Music, Bachelor of Arts

REQUIRED MAJOR HOURS 50
REQUIRED MINOR HOURS NONE
TOTAL PROGRAM HOURS 50
PRESCRIBED COURSES ATTAINABLE IN GEN ED: MUSC 335

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who graduate with a major in Music will:

  1. demonstrate technical proficiency that enables artistic creativity and self-expression;
  2. demonstrate the ability to compose and arrange music for private and public performance; and
  3. be prepared for a career in a music-related field.

Program Requirements

Required Major Hours

MUSC 105Music Theory I

3

MUSC 106Music Theory II

3

MUSC 107Aural Skills I

1

MUSC 108Aural Skills II

1

MUSC 205Music Theory III

3

MUSC 206Music Theory IV

3

MUSC 235Music History I

3

MUSC 236Music History II

3

Primary Applied

12

Secondary Applied

2

Performance Group (one must be a small ensemble)

9

MUSC 190Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 191Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 290Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 291Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 390Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 391Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

MUSC 490Concert/Recital Lab

0 each semester

Choose one of the following (1 hour)

MUSC 245Brass and Percussion Class

1

MUSC 246Strings and Woodwinds Class

1

MUSC 247Conducting Fundamentals

1

MUSC 248Marching Band Techniques

1

MUSC 257Voice Diction

1

MUSC 259Advanced Piano Skills

1

Choose one of the following pairs of courses (6 hours)

MUSC 493Treatise I

3

AND

MUSC 494Treatise II

3

OR

MUSC 412Liberal Arts Recital

2

AND

Four Elective Hours

4

Total Credit Hours: 50

Additional Requirements for Transfer Majors

None.