Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Music B.A.

In addition to the courses listed below, students must also follow all requirements included in the Music Department Student Handbook for their year and course of study.

For additional information on the Music department, including a faculty listing, please see the Music Department page of this catalog.

Degree Requirements

Core IMPACTS Requirements

Satisfactorily complete each of the Core IMPACTS general education requirements, as listed in the Core IMPACTS section of this catalog. 

Total Credit Hours:42

 

Field of Study Requirements

Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses:

MUAP 11xxLower-Level Applied Study

2 hours of the same course

MUSC 1500Music Theory I

3

MUSC 1501Aural Skills I

1

MUSC 1510Music Theory II

3

MUSC 1511Aural Skills II

1

MUSC 2500Music Theory III

3

MUSC 2501Aural Skills III

1

MUSC 2510Music Theory IV

3

MUSC 2511Aural Skills IV

1

Total Credit Hours:18

 

Cognate Area

Satisfactorily complete each of the following courses:

MUAP 11xxLower-Level Applied Study

2 hours of the same course

MUEN 1000
Lower-Level Large Ensemble

4

MUSC 1210Class Instruct in Piano I

1

MUSC 1220Class Instruct in Piano II

1

MUSC 1990Recital Attendance

0

Courses on the 2000-4000 level appropriate to the student's interest

4

Total Credit Hours:12
Satisfactory completion of eight semesters of MUSC 1990 is required.

 

Major Requirements

Satisfactorily complete the following courses:

MUAP 31xxUpper-Level Applied Study

4 hours of the same course

MUEN 3xxx
Upper-Level Large Ensemble

4

MUSC 3600Music History I

3

MUSC 3610Music History II

3

MUSC 3400Intro to Conducting

2

MUSC 4990Senior Project

1

MUSC
4 hours of 3000-4000 MUSC electives

4

Choose one of the following courses:

MUSC 3650Jazz History

3

MUSC 3660American Music

3

MUSC 4800Studies in World Music

3

Total Credit Hours:24

 

Foreign Language Requirement

Demonstrate competence in one foreign language at the level of the fourth university course (2002).

Total Credit Hours:3-12

 

Electives

Students are strongly encouraged to use their elective hours to develop a minor concentration in another field related to their career aspirations, or to choose a secondary area in music (theory, history, composition, second instrument).

For students who must take the 1001, 1002, and/or 2001 foreign language courses, these courses will be applied to electives and will reduce the total number of elective credits available.

Total Credit Hours:12-21

 

Additional Degree Requirements

Satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements listed in the academic policies section of this catalog.

Music majors must also follow all requirements included in the Department Handbook.

Total Credit Hours: 120