Music B.A.

General Education (42 Credit Hours)

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University-Wide Fitness For Living Requirement (3 Credit Hours)

Lower Division Major Requirements (Area F) (18 Credit Hours)

• MUAP 1111 - Applied Lessons
• MUAP 1112 - Applied Lessons
• MUAP 2211 - Applied Lessons
• MUAP 2212 - Applied Lessons
• MUSI 1111 - Aural Skills I
• MUSI 1121 - Music Theory I
• MUSI 1112 - Aural Skills II
• MUSI 1122 - Music Theory II

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• MUSI 1143 - Jazz Ensemble ¹

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• MUSI 1144 - University Philharmonic Orchestra ¹

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• MUSI 1145 - Concert Band ¹

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• MUSI 1146 - Chamber Singers ¹

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• MUSI 1147 - Wind Ensemble ¹

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• MUSI 1148 - Symphony Orchestra ¹

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• MUSI 1149 - Chorale ¹

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• MUSI 1165 - Class Piano I ²
• MUSI 1166 - Class Piano II ²

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• ¹ Placement of students in large ensembles is determined by the appropriate large ensemble directors. Students will repeat one large ensemble course four times (MUSI 1143-MUSI 1149). Jazz Ensemble may be used for up to four large ensemble credits only by permission of the Director of Jazz Studies.

  ² Pianists will substitute MUSI 2111 and MUSI 2112 (Aural Skills III and Aural Skills IV) for MUSI 1165 and MUSI 1166.

Upper Division Major Requirements (16 Credit Hours)

• MUSI 2111 - Aural Skills III ¹
• MUSI 2112 - Aural Skills IV ¹
• MUSI 2221 - Music Theory III
• MUSI 2222 - Music Theory IV
• MUSI 3311 - History of Music I
• MUSI 3312 - History of Music II
• MUSI 3320 - Form and Analysis

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• ¹ Pianists in the Bachelor of Arts degree will count MUSI 2111: Aural Skills III and MUSI 2112: Aural Skills IV as Area F Credits. Pianists must take MUSI 3380: Mixed Chamber and MUSI 3333: Accompanying to fulfill those 2 credits.

Theory Concentration (20 Credit Hours)

• MUSI 3324 - Instrumentation/Arranging
• MUSI 4420 - Counterpoint
• MUSI 4421 - 20th-Century Analysis
• MUSI 4422 - Theory Seminar
• MUSI 4495 - Senior Seminar in Music
• Musicology or Ethnomusicology upper-elective class (3 credit hours)
• Other upper-level music electives (6 credit hours)

Composition Concentration (20 Credit Hours)

• MUSI 3371 - Composition I

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• MUSI 3326 - Class Composition I

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• MUSI 3372 - Composition II

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• MUSI 3327 - Class Composition II

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• MUSI 4471 - Composition III
• MUSI 4472 - Composition IV
• MUSI 4473 - Composition V
• MUSI 3324 - Instrumentation/Arranging
• MUSI 4420 - Counterpoint

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• MUSI 4410 - Contemporary Music Literature

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• MUSI 4421 - 20th-Century Analysis

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• MUSI 4495 - Senior Seminar in Music
• Upper-level music elective (2-3 credit hours)

Musicology Concentration (20 Credit Hours)

• MUSI 4412 - Introduction to American Music
• MUSI 4423 - Current Directions in Musicology
• MUSI 4495 - Senior Seminar in Music
• One upper-level Musicology elective class (3 credit hours)
• Theory or Composition upper-level elective classes (2-3 credit hours)
• Other upper-level music electives (7-8 credit hours)

Ethnomusicology Concentration (20 Credit Hours)

• MUSI 4412 - Introduction to American Music
• MUSI 4423 - Current Directions in Musicology
• MUSI 4495 - Senior Seminar in Music
• Two upper-level Ethnomusicology elective classes (6 credit hours)
• Theory or Composition upper-level elective class (2-3 credit hours)
• Other upper-level music electives (4-5 credit hours)

Related (Non-Music) Studies for All Concentrations (12 Credit Hours)

• Twelve hours of upper-division non-music studies beyond the major requirements as approved by the academic advisor. Lower-division courses may also be approved when appropriate.

Non-Music Electives (12 Credit Hours)

• Any non-music course in the university catalog.

Program Total (123 Credit Hours)