Music Major (53-56 credits)
NOTES:
- Students who major in Music are required to declare a minor or a second major in a subject area outside of music.
- All courses required in the Music major must be completed with a minimum grade of C-, with the exception of certain courses in the Clinical Musicianship concentration, which require a minimum grade of B-.
- A student granted a waiver of any Music course(s) must take an equivalent number of credits in other Music course(s) as electives.
- A maximum of two semesters of ensemble credit will be accepted from a transfer college.
- All semesters of Applied Music must be taken on the same instrument.
- Students must have 45 upper-division credits for graduation.
Music: General (54 credits)
Required Foundation courses.......................27 credits
MUS110 Introduction to Music Studies (1)
MUS140 / 141 / 142 / 143 / 144 / 145 / 146 / 162 Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 4 semesters at 1 credit each (4)
MUS150 Concert Series attendance: 6 semesters (0)
MUS202 Piano 1 (2)
MUS203 Theory 1 (3)
MUS231 Sight Singing & Ear Training 1 (1)
MUS232 Sight Singing & Ear Training 2 (1)
MUS2xx Applied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each (4)
MUS331 Music to 1750 (3)
MUS333 Music Since 1750 (3)
MUS335 Sight Singing & Ear Training 3 (1)
MUS4xx Applied Music: 2 semesters at 2 credits each (4)
Additional required courses.........................13 credits
MUS204 Theory 2 (3)
MUS303 Theory 3 - Counterpoint (3)
MUS301 Piano 2 (2)
MUS302 Piano 3 - Jazz & Popular Styles (2) or MUS320 Keyboard Harmony & Improvisation (2)
MUS364 Form and Analysis (3)
Elective requirement......................................9 credits
Capstone requirements..................................5 credits
MUS432 Writing About Music (3)
MUS490 Senior Project Seminar (2)
Music: Classical Performance concentration (54 credits)
Required Foundation courses......................27 credits (as above)
Concentration requirements........................21 credits
MUS140 / 141 / 142 / 143 / 144 / 145 / 146 / 162 Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 2 additional semesters (2)
MUS204 Theory 2 (3)
MUS303 Theory 3 - Counterpoint (3)
MUS301 Piano 2 (2)
MUS364 Form and Analysis (3)
MUS4xx Applied Music: 4 additional semesters (8)
Elective requirement......................................5 credits
Capstone requirement....................................1 credit
MUS483 Senior Recital (1)
Music: Clinical Musicianship concentration (56 credits)
Note that several concentration courses require a minimum grade of B- to progress to the next course in the sequence.
Required Foundation courses.......................26 credits (as above, except for MUS110)
Concentration requirements.........................23 credits
MUS204 Theory 2 (3)
MUS218 Guitar 1 (2)
MUS301 Piano 2 (2)
MUS302 Piano 3 - Jazz & Popular Styles (2)
MUS310 Jazz Theory 1 (3)
MUS250 Music Therapy Overview (3)
MUS328 Inclusive Conducting & Arranging (1)
MUS353 Clinical Applications of Music 1 (3)
MUS354 Clinical Applications of Music 2 (3)
MUS462 Clinical Musicianship (1)
Elective requirement......................................2 credits
MUS205 Class Voice (2) or MUSxxx Music elective (2)
Capstone requirements..................................5 credits
MUS345 Psychology of Music (3)
MUS484 Music Therapy Observations (2)
Music: Composition concentration (54 credits)
Required Foundation courses......................27 credits (as above; MUS219 Applied Composition (2) and MUS419 Applied Composition (2) will be taken to satisfy MUS2xx and MUS4xx Applied Music requirements)
Concentration requirements........................18 credits
MUS204 Theory 2 (3) or MUS310 Jazz Theory 1 (3)
MUS211 Experiments in Composition (3)
MUS2xx Applied Instrument or MUS219 Applied Composition: 2 semesters at 2 credits each (4)
MUS230 Composition Seminar: 2 semesters at 1 credit each (2)
MUS4xx Applied Instrument or MUS419 Applied Composition: 2 semesters at 2 credits each (4)
MUS430 Composition Seminar: 2 semesters at 1 credit each (2)
Elective requirement (upper division).............4 credits
Capstone requirements....................................5 credits
MUS432 Writing About Music (3)
MUS490 Senior Project Seminar (2)
Music: Jazz Performance concentration (53 credits)
Required Foundation courses......................27 credits (as above)
Concentration requirements........................25 credits
MUS140 / 141 / 142 / 143 / 144 / 145 / 146 / 162 Participation in Music Ensemble, by advisement: 2 additional semesters (2)
MUS210 Jazz Improvisation Workshop (2)
MUS302 Piano 3: Jazz & Popular Styles (2)
MUS310 Jazz Theory 1 (3)
MUS311 Jazz Theory 2 (3)
MUS312 Jazz Instrumentation & Arranging (3)
MUS410 Jazz Improvisation Workshop (2)
MUS4xx Applied Music: 4 additional semesters (8)
Capstone requirement..................................1 credit
MUS483 Senior Recital (1)
Music: Recording & Electronic Music concentration (53 credits)
Required Foundation courses......................27 credits (as above)
Concentration requirements........................21 credits
MUS204 Theory 2 (3)
MUS303 Theory 3 - Counterpoint (3) or MUS310 Jazz Theory 1 (3)
MUS350 Computer & Electronic Music (3)
MUS351 Advanced Computer & Electronic Music (3)
MUS380 Basic Recording Techniques (3)
MUS381 Advanced Recording (3)
Select one of the following:
MUS364 Form & Analysis (3)
MUS312 Jazz Instrumentation & Arranging (3)
PHY109 Physics of Sound & Music (3)
Capstone requirements.................................5 credits
MUS432 Writing About Music (3)
MUS490 Senior Project Seminar (2)
