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Bachelor of Arts in Music Emphasis in General Music Requirements

Expected Learning Outcomes:

  • Students will develop skilled musician ship as it relates to their chosen performance medium, demonstrated through applied lessons, participation in ensembles, juries and public performance.
  • Students will demonstrate musical competence, including historical, theoretical, analytical, and keyboard expertise as illustrated by the Piano Proficiency Examination, Sophomore Evaluation and Senior Capstone Project.
  • Students will establish advanced performance skills and professionalism that will enrich the cultural and aesthetic strengths of the institution and community.
  • Students will develop an E-Portfolio that will represent the student’s synthesized understanding of their undergraduate experience and serve as a presentation of materials needed for the post-graduation process.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

Note: All students must successfully audition in order to be admitted into this program.

General Education Core

Note: Core should include

MUS 233Music in Global Societies

3
Foreign Language

Foreign Language: Intermediate level

Music Core Requirements (48)

Music Core Requirements (16)

MUS 101Music Theory I

3
MUS 102Music Theory II

3
MUS 201Music Theory III

3
MUS 202Music Theory IV

3
MUS 104Musicianship Skills Lab I

1
MUS 105Musicianship Skills Lab II

1
MUS 204Musicianship Skills Lab III

1
MUS 205Musicianship Skills Lab IV

1

Music History and Literature (6)

MUS 401Music History I (early music to 1750)

3
MUS 402Music History II (1750 to present)

3

Required Upper-Level Courses (6)

MUS 303Introduction to Music Technology

3
MUS 304Conducting

3

Applied Music (12)

MUA 177Applied Music Leasons I

1
MUA 178Applied Music Lessons II

1
MUA 277Applied Music Lessons III

1
MUA 278Applied Music Lessons IV

1
MUA 377Applied Music Lessons V

1
MUA 378Applied Music Lessons VI

1
MUA 477Applied Music Lessons VII

1
MUA 478Applied Music Lessons VIII

1
MUA 161Class Piano I

1
MUA 162Class Piano II

1
MUA 261Class Piano III

1
MUA 262Class Piano IV

1

Note: All students enrolled in Applied Music are required to pay a $150 per credit hour applied lesson fee.

Music Ensembles (8)

Note: Ensemble requirement may be fulfilled through College Choir, Richland Creek, Instrumental Ensemble or String Ensemble. All 8 credits must be in the same ensemble.

MUA 108Recital Attendance & Performance

0
MUS 491Senior Recital/Capstone

0

Note: Must take 8 times for 0 credit.

Upper-level Music Electives (choose from) (12)

MUS 302Hymnology

3
MUS 305Instrumentation and Arranging

3
MUS 307Integrating Arts Across the Curriculum

1
MUS 311Music and Film

3
MUS 313Songwriting Workshop

1
MUS 405Choral Literature

3
MUS 406

3
MUS 424Church Music Administration

3
MUS 442American Music & American History

3
MUS 499Selected Topics and Readings in Music

3

Upper-level General Electives (6)

Note: May include Upper-level Music Electives

Total Credit Hours: 121

*Students must receive a grade of a C- or higher in all MUS and MUA courses to count towards the degree.

*All music majors must pass the Piano Proficiency before registering for MUS 491 Senior Recital and Sophomore Evaluation prior to entering their junior year.

*Students whose major instrument is piano are required to replace the class piano sequence with Applied Voice Levels I-IV. If a student wishes to pursue an alternate instrument, it must be approved by the music program coordinator