Music B.A.

Course Requirements

Music Theory

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 230	Music Theory I	3	Offered fall.
MUS 232	Music Theory II	3	Offered spring.
MUS 234	Music Theory III	3	Offered fall.
MUS 236	Music Theory IV	3	Offered spring.

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 305	Form and Analysis	3	Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 307	Composition	3	Offered fall (even years).
MUS 321	Orchestration	3	Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 323	Counterpoint	3	Offered spring (even years).
MUS 458	Twentieth-Century Theory	3	Offered as needed.

Sight Singing and Ear Training

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 113	Basic Rhythm	1	Offered fall and spring.
MUS 231	Sight Singing and Ear Training I	1	Offered fall.
MUS 233	Sight Singing and Ear Training II	1	Offered spring.
MUS 235	Sight Singing and Ear Training III	1	Offered fall.
MUS 237	Sight Singing and Ear Training IV	1	Offered spring.

Music History and Literature

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 205	Music History and Literature I	3	Offered fall.
MUS 206	Music History and Literature II	3	Offered spring.

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 310	Medieval and Renaissance Music	3	Offered spring (even years).
MUS 311	Music of the Baroque	3	Offered fall (even years).
MUS 312	Music of the Classical Era	3	Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 313	Music of the Romantic Period	3	Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 314	Twentieth-Century Music	3	Offered spring (even years).

Performance

SIX SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 091	Student Recital Series	0	Offered fall and spring.

SIX SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 161–163	Large Ensembles (in one major ensemble)	3

choose one major ensemble

SIX SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 270-286	Applied Music
MUS 288	Harp	2	Offered fall, spring, summer
MUS 289	Harpsichord	2	Offered fall, spring, summer

(choose one instrument)

TWO SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 164-166	Chamber Ensembles	1	Offered fall and spring.
	Or
MUS 268	Opera Workshop	1	Offered fall and spring.

Note: Students must pass Freshman Applied Music Proficiency upon completion of the second semester of Applied Music.

Capstone Course

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PFA 461	Senior Seminar	3	Offered spring.

CHOOSE concentration A, B, C, or D below

A. General Music

NINE CREDIT HOURS of music courses at the 300- or 400-level, chosen with advisor’s consent

B. Music Composition

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 305	Form and Analysis	3	Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 307	Composition	3	Offered fall (even years).
MUS 314	Twentieth-Century Music	3	Offered spring (even years).
MUS 321	Orchestration	3	Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 323	Counterpoint	3	Offered spring (even years).
MUS 360	Seminar in Music Literature	2	Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 390	Independent Study	3	Offered as needed.
MUS 458	Twentieth-Century Theory	3	Offered as needed.
MUS 490	Independent Study	3	Offered as needed.
MUS 491	Directed Study	3	Offered as needed.
	Total Credit Hours:	60-61

C. Music History

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 305	Form and Analysis	3	Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 310	Medieval and Renaissance Music	3	Offered spring (even years).
MUS 311	Music of the Baroque	3	Offered fall (even years).
MUS 312	Music of the Classical Era	3	Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 313	Music of the Romantic Period	3	Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 314	Twentieth-Century Music	3	Offered spring (even years).
MUS 360	Seminar in Music Literature	2	Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 390	Independent Study	3	Offered as needed.
MUS 458	Twentieth-Century Theory	3	Offered as needed.
MUS 490	Independent Study	3	Offered as needed.
MUS 491	Directed Study	3	Offered as needed.
	Total Credit Hours:	60-61

D. Music Theory

THREE COURSES from concentration B above