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• MUU 535: MUSIC FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEARNER

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  In this course students will become familiar with general educational issues and music education trends affecting exceptional learners in the United States. Developmental music experiences for the exceptional learner in mainstreamed music classes will be addressed with an emphasis on the identification, methods of instruction, and arranging of music for exceptional learners. Questions about music education teaching and learning will be covered, and students will be introduced to variations in language ability, assessment, inclusion, and music education in a diverse world. Students will become knowledgeable in the areas of language, motor, visual, and social development, connecting current research and theory about exceptional learners in music education to classroom practice. To synthesize thinking and learning experiences, students will also critically assess inclusive school settings.
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• MUU 540: MUS ANALYSIS FOR MUS EDUCATOR

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course focuses on using theoretical musical analysis as an aid to the interpretation of music. Through score analysis, comparative listening, and discussion, students will develop critical listening skills, and will present interpretations of pieces, which will be supported by their analysis.
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• MUU 542: PRAC MUS ACOUSTICS FOR EDU

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The purpose of this course is to engage music educators in experiencing fundamentals through advanced aspects of the physical properties of sound, which include musical acoustics and psychoacoustics. Special emphasis will be given to practical and theoretical knowledge and application of that knowledge to the following areas: (1) physical properties and behaviors of sound (2) structural properties of musical instruments, including the voice, and how the structural aspects affect the acoustical properties, (3) concert hall design, room and rehearsal space design, and auditorium design and how that affects acoustics and music perception, (4) psychoacoustics - the human and non-human perception and processing of sound from the ear to the brain, (5) environmental and sustainability issues of sourcing materials for musical instruments; and, (6) diversity and universality of human music. Students will be engaged in several small research projects requiring acoustical assessment software available for use under guidance.
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• MUU 545: MUSICIAN HEALTH & PER ART MED

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The purpose of this class is to acquaint musicians and music educators with the growing field of performing arts medicine and musician health concerns. The performance of music, whether instrumental or vocal, requires performers of all ages to engage in muscular athletic activities that have been found to cause or contribute to physical injury, thus earning them the designation of 'small muscle athletes.' Students will learn about causes, symptoms and treatments of injuries, and also how to teach or engage in performance strategies that may lessen incidences of injury from medical professionals who are also musicians.
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• MUU 547: ADV METHODS OF TEACH MUS LITER

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed for music educators who want more advanced training in the Orff, Kodaly, and Feierabend methods of teaching music and music literacy, but are not ready yet to take the intensive certification programs associated with each method.
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• MUU 552: CHORAL MUSIC METHODS

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to prepare students to teach choral music in the schools. Each student will be able to discuss and/or demonstrate appropriate teaching techniques, strategies, and materials (including representative choral repertoire), and develop an understanding of the administrative responsibilities needed to initiate and maintain a successful choral music program.
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• MUU 560: ADVANCED WOODWIND PEDAGOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is a comprehensive course designed to provide the master's degree candidates with appropriate teaching methodologies, strategies, and materials for use in teaching flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe and bassoon. Correct fingering, embouchure, articulation, tone production, and repertoire will be studied. Students will learn to play each instrument at the intermediate level; understand the specific playing techniques for each instrument; and develop pedagogical concepts for teaching the instruments at the basic, intermediate, and advanced levels. Literature and other teaching resources appropriate for each level will be explored.
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• MUU 575: FIELD EXPERIENCE IN MUSIC EDU

  1.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  The primary focus of this course is the connection of educational theory with practice. A practical orientation to the teaching of music in a multicultural society through field experiences in a music classroom. Students have opportunities to experience the adaptation of techniques and theories for instruction in the classroom. Seminars, workshops, and individual conferences with the university supervisor accompany the experience of the music classroom assistantship. Students are responsible for their own transportation to the school site.
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• MUU 580: INDEP STUDY IN MUSIC EDU

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course supports individual pursuit in depth of a subject not covered within regularly scheduled graduate curriculum, and to address the needs and interests of select students through guided research, readings, discussions, and papers. Graduate students may schedule this course for one to three credits in a single semester, with no more than nine credits of Independent Study overall.
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• MUU 590: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I

  3.00 Credits

  Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  
  Student teaching is the culminating experience of the undergraduate Music Education program. It provides the student with the opportunity to observe professional music teachers and to participate in the music education program of the school. The student teaching semester is divided into two segments, one at the elementary level (K-6) and the other at the secondary level. These are interchangeable. At some point during these placements the student teacher will have experience with general, vocal/choral, and instrumental music instruction. The student teacher is expected to participate in planning and teaching lessons in all of these areas. The Practicum is a seminar scheduled concurrently with Student Teaching. Led by university faculty, students will discuss a variety of subjects, including but not limited to: teaching strategies, learning theory, classroom and rehearsal management techniques, community resources, and other pre- professional concerns. Must be taken concurrently with MUU 592 Practicum.
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