Curriculum & Requirements
Music Major, Bachelor of Arts (BA)
This is a program designed for the study of music within a creative liberal arts curriculum, and allows students to choose a wide variety of music courses to suit their strengths and passion. Students may focus on areas such as Music History, Music Theory, Performance, Pedagogy, Collaborative Performance, Music Composition or Music Industry. Students are prepared for careers in studio teaching, accompanying, orchestral and ensemble performance, technology and graduate school. Students must perform an audition on their primary instrument/voice to be admitted into the program.
Note: two years of a single high school foreign language or one year of a single college-level foreign language is required.
Grade Requirement for all majors offered by the Music Department: the minimum acceptable grade for any music course required for graduation (including transferred music courses) is ≥C.
| CONVOCATION AND RECITAL ATTENDANCE (must be repeated each term) | |
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& & | MUSIC THEORY I and MUSIC THEORY II and MUSIC THEORY III | 9 |
& & | SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS and SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS II and SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS III | 3 |
& | PIANO CLASS II FOR MAJORS and PIANO CLASS III FOR MAJORS | 2 |
& & | MUSIC THEORY IV and MUSIC THEORY V and MUSIC THEORY VI | 9 |
& | SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS IV and SIGHT SINGING AND AURAL SKILLS V | 2 |
& & | MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE I and MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE II and MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE III | 12 |
| BASIC CONDUCTING | 2 |
| PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL MUSIC | 4 |
| INSTRUCTION ON INSTRUMENT OR VOICE | |
| INSTRUCTION ON VOICE OR INSTRUMENT | |
| INSTRUCTION ON VOICE OR INSTRUMENT | |
| INSTRUCTION ON INSTRUMENT OR VOICE | |
| MARCHING BAND | |
| WIND ENSEMBLE | |
| SYMPHONIC BAND | |
| ORCHESTRA | |
| SYMPHONIC CHOIR | |
| CONCERT CHOIR | |
| CONCERT JAZZ ORCHESTRA | |
| REPERTORY JAZZ ENSEMBLE | |
| COLLEGIANS | |
| VOCAL JAZZ LAB | |
| JAZZ COMBOS | |
| OPERA WORKSHOP | |
| CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES | |
| GUITAR ENSEMBLE | |
| PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE | |
| PIANO ENSEMBLE | |
| POP COMBO | |
| MUSIC SENIOR CAPSTONE | 4 |
Total Credits | 85 |
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