MUSIC EDUCATION
BACHELOR STUDY
Title of study programme
State code
Kind of study
Study level
Mode of study (duration in years)
Volume of study programme in credits
Degree and professional qualification to be
awarded
Music education
612X14003
university studies
first
full-time (4)
240
Bachelor’s Degree in Arts Pedagogy and Music,
Teacher‘s professional qualification
Academic year starts on 1 September and ends 30 June
Department in charge of the Programme
Department of Music
Head of the Department
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Rauduvaitė
E-mail: asta.rauduvaite@leu.lt
Address: Studentu St 39, Room 308, Faculty of Education, Lithuanian University of Educational
Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania, LT-08106
Why study in the Programme
The goal of the study programme: to provide students with higher university education and to create conditions for
acquisition of the degree of Bachelor of Music and teacher’s professional qualification links with the purpose of the
study programme to create conditions for secondary school graduates with secondary or special music
education to acquire higher university education which meets contemporary science and culture
level and to become qualified music educators as well as to develop the following competences
necessary for a music teacher.
Where can graduates work and continue their career?
Graduates of this study programme are qualified: to work as music teachers of general education
schools; to head school musical (vocal and instrumental ensembles, to teach to play a musical
instrument) collectives; to enter the Master study programme of Music Education Technologies.
Curriculum of the Programme
Study subjects of the Bachelor study programme of Music Education
I. SUBJECTS OF GENERAL UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
Title of study subject
ECTS credits Semester
1.
Professional Language
3
1
2.
Professional Foreign Language
6
1, 2
3.
History of Lithuania's Statehood and Culture
3
6
4.
Philosophy of Education
3
7
II. STUDY SUBJECTS OF MUSIC EDUCATION
Title of study subject
ECTS credits Semester
1.
Music Language (harmony, solfeggio)
8
2.
Music Language (solfeggio, polyphony, improvisation and jazz
harmony)
8
3.
Music Language (solfeggio, arrangement)
6
3
4.
Music Technologies
3
1
5.
Singing (solo and choir studio)
6
1
6.
Choir Mastering (singing, conducting and choir studio)
18
2, 3, 4
7.
Performance of Music (piano, choir studio and conducting)
15
5, 6
8.
Piano and Optional Musical Instrument
7
1, 2
9.
Piano and Instrumental Ensemble
8
3, 4
10. Educational Research in Music
3
7
11. Psychology of Musical Activity
4
7
12. Musical Instruments at School
4
2
13.
Technologies of Audiovisual Art / Systems of Music Education /
Early Music Education
3
14.
Modern Music / Pre-school Music Education / Vocal
Expression
6
15.
Computer Technologies in Music Education / Computer
Technologies for Music / Games in Pedagogy
5
1
2
4
5
6
16. Choir Studio / Creation of Music
11
7, 8
17. Aesthetics of Music and Analysis of Music Works
3
8
18. History of Lithuanian Music
3
3
19. Choral Education
3
1
20. Non-formal Music Education
3
6
21. History of World Music
9
2, 3, 4
22. Basics of Ethnic Art
4
6
23. Educational Research, Course Paper
4
6
III. SUBJECTS OF PEDAGOGICAL STUDIES
Title of study subject
ECTS credits Semester
1.
Pedagogy
5
4
2.
Systems of Education and Special Pedagogy
3
5
3.
General and Developmental Psychology
3
3
4.
Educational and Special Psychology
5
4
5.
Health Education
3
2
6.
Methodology of Primary Music Education
3
3
7.
Methodology of Basic and Secondary Music Education
5
5
8.
Graduation Paper of Pedagogical Studies
3
8
IV. GRADUATION PAPERS
Title of study subject
1.
Bachelor Paper or Project
ECTS credits Semester
12
7, 8
V. TEACHING PRACTICE
Title of study subject
ECTS credits Semester
1.
Practice of Teaching Assistant
6
4
2.
Teaching Practice under Supervision of Mentor
12
5, 6
3.
Independent Teaching Practice
12
7, 8
VI. FREELY ELECTIVE STUDY SUBJECTS
Title of study subject
1.
Study subjects offered in other specialities
ECTS credits Semester
9
7, 8
Teaching staff
The teachers of the Department of Music participate in international scientific conferences, deliver
lectures and practical seminars, collaborate while writing music textbooks, conducting complex
scientific research, writing joint publications, take part in activities of qualification commissions of
final examinations and act as experts of study programmes and textbooks, etc.
The Department of Music has established collaborative relations the Universities of Kansas and
Louisiana (USA), Hedmark University and Bergen University College (Norway), Joensuu
University and Helsinki University, J. Sibelius Music Academy (Finland), University of Island,
Vienna Pedagogical University (Austria), University of Gothenburg and Örebro University
(Sweden), Adnan Menderes University, Dokuz Eylal University and Suleiman Demireli University
(Turkey), Danish School of Education, (Denmark), Cadiz University (Spain), Yanka Kupala State
University of Grodno (Belarus), University of Wroclaw (Poland), Estonian Academy of Music and
Theatre (Estonia), Daugavpils University and Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management
Academy (Latvia) and others.
Possibilities for international mobility of students
Students may study on Erasmus Programme for 1 semester in the following foreign higher
education institutions:
 Polytechnic Institute of Braganca in Portugal,
 Danish School of Education in Denmark,
 University of Iceland in Iceland,
 Hedmark University College and Bergen University College in Norway,
 Adnan Menderes University, Dokuz Eylul University, Suleyman Demirel University in
Turkey,
 Vienna Pedagogical University in Austria,
 Conservatoire of Music Santa Cecilia in Italy,
 Daugavpils University in Latvia,
 University of Franche-Comté in France,
 Other universities which have signed bilateral agreements with Lithuanian University of
Educational Sciences.
Facilities and learning sources
The Music education study programme is mainly implemented in the Faculty of Education, which is
located in the Central Building of the University. The Faculty has more than 30 modern study
rooms equipped with multimedia.
The Library of the University contains more than 800 000 copies of published sources.