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 - 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:

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.

MUS - Music Major

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