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2017-2018 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music, B.A.

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Music, B.A.

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: “C” or better MUS 1705 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 2: MATH 1021 /MATH 1029 , “C” or better in primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 3: “C” or better in MUS 2620 /MUS 2630 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 4: “C” or better in MUS 2622 /MUS 2632 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 5: “C” or better in MUS 3620 /MUS 3630 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.

Semester 1

 

Total Semester Hours: 14

Semester 2

 

Total Semester Hours: 15

Semester 3

 

Total Semester Hours: 17

 

Semester 4

 

Total Semester Hours: 15

 

Semester 5

 

Total Semester Hours: 17

Semester 6

 

Total Semester Hours: 15

 

Semester 7

  • General Education course - Social Sciences (6)
  • Minor Area Course (3)3
  • Electives (4)

Total Semester Hours: 13

Semester 8

 

Total Semester Hours: 14

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 may select MUS 4253  for maximum of two of the four required ensemble hours.

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

 

Area of Concentration

Experimental Music & Digital Media

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: “C” or better MUS 1705 ; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 2: “C” or better in primary applied music course, 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 3: “C” or better in MUS 2620 /MUS 2630 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 4: “C” or better in MUS 2622 /MUS 2632 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 5: “C” or better in MUS 3620 /MUS 3630 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.

Semester 1
Total Semester Hours: 14
Semester 2
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 3
Total Semester Hours: 14
Semester 4
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 5
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 6
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 7
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 8
  • AVATAR Minor Capstone Course (3)
  • General Education Course - Humanities (3)
  • Approved Electives (4)
  • General Education Courses - Social Sciences (3)
Total Semester Hours: 14
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 4710 , MUS 4712 , MUS 4718 , MUS 4720 , MUS 4744 , MUS 4746 , MUS 4748 , MUS 4749 , MUS 4759 .

3 - 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.

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

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

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

Jazz

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: “C” or better MUS 1705 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 2: “C” or better in primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 3: “C” or better in MUS 2620 / MUS 2630 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 4: “C” or better in MUS 2622 /MUS 2632 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.
SEMESTER 5: “C” or better in MUS 3620 /MUS 3630 , 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: 14
Semester 5
Total Semester Hours: 17
Semester 6
Total Semester Hours: 14
Semester 7
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 8
Total Semester Hours: 15
120 Total Sem. Hrs.

1- Registration in an appropriate music ensemble may be a corequisite for registering for applied music courses. 

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