Core Courses

30 Credits

• MUS 100H - Harmony I 3 credits
• MUS 200H - Harmony II 3 credits
• MUS 201H - Harmony III 3 credits
• MUS 100M - Musicianship I 1 credits
• MUS 200M - Musicianship II 1 credits
• MUS 201M - Musicianship III 1 credits
• MUS 300 - Instrumentation 2 credits
• MUS 110 - Piano Class for Music Majors 1 credits (must be taken concurrently with MUS 100H , and MUS 100M . A student may be exempt from Class Piano for Majors through testing.)
• MUS 111 - Introduction to Music Technology 2 credits
• MUS 203 - Music History I 3 credits
• MUS 204 - Music History II 3 credits
• MUS 330 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology 2 credits
• MUS 305 - Conducting 3 credits
• MUS 198 - Private Instruction 0 to 2 credits (minimum four semesters)
• Ensembles (chamber or choral; minimum five semesters), 0 credits

Additional Elective Requirements

 At least 9 credits

• MUS 074 - Music of Latin America 3 credits
• MUS 075 - Music of Africa 3 credits
• MUS 076 - A World of Music 3 credits
• MUS 077 - Approachable Opera 3 credits
• MUS 079 - The Life and Works of JS Bach 3 credits
• MUS 102 - History of Jazz 3 credits
• MUS 103 - American Popular Music 3 credits
• MUS 104 - Music Business 2 credits
• MUS 106 - Women, Music and Culture credits
• MUS 206 - Music in Film 3 credits
• MUS 211 - Music Technology II 2 credits
• MUS 310 - Recording Techniques 2 credits
• MUS 390 - Selected Topics 1 to 4 credits
• MUS 490 - Selected Topics 1 to 4 credits

Proficiencies

• All music majors must pass a piano proficiency examination before graduation. Music majors are expected to demonstrate basic keyboard skills by the end of the first academic year in the department. Students expecting to major in music will be examined for keyboard skills upon entry into the music major. If the audition is not passed, the student is expected to enroll in MUS 110 - Piano Class for Music Majors , or in private piano instruction until the proficiency examination is completed.
• Proficiency Requirements:
  
  • Play all major and minor scales and arpeggios, two octaves, hands together.
  • Prepare a memorized composition of the intermediate level using the damper pedal.
  • Accompany an instrumentalist or vocalist; appropriate assignments based on level and technique will be distributed in class.
  • Prepare a harmonization of a simple folk tune.
  • Read a piece of the late elementary level at sight.