Webster offers two emphases in music education to meet or exceed the requirements of the State of Missouri for teacher certification, K-12. These programs are designed for students who wish to teach music in elementary or secondary school music programs.
Learning Outcomes
A music education student will:
Articulate a personal philosophy of music education and explain how that philosophy informs pedagogical practice.
Analyze, devise and/or select instructional activities and materials (including repertoire) for being developmentally appropriate, relevant, culturally responsive/sustaining, and aligned with state and national music standards.
Plan and execute instruction in a variety of formats and learning modes, accounting for a variety of student backgrounds, abilities, needs and interests.
Demonstrate understanding of assessment, measurement and evaluation through the deploying of valid and reliable assessment tools.
Demonstrate a broad and versatile set of musical skills in service of making music instruction relevant for all students.
Use technology effectively to enhance instruction.
Develop professional dispositions and skills (e.g., communication) appropriate to the practice of music education.
January 2025
St Louis Home Campus
470 East Lockwood Avenue,
ST LOUIS,
Missouri,
63119, United States
Students must completed high school or from a home school program.
Freshman applicants are expected to complete a college preparatory secondary school program with at least 19 units of academic credit. The University strongly recommends the following distribution:
English: 4 units
History/Social studies: 3 units
Mathematics: 3 units
Foreign Language: 2 units
Science (two laboratory): 3 units
Fine Arts: 1 unit
Academic electives: 3 units
Applicants most likely to be admitted will have a cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, and a class rank in the top 50 percent of their high school class, if applicable.
English language proficiency requirement:
TOEFL: iBT: 80
TOEFL: ITP: 550
IELTS: Academic: 6.0
Duolingo: 110
Pearson: 53
Cambridge Academic English: 169
Password: 6.0
GTEC: 1201
iTEP: 3.7
SAT's English-based Reading and Writing Score: 450
ACT composite score: 23
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
