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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the music degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Mathematics Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section on the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Natural Sciences Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Science (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed below under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement; however, Music majors are strongly advised not to fulfill the arts requirement with either MUS 2623 or MUS 2683.
World Society and Issues (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Music Degree Requirements

All candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music must complete the following 29 semester credit hours of required music courses:

Music Degree Core (29 semester credit hours)

MUS 1102 Aural Skills I
MUS 1112 Basic Skills of Music I
MUS 1122 Aural Skills II
MUS 1132 Basic Skills of Music II
MUS 2001 Concert Music (2 semesters)
MUS 2102 Aural Skills III
MUS 2112 Aural Skills IV
MUS 2152 Basic Skills of Music III
MUS 2162 Basic Skills of Music IV
MUS 2252 World Music in Society
MUS 3213 Music in Civilization I
MUS 3223 Music in Civilization II
MUS 3313 Microcomputer Applications in Music

In addition, candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music must complete the course requirements selected from each of the following areas:

  1. 6 semester credit hours of music literature and culture selected from the following:

    MUS 2663 History and Styles of Jazz
    MUS 2673 History and Styles of Rock
    MUS 2693 The Music of Latin America
    MUS 3413 Foundations of Music
    MUS 3613 American Music and Culture

  2. 9 semester credit hours of music theory and analysis/technology, of which 6 semester credit hours must be at the upper-division level:

    MUS 2132 Introduction to Improvisation
    MUS 2403 Conducting I
    MUS 3113 Analysis of Tonal Music
    MUS 3123 Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music
    MUS 3133 Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music
    MUS 3143 Orchestration
    MUS 3153 Audio Technology I
    MUS 4113 Composition with Contrapuntal Techniques

  3. 10–14 semester credit hours of music performance as follows:

    MUS 1521 Class Piano (2 semesters)
    (Keyboard Principals must take MUS 1552, Functional Piano for Keyboard Principals)

    Private Instruction (4 semester credit hours)
    MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction
    MUS 1542 Music Performance-Private Instruction I

    Ensemble (4–8 semester credit hours)
    4 semesters to include at least 2 semesters of Directed Ensemble (1–2 hours per semester)

  4. 20–24 semester credit hours of electives, of which 6 semester credit hours must be at the upper-division level. A minimum of 12 semester credit hours must be outside music. Courses are chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.

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