Bachelor of Arts in Music - Music Performance
Requirements for the major can be found at Music - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Students may audition for this program only if they qualify for three-credit lessons (MUPI 4XX) at the start of the first year and register for MUPI 4XX during both semesters of the first year. In addition to eight semesters each of performing organization and MUPI 4XX, graduation requirements include a one-hour senior solo recital (DR 450).
At the conclusion of the fourth semester of study, students will prepare a jury for the appropriate applied faculty, who in consultation with the academic adviser will determine whether the student is permitted to continue in the performance major. In questionable cases, the adviser is permitted to recommend that the decision be delayed for a maximum of one additional semester, in order to evaluate further the student's progress; this recommendation is subject to the approval of the Department Chair. Students who do not pass the jury may continue in the music and liberal arts track or apply for another major within the Bachelor of Arts program (with the understanding that choosing another major may lengthen the amount of time to complete the degree).
Music elective credits (or when used as substitutes for music course credits), may be satisfied from the course list below. In order for MUPI credits to count toward the degree, a jury is required.
- MUS 133 Introduction to Jazz
- MUS 335 The Music of Latin America
- DR 385 and DR 386, The History of Musical Theatre I and II
- MUS 302 Silent Film Music
- MUS 473A Introduction to Electronic Composition
- MUS 483 Composing the Liturgy
- AFRI 251 From the Block to the Booth: A Critical Examination of Hip Hop
- MDIA 361 History of Popular Music
- ENG 381 Poetry and Rock
- HIST 379C The History of American Music
**Students in good academic standing that have completed the history sequence are also able to enroll in 500-level classes by permission of the head of the musicology area. The list below contains only those 500-level classes that would fit the expected focus on music outside the western classical canon.**
- MUS 537E Music Since 1900
- MUS 537F American Music
- MUS 556 History of Sacred Music
- MUS 564 The Arts in the Holocaust Era
- MUS 584 Liturgical Music
- MUS 586 Topics in Latin American Music
- MUS 586A Latin American Music: Regional Studies
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Prerequisites |
Credits |
| MUS 121 |
Ear Training and Sight Singing I |
2 |
| MUS 122 |
Ear Training and Sight Singing II |
2 |
| MUS 221 |
Ear Training and Sight Singing III |
2 |
| MUS 222 |
Ear Training and Sight Singing IV |
2 |
| MUS 123 |
Harmony I |
2 |
| MUS 124 |
Harmony II |
2 |
| MUS 223 |
Harmony III |
2 |
| MUS 224 |
Harmony IV |
2 |
| MUS 183 |
Class Piano I |
1 |
| MUS 184 |
Class Piano II |
1 |
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Prerequisites total credits: |
18 |
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Major Area |
Credits |
| MUPI 4XX |
Private Instruction (8 semesters @ 3 credits) |
24 |
| MUS ___ |
Performing Organization (8 semesters @ 1 credit) |
8 |
| MUS 499XX |
Senior Solo Recital A hearing is required. |
0 |
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Major Area total credits: |
32 |
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Supportive Courses in Music |
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| MUS 321 |
Form and Analysis I |
3 |
| MUS 325 |
History of Music I |
3 |
| MUS 326 |
History of Music II |
3 |
| MUS 327 |
History of Music III |
3 |
| MUS XXX |
Music Elective |
3 |
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Supportive Courses in Music total credits: |
15 |
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Total Courses in Music (excluding prerequisites) total credits: |
44 |
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General Studies |
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| ENG 101 |
Writing: Logic and Rhetoric (Freshman year) |
3 |
| ___ ___ |
Literature Elective (English or other language) |
3 |
| PHIL 201, PHIL 202 |
The Classical Mind, The Modern Mind (3 credits each) (Freshman year) |
6 |
| PHIL ___ |
One Philosophy Elective |
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| TRS 201 |
Foundations in Theology I: The Scriptures and Jesus Christ (Freshman year) |
3 |
| TRS 202A / TRS 202B |
Foundations in Theology II: The Church and the Human Person |
3 |
| TRS ___ |
Theology Elective |
3 |
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Foundations in History or Political Theory (to be chosen from a pool of general education courses) |
3 |
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Two Intermediate Language Courses in an Ancient or Modern Foreign Language |
6 |
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One Mathematics Elective |
3 |
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One Natural Science Elective |
3 |
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One Foundations in Social Sciences |
3 |
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Seven Free Electives (if music courses are elected, they must be MUS) |
21 |
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General Studies total credits: |
63 |
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Total program credits: |
128 |