Music Performance - Bachelor of Music
Total Required Credit Hours in Music: 89

• Music Core Program
  • MUS 105 Elementary Harmony and Counterpoint I
  • MUS 106 Elementary Harmony and Counterpoint II
  • MUS 211 Intermediate Harmony and Counterpoint I
  • MUS 212 Intermediate Harmony and Counterpoint II
  • MUS 213 Music History Survey I
  • MUS 214 Music History Survey II
• Minimum of 24 credit hours of major instrument or voice study (primary level)
  • Performance majors receive hour lessons (4 credit hours per semester)
  • Minimum of six semesters of ensemble (chosen by advisement)
  • Piano major requirement: MUS 324 Piano Literature
  • Voice major requirement: MUS 221 Vocal Diction
  • In addition, a keyboard proficiency examination, as well as a pre-recital jury and a senior recital, are required.

B. Music Electives

• One Music Theory elective chosen from
  • MUS 205 Jazz Theory
  • MUS 305 Counterpoint 16th Century
  • MUS 407 SEM Composition Seminar
  • MUS 416 Counterpoint 18th Century
  • MUS 437 Analysis of Tonal Music
  • MUS 438 Analysis of 20th-Century Music

• Three Music History Electives chosen from
  • MUS 409 Music of the Middle Ages
  • MUS 410 Music of the Renaissance
  • MUS 411 Music of the Baroque Era
  • MUS 412 Music of the Classical Period
  • MUS 413 Music of the Romantic Period
  • MUS 414 Music of the 20th Century

• One of the following may be substituted for one of the above Music History electives
  • MUS 341 History of Jazz I
  • MUS 408 The Principal Genres of Music

C. All undergraduate music majors are required to attend six concerts every semester.

D.  Faculty of Arts and Letters Foreign Language Requirement (0-16 cr)

Proficiency in a foreign language through the second semester of the second year or its equivalent, to be demonstrated through classroom courses or through alternatives outlined on page 25 of the Undergraduate Catalog 2000-2001. S/U grading may not be selected for courses taken to fulfill this faculty requirement.

See "Baccalaureate Degree Requirement Summary," page 21 of the Undergraduate Catalog 2000-2001, for remaining university requirements.

Bachelor of Arts in Music
Total Required Credit Hours in Music: 52-58

• Music Core Program
  • MUS 105 Elementary Harmony and Counterpoint I
  • MUS 106 Elementary Harmony and Counterpoint II
  • MUS 211 Intermediate Harmony and Counterpoint I
  • MUS 212 Intermediate Harmony and Counterpoint II
  • MUS 213 Music History Survey I
  • MUS 214 Music History Survey II
  • Two upper-level courses in music history chosen from MUS 341, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, or 414
  • Minimum of two semesters of any ensemble (300-400 level)

B. Music Electives

• Four courses chosen from
  • MUS 205 Jazz Theory
  • MUS 305 Counterpoint 16th Century
  • MUS 341 History of Jazz I
  • MUS 407 SEM Composition Seminar
  • MUS 408 The Principal Genres of Music
  • MUS 409 Music of the Middle Ages
  • MUS 410 Music of the Renaissance
  • MUS 411 Music of the Baroque Era
  • MUS 412 Music of the Classical Period
  • MUS 413 Music of the Romantic Period
  • MUS 414 Music of the 20th Century
  • MUS 416 Counterpoint 18th Century
  • MUS 437 Analysis of Tonal Music
  • MUS 438 Analysis of 20th-Century Music
  • MUS 459-498 Applied Music (Up to 2 semesters of instrumental or vocal study)

C. Senior Thesis Project

• MUS 450 Senior Thesis Sem./Senior Thesis (4/2 cr)

D. Total Required Credit Hours Outside Music (16-18)

• Faculty of Arts and Letters Foreign Language Requirement (0-16 cr)
  Proficiency in a foreign language through the second semester of the second year or its equivalent, to be demonstrated through classroom courses or through alternatives outlined on page 7 of the Undergraduate Catalog 1997-98 (B.F.A. programs are excluded). S/U grading may not be selected for courses taken to fulfill this faculty requirement.
• Electives (21-39 cr)
  See "Baccalaureate Degree Requirement Summary," page 7 of the Undergraduate Catalog 1997-98, for remaining university requirements.

Music Minor - Performance - 28 credits

• Theory (10 cr)
  • MUS 105-106
• History (6 cr)
  • MUS 111-112 or MUS 213-214
• Ensemble (4 cr)
  • Upper-division credit
• Applied music (8 cr)
  • Primary status
  • Upper-division credit

Music Minor - Academic - 28 credits

• Theory (10 cr)
  • MUS 105-106
• History (6 cr)
  • MUS 111-112 or MUS 213-214
• Electives (12 cr)
  • Upper-division credit
  • At least 8 of these credits must be academic (non-performance) coursework.

Applicants for the minor in music must submit a written application, audition (performance minor only), and complete MUS 105 with a minimum grade of "B." Academic standards that apply to music majors will also apply to music minors.