Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music - Core Requirements

Music Convocation (7 semesters)

MUS 1010 - Music Convocation Credits: No Credit

Applied Music (14 hours)

(See Exceptions below)

MUS 2000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 4 hours
MUS 3000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 4 hours
These may be taken for 2 hours minimum per semester.

Basic Music (12 hours)

MUS 1600 - Basic Music I Credits: 3 hours
MUS 1610 - Basic Music II Credits: 3 hours
MUS 2600 - Basic Music III Credits: 3 hours
MUS 2610 - Basic Music IV Credits: 3 hours

Aural Skills (3 hours)

MUS 1620 - Aural Skills I Credits: 1 hour
MUS 1630 - Aural Skills II Credits: 1 hour
MUS 2590 - Aural Skills III Credits: 1 hour

History or Theory Elective (2 hours)

(see Electives below)

Musicology (9 hours)

MUS 2700 - Music History I Credits: 3 hours
MUS 2710 - Music History II Credits: 3 hours
MUS 5885 - Global Music Cultures Credits: 3 hours

Performance Elective (8 hours)

(see Electives below)

Keyboard Fundamentals (2 hours)

MUS 1200 - Keyboard Fundamentals Credits: 1 hour
MUS 1210 - Keyboard Fundamentals Credits: 1 hour

Conducting (1 hour)

MUS 2150 - Conducting Credits: 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, sophomore hearing, and attendance requirements).

Exceptions To Core Requirements

Jazz Studies

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

MUS 1180 - Gold Company II Credits: 1 hour
MUS 1190 - Gold Company Credits: 1 hour
MUS 2100 - Jazz Lab Band Credits: 1 hour
or
MUS 2120 - Jazz Orchestra Credits: 1 hour

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.

Music Composition

Applied Music

In addition to their Applied Music Composition requirement, Music Composition majors must complete 12 credit hours of electives from the following courses:

Any instrument or voice technique class (MUS 1170, MUS 1290, MUS 1300, MUS 1420, MUS 1430, MUS 1440, or MUS 1460)

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Electives

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

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

A student desiring professional programs will be accepted in the area of choice in the fourth semester of enrollment if he/she qualifies under the following guidelines: