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Music B.A.

Course Requirements

Music Theory

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 230Music Theory I

3

Offered fall.
MUS 232Music Theory II

3

Offered spring.
MUS 234Music Theory III

3

Offered fall.
MUS 236Music Theory IV

3

Offered spring.

ONE COURSE from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 305Form and Analysis

3

Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 307Composition

3

Offered fall (even years).
MUS 321Orchestration

3

Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 323Counterpoint

3

Offered spring (even years).
MUS 458Twentieth-Century Theory

3

Offered as needed.

Sight Singing and Ear Training

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 113Basic Rhythm

1

Offered fall and spring.
MUS 231Sight Singing and Ear Training I

1

Offered fall.
MUS 233Sight Singing and Ear Training II

1

Offered spring.
MUS 235Sight Singing and Ear Training III

1

Offered fall.
MUS 237Sight Singing and Ear Training IV

1

Offered spring.

Music History and Literature

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 205Music History and Literature I

3

Offered fall.
MUS 206Music History and Literature II

3

Offered spring.

TWO COURSES from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 310Medieval and Renaissance Music

3

Offered spring (even years).
MUS 311Music of the Baroque

3

Offered fall (even years).
MUS 312Music of the Classical Era

3

Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 313Music of the Romantic Period

3

Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 314Twentieth-Century Music

3

Offered spring (even years).

Performance

SIX SEMESTERS of

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 091Student Recital Series

0

Offered fall and spring.

SIX SEMESTERS of

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 161–163Large Ensembles (in one major ensemble)

3
choose one major ensemble

SIX SEMESTERS of

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 270-286Applied Music
MUS 288Harp

2

Offered fall, spring, summer
MUS 289Harpsichord

2

Offered fall, spring, summer

(choose one instrument)

TWO SEMESTERS of

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 164-166Chamber Ensembles

1

Offered fall and spring.
Or
MUS 268Opera Workshop

1

Offered fall and spring.

Note: Students must pass Freshman Applied Music Proficiency upon completion of the second semester of Applied Music.

Capstone Course

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
PFA 461Senior Seminar

3

Offered spring.

CHOOSE concentration A, B, C, or D below

A. General Music

NINE CREDIT HOURS of music courses at the 300- or 400-level, chosen with advisor’s consent

B. Music Composition

THREE COURSES from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 305Form and Analysis

3

Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 307Composition

3

Offered fall (even years).
MUS 314Twentieth-Century Music

3

Offered spring (even years).
MUS 321Orchestration

3

Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 323Counterpoint

3

Offered spring (even years).
MUS 360Seminar in Music Literature

2

Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 390Independent Study

3

Offered as needed.
MUS 458Twentieth-Century Theory

3

Offered as needed.
MUS 490Independent Study

3

Offered as needed.
MUS 491Directed Study

3

Offered as needed.
Total Credit Hours:60-61

C. Music History

THREE COURSES from

CourseTitleCreditsOffered
MUS 305Form and Analysis

3

Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 310Medieval and Renaissance Music

3

Offered spring (even years).
MUS 311Music of the Baroque

3

Offered fall (even years).
MUS 312Music of the Classical Era

3

Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 313Music of the Romantic Period

3

Offered fall (odd years).
MUS 314Twentieth-Century Music

3

Offered spring (even years).
MUS 360Seminar in Music Literature

2

Offered spring (odd years).
MUS 390Independent Study

3

Offered as needed.
MUS 458Twentieth-Century Theory

3

Offered as needed.
MUS 490Independent Study

3

Offered as needed.
MUS 491Directed Study

3

Offered as needed.
Total Credit Hours:60-61

D. Music Theory

THREE COURSES from concentration B above