Music Major 60 credits

Required courses for all Music majors .....................................................30 credits

MUS141-162 Participation in Major Music Ensemble (6 semesters, 1 credit each) (6)*
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance (6 semesters) (0)+
MUS201 Piano I (2)
MUS202 Piano II (2)
MUS301 Piano III (2) or MUS302 Piano III-Jazz (2)
MUS231 Sight Singing and Ear Training I (1)
MUS232 Sight Singing and Ear Training II (1)
MUS203 Theory I (3)
MUS204 Theory II (3)
MUS2xx Applied Music (2)
MUS2xx Applied Music (2)
MUS331 Music to 1750 (3)
MUS333 Music Since 1750 (3)

* Any credits in excess of 6 can be used to fulfill music elective requirements. A minimum of three semesters of ensemble participation must be taken in residence.  Jazz Studies majors take MUS162 Chamber Jazz Ensembles.

+Six semesters required or every semester in residence for transfers, to a maximum of six.

NOTE: A student granted a waiver of any music course(s) must take an equivalent number of credits in other music course(s) as electives.  All courses required in the Music major must be completed with a minimum grade of C-.  All semesters of Applied Music must be taken on the same instrument.  Students must have 45 upper-division credits for graduation; thirty of these credits must be taken in upper-division Music courses.

One of the concentrations below:   30 credits

Performance

MUS2xx Applied Music (2)
MUS2xx Applied Music (2)
MUS303 Theory III-Counterpoint (3)
MUS320 Keyboard Harmony (2)
MUS364 Form and Analysis (3)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
MUS483 Senior Recital (2)
Electives in Music (8)

Music History and Literature

MUS303 Theory III-Counterpoint (3)
MUS320 Keyboard and Harmony (2)
MUS364 Form and Analysis (3)
MUS365 Instrumentation (3)
MUS366 Counterpoint (3)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
MUS432 Writing About Music (3)
MUS490 Senior Project (2)
Electives in Music (7)

Music Theory and Composition

MUS303 Theory III-Counterpoint (3)
MUS310 Jazz Theory I (3)
MUS320 Keyboard Harmony (2)
MUS350 Computer and Electronic Music (3)
MUS364 Form and Analysis (3)
MUS365 Instrumentation (3)
MUS422 Applied Composition (2)
MUS490 Senior Project (2)
Electives in Music (6) (MUS346 Conducting recommended)

Jazz Studies

MUS210 Jazz Improvisation Workshop (2)
MUS2xx Applied Jazz (2)
MUS2xx Applied Jazz (2)
MUS310 Jazz Theory I (3)
MUS311 Jazz Theory II (3)
MUS312 Jazz Instrumentation and Arranging (3)
MUS360 Jazz Milestones (3)
MUS410 Jazz Improvisation Workshop (2)
MUS4xx Applied Jazz (2)
MUS4xx Applied Jazz (2)
MUS4xx Applied Jazz (2)
MUS4xx Applied Jazz (2)
MUS483 Senior Recital (2)

B.S. in Contemporary Music Studies

MUS303 Theory III-Counterpoint (3) or MUS 310 Jazz Theory I (3)
MUS320 Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation (2)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
Choose two of the following courses (6):
     MUS311 Jazz Theory II (3)
     MUS312 Jazz Instrumentation and Arranging (3)
     MUS350 Computer and Electronic Music (3)
     MUS364 Form and Analysis (3)
     MUS365 Instrumentation (3)
     MUS366 Counterpoint (3)
Capstone Sequence (5):
     MUS345 Psychology of Music (3) or MUS432 Writing About Music (3)
     MUS480 Music Therapy Practicum (3) or MUS490 Senior Project (2)
Electives in Music (chosen by advisement from the following courses) (12)
     MUS160 History of Jazz (3)
     MUS205 Class Voice (2)
     MUS217 Guitar I (2)
     MUS218 Guitar II (2)
     MUS240 Introduction to Music Therapy (3)
     MUS251 Masterworks of Western Music (3)
     MUS252 Music of the New World (3)
     MUS260 History of Rock (3)
     MUS313 Imrovisation for Every Musician (3)
     MUS330 Music Cultures of the World (3)
     MUS340 Music Therapy Methods and Materials (3)
     MUS346 Conducting (3)
     MUS360 Jazz Milestones (3)
     MUS380 Basic Recording Techniques (3)
     MUS393 Selected Topics:  Genre/Composer (3)
     MUS480 Music Therapy Practicum (3)

B.S. in Contemporary Music Studies -- pre-Music Therapy Track

     MUS303 Theory III-Counterpoint (3) or MUS310 Theory I (3)
     MUS320 Keyboard Harmony and Improvisation (2)
     MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
     MUS4xx Applied Music (2)
Choose two of the following courses (6):
     MUS311 Jazz Theory II (3)
     MUS312 Jazz Instrumentation and Arranging (3)
     MUS350 Computer and Electronic Music (3)
     MUS363 Form and Analysis (3)
     *MUS365 Instrumentation (3)
Capstone Sequence (5):
     *MUS345 Psychology of Music (3) or MUS432 Writing About Music (3)
     *MUS480 Music Therapy Practicum (3) or MUS490 Senior Project (2)
Electives in Music (chosen by advisement from the following coures) (12):
     *MUS205 Class Voice (2)
     *MUS215 Guitar I (2)
     *MUS218 Guitar II (2)
     *MUS240 Introduction to Music Therapy (3)
     *MUS340 Music Therapy Methods and Materials (3)
     *MUS346 Conducting (3)
     *MUS480 Music Therapy Practicum (additional semester) (3)

NOTE:  Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are recommended preparation for students planning to enter the Master of Science in Music Therapy degree program.