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Bachelor of Music Degree

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 131 in the Music Performance concentration, 130 in the Composition concentration, 130 in the Music Marketing concentration, and 129–131 in the Music Studies concentration. Undergraduates seeking elementary teacher certification must complete the interdisciplinary studies degree.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the music degree requirements, which are listed below. In addition, a candidate for the Bachelor of Music degree must complete the course requirements for the concentration declared by the candidate.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Music degree 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 Fundamentals of Music for the Non-Music Major, or MUS 2683 Masterpieces of Music.
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 Music degree, regardless of concentration, must complete the following 30 semester credit hours of required music courses:

MUS 1102 Aural Skills I
MUS 1112 Basic Skills of Music I
MUS 1122 Aural Skills II1
MUS 1132 Basic Skills of Music II
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 2403 Conducting I
MUS 3113 Analysis of Tonal Music
MUS 3213 Music in Civilization I
MUS 3223 Music in Civilization II

Special degree requirements. All students pursuing the Bachelor of Music degree are required:

  • to make one recital appearance during the last semester of required study on their principal instrument; performance majors are required to make a minimum of one recital or area seminar appearance each semester on their principal instrument
  • to perform in University ensembles; specific ensemble requirements for each degree concentration are outlined in the Department of Music Student Handbook (available in the department office)
  • to meet music performance proficiency standards established for principal instruments; students not meeting those standards must repeat music performance courses until the proficiency standards have been met
  • to fulfill the recital attendance requirement as defined in the Department of Music Student Handbook.

Listening examinations are required for students who specify classical guitar as their principal instrument. Details regarding listening examinations are available in the Department of Music Student Handbook.

In addition, candidates for the Bachelor of Music degree must complete the course requirements for the concentration they declare.

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Music Performance Concentration

All candidates for this concentration must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements (42 hours), the music degree requirements (30 hours), as well as the course requirements necessary for this concentration (59 hours).

  1. 24 semester credit hours of music performance are required from the following courses, some of which may be repeated for credit.

    1. Principal Instrument

      MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction (one semester)
      MUS 1542 Music Performance-Private Instruction I (one semester)
      MUS 2542 Music Performance-Private Instruction II (two semesters)
      MUS 3543 Music Performance-Private Instruction IV (two semesters)
      MUS 4543 Music Performance-Private Instruction V (two semesters)

    2. Secondary Instrument(s)

      Non-Keyboard Principal Instrument:

      MUS 1532 Functional Piano for Non-Keyboard Principals

      Keyboard Principal Instrument:

      MUS 1552 Functional Piano for Keyboard Principals

      2 semester credit hours from the following:

      MUS 1511 Music Performance-Secondary Instrument
      MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction
      MUS 1521 Class Piano2
      MUS 1531 Class Voice

  2. 6 semester credit hours of required music courses:

    MUS 3313 Microcomputer Applications in Music
    MUS 3413 Foundations of Music

  3. 6 semester credit hours of music theory selected from the following courses:

    MUS 3133 Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music
    MUS 3143 Orchestration3
    MUS 4113 Composition with Contrapuntal Techniques

  4. 4 semester credit hours of music literature (MUS 3252, Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis):

    Topics may include the following:

    Vocal Literature (required of voice principals)
    Operatic Literature (required of voice principals)
    History and Literature of the Guitar (required of classical guitar principals)
    Literature of the Pianoforte (required of piano principals)
    Organ Literature (required of organ principals)
    Orchestral Literature or Wind Literature (required of instrumental principals)

  5. Piano performance majors are required to complete 5 semester credit hours of accompanying; MUS 2501, Accompanying, may be repeated for credit to fulfill this requirement.

  6. All music performance majors are required to complete 2 semester credit hours of MUS 4532, Music Pedagogy.

  7. Voice principals are required to complete 4 semester credit hours of diction; MUS 3511, Diction for Singers, may be repeated for credit to fulfill this requirement.

  8. In order to demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language and acquire basic knowledge of a second, voice principals are required to complete at least two semesters of one foreign language (FRN 1014 and FRN 1024, GER 1014 and GER 1024, or ITL 1014 and ITL 1024) and one semester of a different foreign language (FRN 1014, GER 1014, or ITL 1014).

  9. For all music performance majors except voice principals, free electives are required depending on principal instrument:

    12 semester credit hours for piano principals
    16 semester credit hours for all other performance majors

  10. Admission to upper-division music performance as a music major must be approved by the appropriate qualifying committee; requirements for each area are specified in the Department of Music Student Handbook.

  11. A senior recital (MUS 4561) approximately one hour in length must be presented and approved by the appropriate recital committee.

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Composition Concentration

All candidates for this concentration must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements (42 hours), the Music Degree Requirements (30 hours), as well as the course requirements necessary for this concentration (58 hours).

  1. 16 semester credit hours of music performance courses are required from the following courses, some of which may be repeated for credit.

    1. Principal Instrument

      MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction (1 semester)
      MUS 1542 Music Performance-Private Instruction I (1 semester)
      MUS 2542 Music Performance-Private Instruction II (2 semesters)
      MUS 3532 Music Performance-Private Instruction III (2 semesters)

    2. Secondary Instrument(s)

      Non-Keyboard Principal Instrument:

      MUS 1532 Functional Piano for Non-Keyboard Principals

      Keyboard Principal Instrument:

      MUS 1552 Functional Piano for Keyboard Principals

      2 semester credit hours from the following:

      MUS 1511 Music Performance-Secondary Instrument
      MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction
      MUS 1521 Class Piano4
      MUS 1531 Class Voice

  2. 9 semester credit hours of required music courses:

    MUS 3123 Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music
    MUS 3313 Microcomputer Applications in Music
    MUS 3413 Foundations of Music

  3. 15 additional required semester credit hours of music theory and composition:

    MUS 2142 Composition I
    MUS 3133 Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music
    MUS 3143 Orchestration
    MUS 3162 Composition II
    MUS 4113 Composition with Contrapuntal Techniques
    MUS 4142 Composition III

  4. 2 semester credit hours of MUS 3252, Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Music since 1950 topic).

  5. 15 semester credit hours of electives. Students intending to pursue graduate studies in Composition or Theory are strongly encouraged to take at least two semesters of a foreign language as electives; preferred languages include German, French, or Italian.

  6. Students electing the Composition concentration must interview with the Composition Committee for approval to pursue the concentration at the upper-division level.

  7. MUS 4561 Senior Recital, is required of all students in the Composition concentration; the student’s senior recital shall include a selection of the student’s compositions totaling a minimum of 30 minutes. The student will submit completed musical scores representing a majority of the proposed recital program to an examining committee the semester before that of the recital. The examining committee shall determine the acceptability of the recital program.

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Music Marketing Concentration

All candidates for this concentration must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements (42 hours), the Music Degree Requirements (30 hours), as well as the course requirements necessary for this concentration (58 hours).

  1. 16 semester credit hours of music performance courses are required from the following, some of which may be repeated for credit. Students must satisfy either the Keyboard Principal Instrument requirements or the Non-Keyboard Principal Instrument requirements.

    1. Principal Instrument

      MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction (1 semester)
      MUS 1542 Music Performance-Private Instruction I (1 semester)
      MUS 2542 Music Performance-Private Instruction II (2 semesters)
      MUS 3532 Music Performance-Private Instruction III (2 semesters)

    2. Secondary Instrument(s)

      Non-Keyboard Principal Instrument:

      MUS 1532 Functional Piano for Non-Keyboard Principals

      Keyboard Principal Instrument:

      MUS 1552 Functional Piano for Keyboard Principals

      2 semester credit hours from the following:

      MUS 1511 Music Performance-Secondary Instrument
      MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction
      MUS 1521 Class Piano5
      MUS 1531 Class Voice

  2. 12 semester credit hours of required music marketing courses:

    MUS 2263 Introduction to the Music Industry
    MUS 3613 American Music and Culture
    MUS 4803 Seminar in Music Marketing
    MUS 4933 Music Marketing Internship

  3. 18 semester credit hours of required support work in business:

    ACC 2013 Principles of Accounting I
    COM 1053 Business and Professional Speech
    ECO 2023 Introductory Microeconomics6
    MGT 3003 Business Communication and Professional Development
    MGT 3013 Introduction to Organization Theory, Behavior, and Management
    MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing

  4. 6 semester credit hours of additional support work in business selected from the following:7

    MKT 3043 Advertising
    MKT 3083 Marketing Research
    MKT 3123 Survey of the Tourism Industry
    MKT 4013 Marketing Management
    MKT 4043 Advertising Management
    MKT 4073 International Marketing
    MKT 4093 Consumer Behavior

  5. 6 additional semester credit hours of business, music, music technology or music marketing selected from the following:

    BLW 3013 Business Law
    MKT 3113 Retailing
    MUS 3123 Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music
    MUS 3153 Audio Technology I
    MUS 3313 Microcomputer Applications in Music
    MUS 3413 Foundations of Music
    MUS 4953 Special Studies in Music (Music Marketing topic)

  6. Students electing the Music Marketing concentration must interview with the Music Marketing Committee for approval to pursue the concentration at the upper-division level.

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Music Studies Concentration

All candidates for this concentration must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements (42 hours), the Music Degree Requirements (30 hours), as well as the course requirements necessary for this concentration (57–59 hours). Details regarding the following requirements for each principal instrument area are available in the Department of Music Student Handbook.

  1. All candidates for the Bachelor of Music with a Music Studies concentration must complete the following 12 semester credit hours of private instruction in a principal instrument:

    MUS 1512 Music Performance-Private Instruction (1 semester)
    MUS 1542 Music Performance-Private Instruction I (1 semester)
    MUS 2542 Music Performance-Private Instruction II (2 semesters)
    MUS 3532 Music Performance-Private Instruction III (2 semesters)

    The principal instrument for those whose student teaching will be in band must be a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument(s); for instance, traditional percussion instruments as found in a band or orchestra—timpani, mallet instruments, multipercussion, but not drum set.

    The principal instrument for those whose student teaching will be in string classes or orchestra must be violin, viola, cello, or contrabass (not electric bass).

    The principal instrument for those whose student teaching will be in choral-general music must be voice, piano or guitar.

  2. 21–23 semester credit hours in music:

    1. 15–17 semester credit hours of required music courses:

      Wind Instrument and Percussion Principals:
      MUS 2413 Conducting II (Instrumental)
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Wind Literature I)
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Wind Literature II)
      MUS 3401 Brass Instruments
      MUS 3431 Woodwind Instruments I
      MUS 3441 Woodwind Instruments II
      MUS 3453 Music Studies I
      MUS 3471 String Instruments
      MUS 3481 Percussion Instruments
      MUS 4452 The Marching Band

      String Instrument Principals:
      MUS 2413 Conducting II (Instrumental)
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Orchestra Literature I)
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Orchestra Literature II)
      MUS 3401 Brass Instruments
      MUS 3431 Woodwind Instruments I
      MUS 3441 Woodwind Instruments II
      MUS 3453 Music Studies I
      MUS 3471 String Instruments
      MUS 3481 Percussion Instruments

      Voice Principals:
      MUS 2413 Conducting II (Choral)
      MUS 2601 Diction Survey
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Choral Literature I)
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Choral Literature II)
      MUS 3453 Music Studies I
      MUS 3463 Music Studies II
      MUS 3483 Instrumental Techniques for Voice Majors

      Keyboard and Guitar Principals:
      MUS 2413 Conducting II (Choral)
      MUS 2601 Diction Survey
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Choral Literature I)
      MUS 3252 Advanced Studies in Music Literature and Analysis (Topic: Choral Literature II)
      MUS 3453 Music Studies I
      MUS 3463 Music Studies II
      MUS 3483 Instrumental Techniques for Voice Majors

    2. 4–7 semester credit hours of additional required music performance study:

      Wind Instrument and Percussion Principals:
      MUS 1531 Class Voice
      MUS 1532 Functional Piano for Non-Keyboard Principals
      MUS 4532 Music Pedagogy (Instrumental)

      String Instrument Principals:
      MUS 1511 Music Performance-Secondary Instrument (violin or viola)8
      MUS 1511 Music Performance-Secondary Instrument (cello or bass)
      MUS 1531 Class Voice
      MUS 1532 Functional Piano for Non-Keyboard Principals
      MUS 4532 Music Pedagogy (Instrumental)

      Voice Principals:
      MUS 1532 Functional Piano for Non-Keyboard Principals
      MUS 4532 Music Pedagogy (Vocal)

      Keyboard Principals:
      MUS 1511 Music Performance-Secondary Instrument (voice) (2 semesters)
      MUS 1552 Functional Piano for Keyboard Principals
      MUS 4532 Music Pedagogy (Vocal)

      Guitar Principals:
      MUS 1511 Music Performance-Secondary Instrument (voice) (2 semesters)
      MUS 1532 Functional Piano for Non-Keyboard Principals
      MUS 4532 Music Pedagogy (Vocal)

  3. 24 semester credit hours of professional education courses (including 6 hours of student teaching and 3 hours in a state-mandated reading course); for specific required courses, consult the College of Education and Human Development Advising and Certification Center.

  4. A qualifying 30-minute proficiency recital must be presented on the student’s principal instrument and approved prior to the semester of student teaching; specific requirements are outlined in the Department of Music Student Handbook.

  5. Students electing the Music Studies concentration must interview with the Music Studies Committee for approval to continue as a music studies major at the upper-division level.

  6. Students enrolled in the Music Studies concentration must successfully complete competency tests to receive certification as specified by the Texas State Board for Educator Certification.

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1. Students who qualify by examination may fulfill the Aural Skills & Basic Skills sequence by completing MUS 1123, MUS 1133, MUS 2103, and MUS 2153 instead of MUS 1122, MUS 1132, MUS 2102, MUS 2112, MUS 2152, and MUS 2162.

2. Students selecting keyboard as their principal instrument may not use MUS 1521 to fulfill the secondary instrument requirement.

3. Students whose principal instrument is an orchestral instrument are required to take MUS 3143, Orchestration.

4. Students selecting keyboard as their principal instrument may not use MUS 1521 to fulfill the secondary instrument requirement.

5. Students selecting keyboard as their principal instrument may not use MUS 1521 to fulfill the secondary instrument requirement.

6. Must be fulfilled by successful completion of ECO 2013 and ECO 2023, one of which may be used to satisfy the Core Curriculum requirement.

7. The College of Business sets prerequisites for all business coursework and changes prerequisites at its discretion. Business prerequisites are not necessarily included in this degree plan either as part of the academic core or the music marketing coursework. Consequently, before planning to take a specific business class, students should consult the catalog and meet with their advisor to determine whether they have met the prerequisites for that class.

8.Secondary instrument must not be the same as principal instrument.

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