Music in Performance B.M.
Retention Requirements
- Students must achieve a minimum grade of C in all required MUS courses.
- Students must pass Freshman Applied Proficiency upon completion of the first semester of Applied Music.
Course Requirements
Music Theory
ONE COURSE from
MUS 307 | Composition | 3 | Fall (even years). |
MUS 321 | Orchestration | 3 | Spring (odd years). |
MUS 323 | Counterpoint | 3 | Spring (even years). |
MUS 458 | Twentieth-Century Theory | 3 | As needed. |
Sight Singing and Ear Training
MUS 113 | Basic Rhythm | 1 | Fall, Spring. |
MUS 231 | Sight Singing and Ear Training I | 1 | Fall. |
MUS 233 | Sight Singing and Ear Training II | 1 | Spring. |
MUS 235 | Sight Singing and Ear Training III | 1 | Fall. |
MUS 237 | Sight Singing and Ear Training IV | 1 | Spring. |
Music History and Literature
ANTH 167 | Music Cultures of Non-Western Worlds | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
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MUS 167 | Music Cultures of Non-Western Worlds | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
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MUS 205 | Music History and Literature I | 3 | Fall. |
MUS 206 | Music History and Literature II | 3 | Spring. |
MUS 360 | Seminar in Music Literature | 2 | Spring. |
TWO COURSES from
MUS 310 | Medieval and Renaissance Music | 3 | Spring (even years). |
MUS 311 | Music of the Baroque | 3 | Fall (even years). |
MUS 312 | Music of the Classical Era | 3 | Spring (odd years). |
MUS 313 | Music of the Romantic Period | 3 | Fall (odd years). |
MUS 314 | Twentieth-Century Music | 3 | Spring (even years). |
Class Instruments
MUS 104 | Class Piano I | 1 | Fall, Spring. |
MUS 105 | Class Piano II | 1 | Fall, Spring. |
MUS 308 | Fundamentals of Conducting | 2 | Fall. |
Applied Music
MUS 391 | Junior Recital | 0 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
MUS 493 | Senior Recital-Music Performance Majors | 0 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
EIGHT SEMESTERS of each of the following groups
Cognates
FOUR CREDIT HOURS from
Total Credit Hours: 75-77