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Bachelor of Arts in Music

Degree Requirements

Total Semester Credit Hours=127

University Core Curriculum--42 hours

May be applied to Core Curriculum requirements:

MUSI 2308Music Literature [TCCN: MUSI 1307]

Foreign Language--14 hours (four semesters)

Musical Performance--14 hours

  1. Applied Study in voice or instrument (MUAP)--7 hours (4 lower-division and 3-upper-division)
  2. Major Ensembles (MUEN)--7 hours (4 lower-division; 3 upper-division)

Musicianship--42 hours

(not including MUSI 2308, which is applied toward Core Curriculum requirements)

Lower-Division Course (20 hrs.)

MUAP 1111Harmony and Keyboard I
MUAP 1112Harmony and Keyboard II
MUAP 2111Harmony and Keyboard III
MUAP 2112Harmony and Keyboard IV
MUSI 1000Recitals, Concerts and Productions
MUSI 1116Aural Skills I [TCCN: MUSI 1116]
MUSI 1117Aural Skills II [TCCN: MUSI 1117]
MUSI 1311Music Theory I [TCCN: MUSI 1311]
MUSI 1312Music Theory II [TCCN: MUSI 1312]
MUSI 2116Aural Skills III [TCCN: MUSI 2116]
MUSI 2117Aural Skills IV [TCCN: MUSI 2117]
MUSI 2311Music Theory III [TCCN: MUSI 2311]
MUSI 2312Music Theory IV [TCCN: MUSI 2312]
MUAP 2001Piano Proficiency

MUSI 1000: 6 registrations

Upper-Division courses (22 hrs.)

MUSI 3311Conducting
MUSI 3318Musics of the World
MUSI 3319Music History I
MUSI 3320Music History II
MUSI 4101
Analytical/Research Project
MUSI 4340Counterpoint
MUSI 4342Form and Analysis
MUSI 4345Arranging for Choral and Instrumental Ensembles

Electives--15 hours

  1. Music (Upper-division)--6 hrs.
  2. Non-Music (Upper-division)--9 hrs.

There is no recital requirement for this degree. A substantial formal paper prepared in MUSI 4101: Analytical/Research Project shall be presented with the approval of the major advisor and submitted as evidence of competence in the major field. The project may be an outgrowth of a music theory, history, topics course, or independent study project, as appropriate to the student's interest.