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Courses

A. Music Core Requirements (28 hours)

  • Departmental Recital (MU 1000-4000) - eight semesters
  • Aural Learning I-IV (MU 1210, MU 1212, MU 2260, MU 2262)
  • Music Theory I-IV (MU 1211, MU 1213, MU 2261, MU 2263)
  • Writing About Music (MU 2104)
  • Survey of Music Literature (MU 2303)
  • History and Analysis of Music II (MU 3316)
  • Fundamentals of Conducting (MU 3207)

B. Performance Area Requirements (36 hours)

 

  • Applied Lessons and Senior Recital (MUSP, two semester credit hours each) – eight semesters
  • Secondary Instrument (MUSP 1108W, 1110W)
  • Major Ensemble (MUSE, one semester credit hour each) – eight semesters
  • Secondary Ensemble (MUSE, one semester credit hour each) – four semesters
  • Jazz Combo (MUSE 3127) – four semesters
  • Junior Recital (MU 3050)
  • Senior Research Project (MU 4280)

C. Jazz Studies Requirements (24 hours)

 

  • MIDI I and II (MUSP 1108C, MUSP 2110C)
  • Jazz Piano Techniques (MUSP 3112J, 4114J)
  • History of Jazz (MU 3375)
  • Business in Music (MU 4354)
  • Jazz Pedagogy (MU 4343)
  • Jazz Theory and Arranging (MU 4344, MU 4346)
  • Jazz Improvisation I and II (MU 3333, MU 3234)

D. Special Degree Requirements

 

  • Theory and Aural Proficiency Examination
  • Piano Proficiency Examination (Level II)
  • Upper Level Competency Review