Suggested Course Sequence to transfer from NCCCS
Curriculum Guide for AA to BM/B.S.Ed Music: Music Education: Choral/General at WCU
1st Semester*
Freshman/First Year
2nd Semester
Fall
WCU Course
Equivalent
CC Course
LS Credit
Cat. Hours Required/Notes
ENG 111
Math
ENGL 101
Math
C1
C2
3
3
History
Humanities/Fine
Arts
History
P3
3 Preferred
Humanities
P4
Physical & Biological
Sciences
C5
USI 130
3
CC Course
ENG 112
COM 231
Humanities/Fine
Arts
Social/Behavioral
Sciences
Social/Behavioral
Sciences
Spring
WCU Course
Equivalent
LS Credit
Cat. Hours Required/Notes
ENGL 202
COMM 201
Fine & Performing
Arts
C1
C3
3
3 Preferred
P5
3
Social Sciences
P1
3
Natural Science
4
Social Sciences
P1
3
ACA 122
1
Total Credit Hours
17
Total Credit Hours
15
*This assumes placement into college level courses. This is only meant to be a guide. Please see your academic advisor to develop your individual plan.
*This program cannot be completed in four years.
3rd Semester
Sophomore/Second Year
4th Semester
Fall
WCU Course
Equivalent
CC Course
LS Credit
Cat. Hours Required/Notes
CC Course
HEA 110/PED
110/Other Elective
Other Elective
Social Science
Wellness
Elective
C4
3
3
Natural Science
Other Elective
(Global Perspective)
World Cultures
P6
3
Other Elective
Gen. Ed/UGETC
Elective
Spring
WCU Course
Equivalent
Physical & Biological
Sciences
C5
Elective
4
3
Elective
3
Gen. Ed/UGETC
Elective
Elective
3
Elective
Other Elective
Elective
3
Total Credit Hours
15
Total Credit Hours
*You MUST audition in the Spring in order to be accepted as a music major for the Fall.
UGETC=purple shading
Gen. Ed.=beige shading
LS Credit
Cat. Hours Required/Notes
3
13
rev. 9/2/14
Other required hours=blue shading
Suggested Course Sequence to transfer from NCCCS
5th Semester
WCU Course
MUS 107
MUS 108*
MUS 118*
MUS 148*
MUS 358
MUS 371/372
MUS 258
ECDI 201
Total Credit Hours
Junior/Third Year (at WCU)
6th Semester
Fall
Course Title
Applied Major
Aural Skills I
Music Theory I
Piano Class I
Concert Attendance
University Chorus/Concert
Choir
Diction for Singers I
Credit
Hours
Notes
WCU Course
2
1
3
1
0
MUS 107
MUS 208
MUS 218
MUS 149
MUS 358
1
MUS 371/372
1 Fall only
3
12
PSY 323
MUS 259
WCU Course
MUS 207
MUS 308
MUS 318
MUS 248
MUS 358
MUS 371/372
MUS 283
SPED 339
Course Title
Applied Major
Aural Skills III
Music Theory III
Piano Class III
Concert Attendance
University Chorus/Concert
Choir
Music Technology Methods
Designing Classrooms as
Responsive Learning
Communities
Total Credit Hours
UGETC=purple shading
Notes
WCU Course
2
1
3
1
0
MUS 207
MUS 309
MUS 319
MUS 249
MUS 358
1
1 Fall only
MUS 371/372
MUS 168
3
12
Credit
Hours
Course Title
Applied Major
Aural Skills II
Music Theory II
Piano Class II
Concert Attendance
University Chorus/Concert
Choir
Psychology Applied to
Learning and Teaching
Diction for Singers II
Total Credit Hours
* You can take a placement test to place out of these courses
Senior/Fourth Year
7th Semester
Fall
8th Semester
Credit
Hours
Spring
MUS ED Elective
Total Credit Hours
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Notes
2
1
3
1
0
1
3
2 Spring only
13
Spring
Credit
Hours
Course Title
Applied Major
Aural Skills IV
Music Theory IV
Piano Class IV
Concert Attendance
University Chorus/Concert
Choir
String Class
Notes
2
1
3
1
0
1
1
2
11
rev. 9/2/14
Other required hours=blue shading
Suggested Course Sequence to transfer from NCCCS
9th Semester
WCU Course
MUS 418
MUS 358
Senior/Fifth Year
10th Semester
Fall
Course Title
Credit
Hours
Notes
WCU Course
3
0
MUS 419
MUS 358
1
2
MUS 371/372
MUS 307
MUS 327
MUS 323
Music History I
Concert Attendance
University Chorus/Concert
Choir
Applied Major
Choral Methods and
Materials
Music in Elementary School
MUS 470
Orchestration and Arranging
2
MUS 371/372
MUS 307
Total Credit Hours
11th Semester
3 Fall only even years MUS 168
MUS 324
2 Fall only
MUS 329
MUS ED Elective
13
WCU Course
Course Title
Credit
Hours
Credit
Hours
Course Title
Notes
WCU Course
3
0
String Class
Music in Middle School
1
2 Spring only
1
2
2 Spring only
1
12
Fundamentals of Conducting
Spring
Credit
Hours
Course Title
Supervised Student Teaching
in Music
3
6
3
12
MUS 407
Applied Major
2
MUS 428
MUS ED Elective
Choral Conducting
2 Fall only odd years EDSE 490
Supervised Student Teaching
EDSE
495
Seminar
2
6
Total Credit Hours
Total Credit Hours
MUS 491
Notes
Music History II
Concert Attendance
University Chorus/Concert
Choir
Applied Major
Total Credit Hours
Senior/Sixth Year
12th Semester
Fall
Spring
Notes
Total Credit Hours
147
Reminder: 32 hours of 300-400 level courses must be taken at WCU.
http://www.wcu.edu/academics/departments-schools-colleges/FPA/schools-departments-and-centers/music/prospective-musicstudents/undergraduate-programs-in-music/musedbach.asp
UGETC=purple shading
Gen. Ed.=beige shading
rev. 9/2/14
Other required hours=blue shading