Requirements for the Major (40-50 credits)

I. Required Courses (16-26 credits)

Complete 16-26 credits, selected from the following:

• course - Music Fundamentals or pass placement test

• course - Music in Context or pass placement test

• course - Music Theory I ; co-requisite course

• course - Music Theory II ; co-requisite course

• course - Keyboard Studies or pass placement test

• course - Music Capstone Fall Semester

• course - Music Capstone Spring Semester

II. Music and Culture (8 credits)

Complete 8 credits, selected from the following:

• course - History of Opera

• course - Music and the Soundscape of Film

• course - Music of the Whole Earth

• course - History of Jazz

• course - Women and Music

• course - African American Music History

• course - Music in the American Century

• course - Special Topics in Music

• course - A Cappella Through the Ages

III. Western Music History (8 credits)

Complete 8 credits, selected from the following:

• course - Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras

• course - Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras

• course - Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

• course - Topics in Music History

IV. Composition/Theory (8 credits)

Complete 8 credits, selected from the following:

• course - Music: Imagination and Technique

• course - Introduction to Conducting

• course - Counterpoint

• course - Music Composition (may be repeated for credit)

• course - Techniques of 20th- and 21st-Century Composition

• course - Orchestration

• course - Electronic Music Composition

V. At least four semesters of private lessons at the introductory or advanced level

Selected from the following:

• course - Introductory Vocal Instruction

• course - Introductory Keyboard Instruction

• course - Introductory Guitar Instruction

• course - Introductory Strings Instruction

• course - Introductory Woodwinds Instruction

• course - Introductory Brass Instruction

• course - Instrumental Percussion Instruction

• course - Advanced Vocal Instruction

• course - Advanced Keyboard Instruction

• course - Advanced Guitar Instruction

• course - Advanced Strings Instruction

• course - Advanced Woodwinds Instruction

• course - Advanced Brass Instruction

• course - Advanced Percussion Instruction

VI. Membership in at least one ensemble for at least four semesters

Selected from the following:

• course - Improvisation Ensemble

• course - Choral Union

• course - Chorale

• course - Madrigal Singers

• course - Pan-African Choral Performance

• course - University Orchestra

• course - Wind Ensemble

• course - Flute Ensemble

• course - Jazz Ensemble

• course - Chamber Music

• VII. Meeting/Concert Attendance

Majors are expected to support all department events, but are required to attend all Works in Progress recitals, all majors/minors meetings, and designated concerts/department events.