Music Education (BEd Hons)

Course description

Bachelor of Education (Music) with Honours is a vocational programme for musicians who aspire to teach music in schools; it is one of the most highly regarded routes into classroom music teaching in Scotland, qualifying you for both primary and secondary school teaching. The degree provides integrated school placements in all four years of study.

Following graduation, you will qualify for provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS). All eligible graduates are guaranteed a probationary year of classroom teaching. GTCS standards are recognised in the UK and internationally, with many of our former students working at home in Scotland or abroad after graduation. On this programme, you will study aspects of teacher education and preparation for school experience, and undertake intensive music studies including a principal performance study, piano skills and keyboard musicianship, practical workshops, music technology, and theoretical and historical studies.

Special features

-Accredited by the General Teaching Council for Scotland
-Upon graduation, you are guaranteed a probationary year of classroom teaching
-Integrated school experience throughout all four years
-Qualifies you to teach music in both primary and secondary schools.

Subjects

• Teaching
• Music (secondary teaching)
• Teaching (secondary teaching)
• Music
• Music (primary teaching)
• Education