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2015-2016 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music, B.A.


Music, B.A.


CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: “C” or better MUS 1740 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 2: “C” or better in MUS 1741 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 3: “C” or better in MUS 2731 /MUS 2733 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 4: “C” or better in MUS 2732 /MUS 2734 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 5: “C” or better in MUS 3731 /MUS 3733 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.

Semester 1


Total Semester Hours: 15


Semester 2


Total Semester Hours: 13


Semester 3


Total Semester Hours: 17


Semester 4


Total Semester Hours: 15


Semester 5


Total Semester Hours: 16


Total Semester Hours: 15


Semester 7


  • Upper Division Music Elective (3)5
  • General Education course - Social Sciences (6)
  • Minor Area Course (3)4
  • Approved Electives (4)

Total Semester Hours: 16


Semester 8


  • Upper Division Music Elective (3)5
  • Minor Area Courses (6)4
  • Approved Elective (1)
  • General Education Course - Arts (not MUS) (3)

Total Semester Hours: 13


120 Total Sem. Hrs.


 1 - Registration in an appropriate music ensemble may be a corequisite for registering for applied music courses. The requirement for 12 hours of applied music courses may be satisfied by taking six semesters of applied music for two hours of credit or four semesters of applied music for three hours of credit.

2 - Choose from the following: MUS 4232 , MUS 4233 , MUS 4234 , MUS 4235 , MUS 4236 , MUS 4250 , MUS 4251 , MUS 4252 , MUS 4254  or MUS 4261 . BA in Music with a primary emphasis in Jazz may select MUS 4253  Jazz Ensemble for all four required ensemble hours; BA in Music with primary emphasis other than Jazz may select MUS 4253  for maximum of two of the four required ensemble hours.

3 - Foreign Language sequence should be selected from the General Education Humanities requirements, and both courses must be in the same language.

4 - If students declare a minor with fewer than 18 hours credit, then the additional hours must be taken as electives.

5 - To be selected from the following: MUS 4710 , MUS 4712 , MUS 4718 , MUS 4720 , MUS 4721 , MUS 4723 , MUS 4749 , MUS 4759 .

Area of Concentration


Experimental Music & Digital Media


CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: “C” or better MUS 1740 ; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 2: “C” or better in MUS 1741 ; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 3: “C” or better in MUS 2731 /MUS 2733 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 4: “C” or better in MUS 2732 /MUS 2734 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 5: “C” or better in MUS 3731 /MUS 3733 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.

Semester 1

Total Semester Hours: 15

Semester 2

Total Semester Hours: 14

Semester 3

Total Semester Hours: 15

Semester 4

Total Semester Hours: 17

Semester 5

Total Semester Hours: 17

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 7

  • Upper Division Music Elective (3)4
  • General Education Courses - Social Sciences (6)
  • General Education Course - Natural Sciences (3)
  • Approved Elective (1)
     
Total Semester Hours: 13

Semester 8

  • Upper Division Music Elective (3)4
  • AVATAR Minor Capstone Course (3)
  • General Education Course - Humanities (3)
  • Approved Electives (4)
Total Semester Hours: 13

120 Total Sem. Hrs.

1 - Registration in an appropriate music ensemble may be a co-requisite for registering for applied music courses. The requirement for 12 hours of applied music courses may be satisfied by taking six semesters of applied music for two hours of credit or four semesters of applied music for three hours of credit.

2 - Choose from the following: MUS 4232 , MUS 4233 , MUS 4234 , MUS 4235 , MUS 4236 , MUS 4250 , MUS 4251 , MUS 4252 , MUS 4254  or MUS 4261 . BA in Music with a primary emphasis in Jazz may select MUS 4253  Jazz Ensemble for all of these ensemble hours.

3 - Foreign Language sequence should be selected from the General Education Humanities requirements, and both courses must be in the same language.

4 - Choose from the following: MUS 4710 , MUS 4712 , MUS 4718 , MUS 4720 , MUS 4721 , MUS 4723 , MUS 4744 , MUS 4746 , MUS 4748 , MUS 4749 , MUS 4759 .

5 - Students are encouraged but not required to take either PHYS 2110  and PHYS 2112  or PHYS 2001  and PHYS 2002 , which can fulfill the general education natural science sequence requirement. Students should note that PHYS 2110  requires at least concurrent enrollment in MATH 1552 . PHYS 2001  requires trigonometry and/or calculus as a prerequisite.

6 - Students are encouraged but not required to take MATH 1550  to fulfill the first semester of analytical reasoning.

7 - Students are encouraged but not required to take MATH 1552  to fulfill the second semester of analytical reasoning.

8 - Students should enroll in an AVATAR Minor Area course that also satisfies the General Education Arts course requirement (not MUS).