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Bachelor of Music in Music Performance

Major Requirements

University Core

Core
University Core Requirements

37

Electives

General Electives
Requirement

4

In addition to the university core, Music Performance students must complete the following:

MUS 100Recital Attendance

0
MUS 2xx
Four (4) credit hours in Music Ensembles

4
MUS 2xx/3xx/4xx
Eight (8) credit hours of Additional Ensemble

8
MUS 327Music Ensembles

0-1
MUS 202Principal Applied

2
MUS 208Applied Lab

0
MUS 200Sophomore Qualifying Examination

0
MUS 300Junior Recital

0
MUS 337History of Music I

3
MUS 338History of Music II

3
MUS 381Applied Pedagogy

2
MUS 4xx
Four (4) credit hours in Music Ensembles

4
MUS 402Principal Applied

2
MUS 408Applied Lab

0
MUS 400Senior Recital

0
MUS 485Solo Literature Seminar

2
Total Credit Hours:41-42

Supportive Courses:

MUS 111Essential Keyboard Skills

1
MUS 141Music Theory I

3
MUS 150Introduction to Music Technology

3
MUS 157Music Theory Lab I

1
MUS 112Advanced Keyboard Skills

1
MUS 142Music Theory II

3
MUS 158Music Theory Lab II

1
MUS 241Music Theory III

3
MUS 257Music Theory Lab III

1
MUS 242Music Theory IV

3
MUS 258Music Theory Lab IV

1
MUS 321WREntrepreneurship in Music Industry

3
MUS 331WR20th and 21st Century Music

3
MUS 341Counterpoint

3

MUS 353Orchestral Literature

2
Or
MUS 354Band Literature

2
Or
MUS 371Choral Literature and Arranging

3

MUS 456Reading & Transposition

2
MUS 382Conducting I

3
MUS 342Analysis

3
MUS 434SIAmerican and World Music

3
Total Credit Hours:41-42

Additional concentrations below should take the following courses:

Concentration Tracks

Vocal Performance:
MUS 116Singer's Diction I

1
MUS 316Singer's Diction II

1

MUS 328Music Theater Or Opera Workshop

1
Or
MUS 329Musc Theatre Rehearsal & Production

0-1

THEA 113Acting I

3
MUS 372Choral Arranging

2

FREN 101Elementary French I

3
Or
SPAN 101Elementary Spanish I

3

FREN 102Elementary French II

3
Or
SPAN 102Elementary Spanish II

3
Total Credit Hours:14
Composition:
MUS 202Principal Applied

2
MUS 208Applied Lab

0
MUS 402Principal Applied

2
MUS 408Applied Lab

0
MUS 450Film Scoring

3
MUS 451Orchestration

3
MUS 453Sound Design

3
MUS 452Fugal Technique

3
Total Credit Hours:28

Important Notes:

  1. Must enroll in Recital Attendance each semester.
  2. Singers and instrumentalists take (or test out of) Essential Keyboard Skills I until they are able to satisfy their piano proficiency requirements.
  3. WR courses fulfill the Experiential Learning Requirement.
  4. WI and SI courses fulfill the Writing and Speech Intensive Requirements.
  5. MUS 150 fulfills the CS 150 Requirement.