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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

Academic Studies

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: 14
Semester 2
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 3
Total Semester Hours: 17
Semester 4
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 5
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 6
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 7
  • General Education courses - Social Sciences (6)
  • Foreign Language (4)
  • 4000-level Music Theory (3)
Total Semester Hours: 13
Semester 8
  • 4000-level Music History (3)
  • Foreign Language (4)
  • General Education courses - Natural Sciences (3)
  • General Education courses - Arts (not MUS) (3)
Total Semester Hours: 14
120 Total Semester Hours

1- 4000-level Music History courses include MUS 4749 Seminar in Music History . This seminar may be taken multiple times on different topics, for example, History of Technologies in Music, Shakespeare and Verdi, World Musics, and Film Music. In this semester, MUS 4749  satisfies a core requirement.

2- These include MUS 4710 Advanced Aural Skills , MUS 4712 Advanced Form and Analysis , MUS 4718 Styles and Practices of Beethoven and the Romantics , MUS 4720 Post-Tonal Styles and Practices , MUS 4725 Survey of Contrapuntal Techniques , MUS 4730 Elementary Orchestration  

Arts Administration

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: 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: 15
Semester 7
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 8
Total Semester Hours: 16
120 Total Semester Hours

Church Music

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 2053 , primary applied music course; 2.0 Cumulative GPA.

Semester 1
Total Semester Hours: 13
Semester 2
Total Semester Hours: 17
Semester 3
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 4
Total Semester Hours: 16-17
Semester 5
Total Semester Hours: 14
Semester 6
Total Semester Hours: 15-14
Semester 7
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 8
Total Semester Hours: 14
120 Total Semester Hours

1- At the completion of this semester a performance examination will determine continued study in this concentration.

2- Organists will have a 2 hour elective requirement in this semester; they will take MUS 4701  in Semester 6.

3- Electives to be chosen from REL 2000 , REL 2006 , REL 2025 , REL 2028 , REL 2029 , REL 2033 , REL 3000 , REL 3010 , REL 3030 , REL 3092 , REL 3102 , REL 3104 , REL 3124 , REL 3300 , REL 4012 , REL 4018 , REL 4032 , REL 4050 , REL 4125 , REL 4161 , REL 4171 , REL 4200 , REL 4227 , REL 4400 , REL 4500 , REL 4505 , or REL 4507 .  

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).

Intradisciplinary Music

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: 14
Semester 2
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 3
Total Semester Hours: 14
Semester 4
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 5

Concentration courses in Semesters 5, 6, and 7 require approval by the student’s advisory committee prior to Semester 5. Revisions must be made in consultation with the committee.

Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 6
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 7
  • General Education courses - Social Sciences (6)
  • Any Approved Applied Music Course (2)2
  • Approved Concentration Course (3)1
  • General Education courses - Natural Sciences (3)
  • Elective (1)
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 8
Total Semester Hours: 15
120 Total Semester Hours

 

1- Approved Concentration Courses may be any approved 3000 or 4000-level MUS Course OR 2000 or 3000-level MUED Course OR 3000 or 4000-level non-music course.

2- Any Approved Applied Music Course includes the option of continuing study in the Primary Applied area.

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. 

Theatre

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: 14
Semester 2
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 3
Total Semester Hours: 14
Semester 4
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 5
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 6
Total Semester Hours: 15
Semester 7
  • General Education courses - Social Sciences (6)
  • General Education courses - Natural Sciences (3)
  • Concentration Area Course (3) - THTR 3*** or 4****
  • Elective (4)
Total Semester Hours: 16
Semester 8
Total Semester Hours: 14
120 Total Semester Hours

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