Music B.A.

Course Requirements

Music Theory

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

ONE COURSE from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 305	Form and Analysis	3	Fall (odd years).
MUS 321	Orchestration	3	Spring (odd years).
MUS 323	Counterpoint	3	Spring (even years).

Sight Singing and Ear Training

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
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.

Music History and Literature

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 205W	Music History and Literature I	3	Fall.
MUS 206W	Music History and Literature II	3	Spring.

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
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).

Performance

FIVE SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 161-163	Large Ensembles	0.5	Fall, Spring.

Note: Choose one major ensemble. Chamber ensembles may be substituted with advisor and chair consent.

FIVE SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 270-286	Applied Music

Note: Choose one instrument.

FIVE SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 091	Student Recital Series	0	Fall, Spring.

Note: may be waived by chair.

TWO SEMESTERS of

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 164-166	Chamber Ensembles	0.5 - 1	Fall, Spring.
	-Or-
MUS 268	Opera Workshop	1	Fall, Spring.

 

Capstone Course

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 461W	Senior Seminar	3	Spring.

CHOOSE concentration A, B, C, or D below

A. Music

THREE CREDIT HOURS of music courses at the 200-, 300- or 400-level, excepting MUS 201 and MUS 203, chosen with advisor’s consent

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
	Music courses at the 200-, 300- or 400-level	3
	Total Credit Hours:	49.5-50.5

B. Music Composition and Theory

NINE CREDITS in consultation with advisor from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 305	Form and Analysis	3	Fall (odd years).
MUS 307	Composition Seminar	1-2	Fall, Spring.
MUS 314	Twentieth-Century Music	3	Spring (even years).
MUS 321	Orchestration	3	Spring (odd years).
MUS 323	Counterpoint	3	Spring (even years).
MUS 360	Seminar in Music Literature	2	Spring.
MUS 390	Directed Study	3	As needed.
MUS 490	Independent Study in Music	3	As needed.
MUS 491	Independent Study I	3	As needed.
MUS 494	Independent Study II	3	As needed.
	Total Credit Hours:	55.5-56.5

C. Music History

THREE COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MUS 305	Form and Analysis	3	Fall (odd years).
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).
MUS 360	Seminar in Music Literature	2	Spring.
MUS 390	Directed Study	3	As needed.
MUS 490	Independent Study in Music	3	As needed.
MUS 491	Independent Study I	3	As needed.
MUS 494	Independent Study II	3	As needed.
	Total Credit Hours:	54.5-56.5