Applied Music (24 hours)

• MUS 2000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 4 hours
• MUS 3000 - Applied Music Credits: 1 to 4 hours

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  Requirements for Jazz Studies Majors:

  Juries:

  All Bachelor of Music-Jazz Studies majors are required to fulfill a Jury at the conclusion of every semester

   

  Sophomore Hearing:

  All Bachelor of Music-Jazz Studies majors are required to fulfill a Sophomore Hearing at the conclusion of their 4th semester, at which point they are admitted to MUS 3000

   

  Junior/Senior Recital:

  All Bachelor of Music-Jazz Studies majors are required to present a Junior and Senior recital.

   

Ensembles (14 hours)

Jazz Ensembles (2 hours)

• Select from the following (may be repeated for credit):

   

• MUS 1190 - Gold Company Credits: 1 hour
• MUS 2120 - Jazz Orchestra Credits: 1 hour
• MUS 5150 - Advanced Jazz Combo Credits: 1 hour
• MUS 2100 - Jazz Lab Band Credits: 1 hour
• MUS 1180 - Gold Company II Credits: 1 hour

Jazz Combo (4 hours)

• Select from the following (may be repeated for credit):

• MUS 2180 - Chamber Music Without Conductor Credits: 1 hour

• (Topic: Instrumental Chamber Music)

• MUS 5140 - Instrumental Chamber Music Credits: 1 hour
• MUS 5150 - Advanced Jazz Combo Credits: 1 hour

Music Convocation (7 semesters)

• MUS 1010 - Music Convocation Credits: No Credit

Keyboard Requirement (1 hour)

• MUS 2215 - Jazz Keyboard Musicianship Credits: 1 hour

Career Skills (2 hours)

• MUS 5020 - Entrepreneurship for Music Credits: 2 hours

Aural Skills (2 hours)

• MUS 1620 - Aural Skills I Credits: 1 hour
• MUS 2655 - Jazz Aural Skills Credits: 1 hour

Basic Music (7 hours)

• MUS 1600 - Basic Music I Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 1601 - Jazz Fundamentals Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 1605 - Jazz Theory Credits: 2 hours

Musicology (6 hours)

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

Jazz History and Literature (3 hours)

• MUS 5830 - Jazz History and Literature Credits: 3 hours

History or Theory Elective (2-3 hours)

• MUS 2610 - Basic Music IV Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 5600 - Counterpoint Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 5650 - Topics in Music Theory Credits: 2 to 3 hours
• MUS 5670 - Orchestration Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 5730 - Classical Music (1750-1800) Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 5800 - Solo Literature Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 5810 - Choral Music Literature Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 5840 - Topics in Musicology and Ethnomusicology Credits: 2 to 3 hours
• MUS 5885 - Global Music Cultures Credits: 3 hours

• (can be taken again as an elective if it is a different topic)

Composition (5 hours)

• MUS 2640 - Jazz Composition Credits: 2 hours

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  Select from:

• MUS 2620 - Concert Composition for Musicians Credits: 2 hours

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• MUS 2630 - Sound Art for Musicians Credits: 2 hours

Arranging (4 hours)

• MUS 5550 - Jazz Arranging Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 5560 - Advanced Jazz Arranging Credits: 2 hours

Improvisation (4 hours)

• MUS 5580 - Jazz Improvisation I Credits: 2 hours
• MUS 5590 - Jazz Improvisation II Credits: 2 hours

Music Production Options:

• MUS 2240 - Electronic Music Techniques Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 3240 - Effects Processing and Synthesis Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 5640 - Seminar in Electronic Music Composition Credits: 2 to 3 hours

• May be repeated for credit

Audio Engineering Options:

• MUS 1940 - Introduction to Audio Technology Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 2940 - Multi-track Recording Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 3940 - Advanced Recording I Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 4940 - Advanced Recording II Credits: 3 hours

Multimedia Production Options:

• ART 2290 - Digital Video Concepts Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 5645 - Audio for Video Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 5655 - Special Topics in Multimedia Arts Technology Credits: 2 to 3 hours

Live Sound and Performance Options:

• MUS 5220 - KLOrk: Kalamazoo Laptop Orchestra Credits: 1 hour
• MUS 5240 - Electronic Music Performance Credits: 3 hours
• MUS 5965 - Sound Reinforcement Practicum Credits: 2 hours