2.0

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Materials covered in the first semester include principles of hand position, fingering, placing, sequencing of materials, and choice of music, as these apply to beginning students at every age level. The second semester consists of continued discussion as above, plus a practicum level in which each member of the class must teach one student for 12 weeks, after which a mini-recital will provide the basis for group evaluation and final discussion. Graduate students are further expected to prepare specialized teaching materials for beginners. May be taken by all majors beginning sophomore year and may be repeated (at least one year is required).