree students are required to audition with the appropriate applied instrumental or vocal faculty prior to, or at the latest, during the first semester of study for all music programs. Placement in MUSI 195 (Applied Music) will be at the sole determination of the applied studio professor. Students with limited experience on their principal instrument are responsible for obtaining preparatory instruction and basic music-reading skills and may be required to complete MUSI 102 in order to develop the required skills necessary to be accepted for applied study and enroll in MUSI 195. If accepted for applied lessons, music majors must enroll in Applied Music each semester of residency. Advancement to the next level will be by performance jury and with the approval of the applied music instructor. A recital, or an appearance in a recital as soloist, must be completed before advancement to MUSI 395 (Applied Music III). Additionally, BME majors must fulfill the chamber music requirement through applied study prior to advancement to MUSI 395. BME students must successfully complete at least one semester of MUSI 395 before student teaching.

BME degree students are classified as either Instrumental or Choral majors. All BME majors are expected to participate in an ensemble every semester in residence. Acceptable ensembles are listed in the music major handbook. As a portion of the required ensemble courses, choral majors are required to enroll in choir (MUSI 112, MUSI 312, or MUSI 426) and complete one term of an instrumental ensemble. As a portion of the required ensemble courses, string, piano and guitar majors are required to complete one term each of an instrumental and a choral ensemble. As a portion of the required ensemble courses, wind and percussion majors must enroll in MUSI 155 (Marching Band) for two semesters and a choral ensemble for one semester.

BME students must receive the grade of "C" or better in ALL music content and education classes to be approved for student teaching. BME students must also demonstrate guitar proficiency by either passing the guitar proficiency examination or completing MUSI 160 with a grade of "C" or better. Further, a grade of "C-" or better is required in all courses that will be counted toward the 42 upper-division credits required in all degrees. Courses with a passing grade of D-, D, or D+ may only be counted toward the overall 120 credit requirement.

As with many degree programs at MSU, the music curriculum is sequential in nature, with upper-level courses building upon knowledge acquired in previous course work. Completion of a course with a "C" or better is required to satisfy all music (MUST/MUSI/MUSE) prerequisites.