2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Music (BA)

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Overall Requirements and Minimums

See Degree Policies for information regarding earned hour, residency, and minimum GPA requirements.

General Education Requirements (37-40 hrs)

Integrative and Experiential Core

First Year (FYS) or Transition Year Seminar (TYS)
Integrative Studies (INST)
Senior Year Experience (SYE)

Discipline-Based Skills Development

Mathematics
Lifestyle Fitness and Wellness Series (LFW)
Skills Development
- Oral/Written Communication
- Language Proficiency
- Laboratory and Experimental Design

Writing Intensive

See Writing Intensive Requirements for specifics.

Music Major Requirements (39 hrs)

A minimum grade of C must be achieved in all MUSC courses.

Music Courses (39 hrs)

MUSC 1000 - Music Theory I
MUSC 1001 - Music Theory II
MUSC 1010 - Aural Skills I
MUSC 1011 - Aural Skills II
MUSC 1020 - Piano Class I (not required for students whose major instrument is piano)
MUSC 1021 - Piano Class II (not required for students whose major instrument is piano)
MUSC 1040 - Introduction to Music
MUSC 1050 - Exploring the Digital Arts
MUSC 1080 - Concert Attendance (taken 6 times)
MUSC 1081 - Introduction to Music Profession
MUSC 1092 - Freshman Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees
MUSC 1093 - Freshman Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees
MUSC 2000 - Music Theory III
MUSC 2010 - Aural Skills III
MUSC 2023 - Keyboard Musicianship Skills for Piano Majors (required only for students whose major instrument is piano; other students with piano experience may take by permission, in lieu of MUSC 1020/1021)
MUSC 2080 - Sophomore Conference
MUSC 2092 - Sophomore Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees
MUSC 2093 - Sophomore Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees
MUSC 3040 - Music History and Literature II - Writing Intensive
MUSC 3041 - Music History and Literature III - Writing Intensive
MUSC 3092 - Junior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees
MUSC 3093 - Junior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees
MUSC 4092 - Senior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees (not required for students who select the Music Theory and Composition Concentration)
MUSC 4093 - Senior Applied Music - BA, BME, BFA Degrees (not required for students who select the Music Theory and Composition Concentration)
MUSC 4100:4114 OR
MUSC 4123 - Jazz Ensemble
(or MUSC 4150:4153 by permission) (6 hrs)

Optional Concentrations

Music History and Literature Concentration (23 hrs)

MUSC 2001 - Music Theory IV
MUSC 2011 - Aural Skills IV
MUSC 2040 - Music History and Literature I
MUSC 2041 - Special Topics Seminar
MUSC 4041 - Final Project
Select at least four hours from the following:
MUSC 2042 - Special Topics in Instrumental Literature
MUSC 2043 - American Musical Theatre I
MUSC 2044 - American Musical Theatre II
MUSC 3043 - Art Song: The Collaborative Process
Select six hours from the following:
INST 2606 - Encountering World Music
MUSC 3042 - Women in Music
MUSC 3046 - American Popular Music
Select two hours from the following:
MUSC 2050 - Electronic and Computer Music I
MUSC 2060 - Jazz Theory
MUSC 3000 - Form and Analysis
MUSC 3001 - Orchestration and Arranging
MUSC 3020 - Conducting I
MUSC 3050 - Electronic and Computer Music II
MUSC 4000 - Advanced Theory

Music Theory and Composition Concentration (22 hrs)

Application for Degree

Prospective graduates must submit a Graduation Application to the Office of the Registrar during the term prior to the intended final semester.