Jul 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Music, B.A.: Commercial Music Concentration


About the Music, B.A.: Commercial Music Concentration


A minimum of 50 hours of music courses, 27 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.

Required courses include:

Music (14): MUSI 1300 , MUSI 3341 , MUSI 3310 , MUSI 4310 , MUAP 4291  

Music Theory (19): MUTH 1103 , MUTH 1104 , MUTH 1303 , MUTH 1304 , MUTH 2103 , MUTH 2104 , MUTH 2303 , MUTH 2304 , MUTH 3303  

Music History and Literature (9): MUHL 2301 , MUHL 3302 , MUHL 3303  

Music Ensemble (4): 4 semesters of any ensemble except MUEN 1103  

Applied Music (4): 4 semesters of principal instrument. MUAP 1001 , MUAP 1002 , MUAP 2001 , MUAP 2002  

Recommended Curriculum


First Year


Fall

Total: 18

Spring

Total: 15

Second Year


Fall

Total: 15

Spring

Total: 15

Third Year


Fall

Total: 13

Spring

Total: 15

Fourth Year


Fall

Total: 15

Spring

Total: 14

Total Hours: 120