Music, B.A.

About the Music Bachelor’s Program

A minimum of 42 hours of music courses, 18 hours of which must be junior or senior level, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree with a music major, including the following courses. Bachelor of Arts students are required to enroll in four semesters of ensemble and lessons. The degree will provide students an opportunity to participate in a more individualized degree through the choice of elective courses for a minor from outside the major area discipline that is consistent with the university philosophy and policies for a liberal arts degree and complete the general degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree. A minimum total of 120 hours is required for this degree.

• MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MUHL 2301 - Music as Cultural History I 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MUHL 3302 - Music as Cultural History II 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MUHL 3303 - Music as Cultural History III 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 1103 - Elementary Aural Skills I 1 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 1203 - Elementary Music Theory I 2 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 1104 - Elementary Aural Skills II 1 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 1204 - Elementary Music Theory II 2 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 2103 - Intermediate Aural Skills I 1 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 2203 - Intermediate Music Theory I 2 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 2104 - Intermediate Aural Skills II 1 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 2204 - Intermediate Music Theory II 2 Semester Credit Hours
• MUTH 3303 - Form, Analysis, and Synthesis 3 Semester Credit Hours

Recommended Curriculum

Total Hours: 120

A minimum of 18 semester hours in music must be junior or senior level. A minimum total of 40 semester hours in the degree must be junior or senior level.

MUAP must have a minimum of 4 semesters of private lessons from principal instrument instructor.

MUEN must have a minimum of 4 semester hours of ensemble. MUEN 1103  may not be used. (Ensemble is required each semester of private lessons.)

See music advisor in 221 Music Building for more details about the Bachelor of Arts in Music.

* Choose from the university’s core curriculum .