Training
•The 2026-2027 instrumental music education curriculum leads to Multi-Age K-12 Music teaching licensure
•Students complete seven semesters each of principal applied study and a primary large ensemble
•Coursework includes brass, percussion, string, woodwind, and voice methods, conducting, theory, aural skills, piano, elementary and secondary methods, field experience, and student teaching
Professional Development
•Multiple school-based field experiences culminate in a full student-teaching placement and seminar
Degree Flexibility
•OWU describes the four-year liberal-arts plan as compatible with a second major