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2023-2024 Catalog

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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music, BA

The Bachelor of Arts music major consists of 33 credits.

Basic Musicianship

MUS 080 - Concert Attendance Credits: 0 must be taken 5 times
MUS 102 - Perspectives in Music Credits: 3
MUS 111 - Theory I Credits: 3
MUS 112 - Theory II Credits: 3
MUS 113 - Aural Skills I Credits: 1
MUS 114 - Aural Skills II Credits: 1
MUS 205 - Global Music Credits: 2
MUS 214 - Aural Skills IV Credits: 1
MUS 321 - Music Literature Before 1750 Credits: 3
MUS 323 - Music Literature After 1750 Credits: 3
MUS 491 - Seminar in Music Credits: 2

Keyboard Skills

Choose one of the below groups of courses.

Beginning Keyboard Skills

MUS 197 - Keyboard Skills I Credits: 1
MUS 198 - Keyboard Skills II Credits: 1

Intermediate Keyboard Skills

MUS 297 - Keyboard Skills III Credits: 1
MUS 298 - Keyboard Skills IV Credits: 1

Piano/Organ Keyboard Skills

MUS 397 - Keyboard Skills for Piano and Organ Students I Credits: 1
MUS 398 - Keyboard Skills for Piano and Organ Students II Credits: 1

Musicianship Electives (5 credits)

MUS 211 - Theory III Credits: 3
MUS 212 - Theory IV Credits: 3
MUS 213 - Aural Skills III Credits: 1
MUS 297 - Keyboard Skills III Credits: 1
MUS 298 - Keyboard Skills IV Credits: 1
MUS 315 - Counterpoint Credits: 2
MUS 393 - Studies in Music Theory Credits: 2-3
MUS 394 - Studies in Music History Credits: 2-3

Ensembles (4 courses)

MUSE 115 - Chapel Choir Credits: 0-1
MUSE 116 - College Chorus Credits: 0-1
MUSE 117 - Spera Credits: 0-1
MUSE 120 - Orchestra Credits: 0-1
MUSE 130 - Wind Ensemble Credits: 0-1
MUSE 133 - Concert Band Credits: 0-1
MUSE 135 - Jazz Arts Collective Credits: 0-1
MUSE 140 - Collegium Musicum - Vocal Credits: 0-1
MUSE 155 - Opera Workshop Credits: 0-1
MUSE 160 - Chamber Ensembles Credits: 0-.5

Private Instruction (4 courses)

Any MUSA course, but all 4 courses must be taken in the same instrument.