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    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Hope College Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Hope College Catalog

Music Education K-12, Vocal, BMU


In partnership with the Hope College Education Department, the Music Department offers a K-12 vocal music teaching major for certification through the Michigan Department of Education. The major consists of 73 credits.

In addition, students must also declare the 44-credit secondary education (no grade band) major, Secondary Education, BA . K-12 music education students will earn a Bachelor of Music degree only.

Anchor Plan for K-12 Bachelor of Music


The Bachelor of Music degree has a modified set of Anchor Plan requirements:

  • The Arts in Practice requirement will be met with courses required for the major.
  • BMU students take one Human Creative Perspectives course and one Historical Perspectives course (first course at the 100 level; second course at the 200-level). They do not need to take a Philosophical Perspectives course.
  • The Mathematics and Natural Science requirement is 6-7 credits: one Mathematics course, and one Natural Science with Lab course.
  • BMU students take one Social Science course, instead of two.

Teaching Woodwinds or Brass (1 course)


Ensembles (4 credits and 7 courses)


Private Instruction (14 credits)


Choose one of the three groups of courses, listed below: 14 credits of voice; 14 credits of piano and 4 semesters of voice; or 14 credits of organ and 4 semesters of voice.

Voice (14 credits)


Piano and Voice


Piano (14 credits)


Voice (4 semesters)


Organ and Voice


Organ (14 credits)


Voice (4 semesters)