Major requirements
Required semester hours: 40 sh
Course requirements
Prerequisites and supporting courses (4 sh)
MUS 2060
Required core courses
Music History (6 sh) MUS 3010, MUS 3020
Theory (22 sh): MUS 1080, MUS 1110, MUS 1120, MUS 2110, MUS 2130, MUS 2140, MUS 3130, MUS 3140, MUS 4160 and one from: MUS 3150, MUS 3910 (when topic is theory focused), MUS 4165, or MUS 4175
Performance Practica (4 sh): MUS 0100 (8 semesters); MUS 1005; Keyboard Skills (0 sh): MUS 1010 and MUS 1020, Level II Proficiency required; MUS 2155; MUS 2970; AMUS 4900
Ensemble (0 sh): 4 years
Brass, Percussion, String or Woodwind: Required 4 years: (strings) MUS 0750, (brass/woodwind/percussion) MUS 0700 or MUS 0725
Guitar: Required at least 2 years in MUS 0700, MUS 0725, MUS 0750, MUS 0800 or MUS 0810. No more than 2 years in MUS 0855, MUS 3770.
Piano and Organ: Required at least 2 years in or accompanying an ensemble (based on ability) such as the MUS 0700, MUS 0725, MUS 0750, MUS 0800 or MUS 0810. No more than 2 years in or accompanying MUS 0855 or MUS 3770.
Voice: Required at least 3 years in MUS 0800 or MUS 0810. No more than 1 year in MUS 0855 or MUS 3890.
Applied Music (8 sh): must include 6 sh of AMUS 1010
Electives (10 sh): Must be non-music (cannot be AMUS or MUS) and cannot be counted for Core Curriculum.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will demonstrate music literacy skills and knowledge of literature from a variety of time periods and cultural contexts.
- Students will demonstrate suitability for their chosen degree track and concentration.
- Students will demonstrate proficiency on their primary instrument.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of self within community.