Music B.A.

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Bachelor of Arts Degree
College of the Arts, Department of Music
(770) 423-6151

This program of study in music offers a Bachelor of Arts degree. Bachelor of Arts students must demonstrate competence in a foreign language (voice concentrations must take French, German, or Italian) up through the level of FL 2002.

Music majors in the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music may elect to fulfill the related studies component of the degree program as a specific ‘concentration‘ in Musical Theatre. To establish this ‘concentration‘, students will take the following 12 hours of course work from the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies: THTR 3703, THTR 3203, THTR 3713, and DANC 3000.

General Education (42 Credit Hours)

see listing of requirements

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

Specific General Education requirements for this major

Students should take either:

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

Upper Division Major Electives (6 Credit Hours)

Select six hours from the following:

Related Studies (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)

Notes:

* All credits must be earned in either Wind Ensemble or Orchestra or Chorale/Chamber Singers course numbers. Orchestra and Chamber singers are by audition only.

** Nine (9) hours of foreign language requirement can be counted as free electives.

*** Voice majors will take MUSI 3334 and MUSI 3335; all other concentrations will take small ensembles.