Education Honors Degree

The Music Education Honors degree curriculum provides students with the opportunity to engage deeply in the knowledge base and current issues in the field of music education through coursework and activities. The 30-credit hour curriculum allows students to tailor their program to best match their interests and needs. Students have the opportunity to develop close relationships with their peers and faculty through education courses with small class sizes and projects with faculty. For detailed information about the Honors program, visit https://sites.udel.edu/honors/

The following courses are taught by School of Music faculty and are regularly offered with honors sections that will count towards the Honors degree for Music Education students. Students may take courses from other departments and/or pursue one of the research opportunities below to complete the required 30 credits at the Honors level.

MUSC 185 - Aural Skills I (3cr.)
MUSC 195 - Harmony I (3cr.)
MUSC 295 - Advanced Harmony I (3cr.)
MUSC 311 - Music History: 400 through 1600 (3cr.)
MUSC 312 - Music History: 1600 through 1827 (3cr.)
MUSC 313 - Music History: 1827 to the Present (3cr.)

In addition, the following courses, if taken for graduate credit, will qualify for honors credit:

MUSC 403/603 - Chamber Music Literature (3cr.)
MUSC 405/605 - Symphonic Literature (3cr.)
MUSC 407/607 - Contemporary Music Literature (3cr.)
MUSC 426/608 - German Lieder (2cr.)
MUSC 427/608 - French Art Song (2cr.)
MUSC 428/608 - Twentieth-Century Art Song (2cr.)
MUSC 495/695 - Analysis and Interpretation (3 cr.)

All honors students must take an approved capstone course such as MUSC 695, UNIV 401/402, UNIV 490, UNIV 468, or a capstone in a second major. Any capstone course must be taken for a grade and for at least three credits.

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There are a number of ways for Music Education majors to participate in research and service-learning.

• Students may apply to the summer scholars program in research or service-learning (http://www.urp.udel.edu/urp/summer-research/summer-scholars/).
• Honors students may take UNIV 468 (three credits, graded) in the semester of their student teaching, concentrating on a project that will be incorporated into their Student Teaching experience.
• Honors students may complete a senior thesis (UNIV 401/402).

For helpful information about the honors program, please see https://sites.udel.edu/honors/forms/