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Undergraduate Catalog 2014-15 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2014-15 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Music


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Bachelor of Music - Core Requirements


Music Convocation (7 semesters)


Applied Music (14 hours)


(See Exceptions below)

Basic Music (12 hours)


Aural Skills (4 hours)


History or Theory Elective (2 hours)


(see Electives below)

Music History and Literature (8 hours)


Performance Elective (8 hours)


(see Electives below)

Keyboard Fundamentals (2 hours)


Conducting (1 hour)


General Education Electives (37 hours)


Major Area of Concentration (13 to 41 hours)


Free Electives to make a minimum of 122 semester credit hours.


Music Clearance


(verification of completion of recital performance and attendance requirements).

Exceptions To Core Requirements


Jazz Studies


Jazz Studies majors may fulfill two of the four semester major ensemble requirements by electing:

Music Therapy


Music Therapy majors complete only 8 hours of Applied Music 2000 (including successful completion of a Sophomore Hearing); only 4 hours of Performance Electives; and are not required to complete a theory/history elective.

Composition


Composition majors complete only eight hours of Applied Music 2000 (including successful completion of a Sophomore Hearing) and four hours of Applied Music 3000; and only four hours of Performance Electives.

Keyboard


Keyboard majors are to replace Keyboard Fundamentals 1200 and 1210 with MUS 1900: Accompanying (1 credit) in freshman-sophomore years and MUS 1000: Organ (1 credit) in junior-senior years.

Music Education: Choral/General/Music


Music Education: Choral/General Music majors complete only 7 semesters of Performance Electives. Students for whom keyboard is the applied instrument must elect MUS 1900: Accompanying in the freshman-sophomore years as one of the required performance electives, and may choose to substitute one credit of MUS 1000: Organ for one credit of MUS 3000: Piano. It is recommended that all Music Education majors have at least one jazz experience/ensemble.

Music Education: Instrumental


Music Education: Instrumental majors complete only 6 semesters of Performance Electives plus 2 semesters of Marching Band. Students for whom keyboard is the applied instrument must elect MUS 1900: Accompanying in the freshman-sophomore years as one of the required performance electives, and may choose to substitute one credit of MUS 1000: Organ for one credit of MUS 3000: Piano. It is recommended that all Music Education majors have at least one jazz experience/ensemble.

All students wishing to earn a Teaching Certificate


All students wishing to earn a teaching certificate should have minimal keyboard skills upon entry to the major. Therefore, Keyboard Fundamentals (1200-1210) may not be applied towards any major that leads to a teaching certification.

Electives


Performance electives may be selected from the following list of courses:

1. All students are required to elect four semesters of a major ensemble.


The major ensembles are:

Please note the following:


  • At least two of the required four semesters of major ensemble must be taken during the junior-senior years.
  • The four semesters MUST be taken in an ensemble in the student’s applied area.
    (Keyboard majors may elect any large ensemble, except that Keyboard/Music Education-Choral/General majors must elect a vocal ensemble and Keyboard/Music Education-Instrumental majors must elect an instrumental ensemble.)

2. The remaining four semester hours of Performance electives may be selected from the following:


Please note the following:


  • All keyboard majors are required to elect one semester of MUS 1900: Accompanying (therapy majors excepted).
  • The student is expected to complete one performance elective during each term of enrollment.

Theory Electives


Theory electives may be selected from the following:

Music History/Literature Electives


Music History/Literature electives may be selected from the following list of courses:

Electing a Major Area of Study


Music majors will elect a major area of concentration in the fourth semester of study. The student will be accepted in the area of choice if he/she qualifies under the following guidelines:

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