Overview | Music Education

If you are called to teach music, whether in public or private schools, consider the advantages of Maranatha’s Music Education major. Music Education graduates have enjoyed a 100-percent hire rate for those seeking teaching positions, and a 100-percent acceptance rate for those applying to graduate school. Maranatha’s Education programs are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and approved for licensure by the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. The Music Education program provides students with the option of obtaining both a general music license as well as an instrumental or choral license by complete one of two specialized program levels.

Two Program Levels

Maranatha’s programs are accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and approved for licensure by the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. They provide students with the option of obtaining both a general music license as well as an instrumental or choral license by completing one of two specialized program levels:

a) The Core Program provides an essential course of study featuring a program of study common to the majority of colleges and universities.

b) The Comprehensive Program, unique to MBU students since 1996, provides pre-service teachers with the highest levels of preparedness for success in 21st century classrooms and graduate schools. Students completing the Comprehensive Program have had a 100% pass rate for the Praxis 2 test since 2008, and supervising teachers consistently report that our students demonstrate exceptional readiness for the classroom.

Program Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate the ability to identify a variety of differences among students and individualize instruction accordingly.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively plan for instruction, incorporating a wide variety of strategies for instruction and classroom management.
• Students will demonstrate thorough knowledge and application to the teaching of their content in general music, and school vocal and/or instrumental performing groups.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to conduct and interpret a wide variety of assessments.
• Students will demonstrate professionalism in education.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to teach content according to a biblical worldview.