Music (B.A.)

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Student Learning Outcomes for Music:

Students will be able to:

Perform proficiently with the creative and performance skills appropriate to the student’s principal instrument.
Identify and synthesize key components of Western tonal music theory and music history.
Demonstrate mastery of aural skills including sight-reading and dictation (melodic and harmonic).
Demonstrate piano skills appropriate to the needs of a studio teacher.

The requirements for the Music major are flexible and are determined by the needs and interests of each student.

Under the guidance of a Department advisor, each student designs a program that includes 58 credits of music courses, but must include the following:

MU 100 - Repertoire Class (eight semesters)
MU 101 - Theory I
MU 102 - Theory II
MU 103 - Aural Skills I
MU 104 - Aural Skills II
MU 117 - Functional Keyboard Skills I
MU 118 - Functional Keyboard Skills II
MU 201 - Theory III
MU 202 - Theory IV
MU 203 - Aural Skills III
MU 204 - Aural Skills IV
MU 211 - Music History: 1600-1850
MU 212 - Music History: 1850 to the Present
MU 217 - Functional Keyboard Skills III
MU 218 - Functional Keyboard Skills IV
MU 321 - Conducting I
MU 441 - History of Early Music
MU 495 - Seminar in Musicology
Eight credits in Applied Music
Six credits of Ensemble with at least one term’s enrollment in MU 360 (Search Course Descriptions listing for MU 360)
Ten credits of Music free electives
The student must complete Modern Language 112 (or a higher course, if so placed by testing)
A senior recital

Suggested first year courses:

Fall semester:

EN 100 - PLE Writing and Language or
EN 150 - PLE Advanced Writing and Language
or
Modern language 112
MU 100 - Repertoire Class B
MU 101 - Theory I
MU 103 - Aural Skills I
MU 111 - Voice Class or
MU 117 - Functional Keyboard Skills I
First Applied (MU 268 - MU 286)

Spring semester:

EN 100 - PLE Writing and Language or
EN 150 - PLE Advanced Writing and Language
or
Modern language 112
MU 100 - Repertoire Class A
MU 102 - Theory II
MU 104 - Aural Skills II
MU 118 - Functional Keyboard Skills II
First Applied (MU 268 - MU 286)

Notes:

Eight credits in one primary instrument or voice are required. Students whose primary instrument is not piano or organ should enroll in MU 117 first semester and MU 118 second semester. Students whose primary instrument is piano or organ should enroll in MU 111 first semester.

Students in the music program should be in an ensemble in the first year. Three credits of ensemble are required in the four years. Students interested in concert choir must audition.

Students are encouraged to take their creative expression requirement in a non-music course.

Competency through the 112-level of a modern language is required.

All first year students must be enrolled in MU 100B in the fall semester.