Program Recognition
•Bullet: UCO's School of Music is NASM-accredited, and the university has trained Oklahoma educators for over a century (uco.edu)
Training
•Bullet: The Instrumental Music Education area of study adds 21-22 credit hours: Teaching Instrumental Music I and II, Brass, Woodwind, String, and Percussion Techniques, Creative Practices in Instrumental Music, Principles of Conducting, and Music Technology (catalog.uco.edu)
•Bullet: Select 2-3 credit hours from Marching Band Techniques, Elementary General Music Methods, String Pedagogy, or Applied Music; wind and percussion majors must take at least 3 of their 7 major-ensemble hours in Marching Band
•Bullet: Observation and teaching experience in public school classrooms, 24 hours of professional education, and a PK-12 student-teaching internship lead toward teacher certification (uco.edu, catalog.uco.edu)
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Major-ensemble credit comes from Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, or Symphony Orchestra, guided by advisement according to your major instrument; the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, and "Stampede of Sound" Marching Band are the major wind ensembles (music.uco.edu)
Facilities
•Bullet: The School of Music's MIDI Lab has 11 Macintosh workstations plus SmartMusic and Auralia ear-training software (music.uco.edu)
