The music education degree at the University of Nevada, Reno enhances personal skills as a musician and prepares students for teaching others how to explore their own musical interests and talents. The music education degree is unique in that the result of the program not only enhances the student's personal skills as a musician, providing opportunities for further development, but the program also prepares the student for teaching others how to explore their own musical interests and talents.
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education will receive their degree from the College of Liberal Arts; however, students must also meet certain requirements of the College of Education to qualify for student teaching and state certification. Once the degree program is completed, students are prepared to teach music in a secondary education setting.
Within the Bachelor of Music, Music Education degree, students have the opportunity to emphasize in three tracks including: instrumental, voice and general music education.
Educational requirements for licensure
The University has collected information about licensing requirements and made the determinations regarding the alignment of the teacher education curriculum with state educational requirements for licensure to the best of its ability. These determinations apply only to teaching licenses, and do not apply to any subject-specific endorsements or certificates. Individual states may have different and specific educational requirements to obtain subject-specific credentials. If you plan to seek an endorsement or certificate to teach a specific subject-area, we highly advise you to contact the licensing board for the state in which you plan to apply for the endorsement/certificate for more information about educational requirements.
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