The basic curriculum for both programs is the same. It can be described as four-tiered:

• First, students are responsible for liberal arts requirements, such as history, foreign language, and contemporary issues in sociology, psychology, and technology.

• Second, it is important to be educated in applied study, keyboard study, ensemble participation, music theory, and music history.

• Third, students need expertise of music education, which focuses on pedagogical techniques for working in the context of the classroom, as well as choral and instrumental programs.

• Fourth, students gain an understanding of applications across all educational concentrations, involving topics such as educational philosophy, educational psychology, democratic teaching principles, and critical thinking.