Teaching Certification in Music for Teaching at Secondary Schools (B. Ed. Music)
1. Overview of the degree program
| Standard period of study | 6 semesters (3 years) |
| Overall scope |
65 credit points 58 semester hours in 8 compulsory modules |
| Admission requirements |
University entrance qualification as per Art. 65 (1) of the University Act (HochSchG): General higher education entrance qualification Successful completion of a qualifying examination |
| Entrance into the program | possible in both summer and winter semester |
| Degree | Bachelor of Education in Music (B.Ed. Music) |
| Program objective | The degree program for the Teaching Certification for Teaching at Secondary Schools provides students with the academic skills and (in the case of students studying Fine Arts and Music) with the artistic talents to qualify to teach in these examination subjects at college preparatory secondary schools. |
| Major and minor subjects | Instrumental major in combination with minor in voice, or major in voice in combination with instrumental minor |
| Course structure and content |
The course leading to a teacher certification in music at college preparatory secondary school level encompasses: 1. Practical artistic training, 2. Music education training, and 3. Musicology training. Compulsory modules:
Each module concludes with a module-specific examination (For more information see the module handbook.) |
| Other academic qualifications | In-school internships |
| Bachelor's examination | See module-specific examinations |
2. Requirements for the qualifying examination
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Examination: instrument/voice (major) |
Presentation of three works from different stylistic periods as well as sight-playing of easy to moderately difficult unknown works; one of the works can be replaced by a free presentation of a piece from the Classical period or the jazz, rock, or pop field (song accompaniment, improvisation or similar). Examination duration: approx. 15 minutes |
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Examination: school-relevant piano practice (minor) |
Figured recital of extended cadences (the chords are encoded in three techniques: stage theory, function theory, and chord symbols; form: e.g.: four bars, tempo, and meter are to be selected by the candidate; the figuration can for example be arpeggio technique, melodic embellishment with the falsetto or the bass). Lied playing: Presentation of a strophe from a prepared lied (Volkslied, Gospel or similar, melody played or melody sung but not played in accompaniment) and harmonization of a simple Volkslied from the sheet music. Improvisation (simple improvisation from the area of classical music or from pop/rock/jazz music, such as improvisational continuation of a provided two-bar melody or improvisation using a blues form or improvisation of a provided chord progression in symbolic notation). Sight-playing of an easy piano passage. Examination duration: approx. 10 minutes |
| Examination: voice and speech training minor |
Extensive presentation of two art songs or one art song and an aria or one art song and a song to demonstrate a good singing voice; presentation of a text. Examination duration: approx. 10 minutes |
| Examination: instrumental minor (voice major only) |
Presentation of two easier works from different stylistic periods. Examination duration: approx. 15 minutes |
| Examination: conducting of a vocal and/or instrumental music group |
You may prepare either one canon or select an open task issued immediately beforehand (e.g. aural implementation of a sound poem, a musical graphic, or a rhythm). Examination duration: approx. 10 minutes |
| Oral examination: ear training |
Identification of intervals and chords as well as rhythms and meters, repetition and extension of presented melodic phrases; sight-singing of an easy choral voice; accompaniment of a song melody. Examination duration: approx. 10 minutes |
| Written examination: ear training and composition / general music theory |
Musical dictation (single and dual-voice tonal and free tonal musical dictation as well as rhythm examples). Examination duration: 1 hour Composition tasks and questions about general music theory (identification and notation of intervals and chords, explanation of specialized musical terminology and forms, notation of a short figured bass, polyharmonic passage for a provided melody). Examination duration: 1 hour each |