Outline of Degree/ Diploma Programs

Although all course requirements listed below must be taken to complete the relevent degree program, the yearly outline is intended primarily as a guide. Students may alter the distribution of courses only in consultation with the Music Director.

Each course is identified by the name of the subject, followed by a course number, the number of semester hours credit, and the title of the course;
e.g. Music History MUS 131-3, A Survey of Music History.

BACHELOR OF MUSIC (PERFORMANCE) – INSTRUMENTAL

First Year

      Course

Hours

First Semester
Music Theory MUS 101-3 Harmony
Music Theory MUS 121-1 Solfege (ear-training)
Music History MUS 131-3 Literature
Applied Music MUS 141-4 (private lesson)
Piano Pedagogy MUS 141a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 161-1
English (Composition and Literature)

   
3
1
3
4
1
1
3
  15

Second Semester
Music Theory MUS 102-3 Harmony
Music Theory MUS 122-1 Solfege (ear-training)
Music History MUS 132-3 Literature
Applied Music MUS 142-4 (private lesson)
Piano Pedagogy MUS 142a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 162-1
English (Composition and Literature)
  

   
3
1
3
4
1
1
3
15

Second Year

      Course

Hours

First Semester
Music Theory MUS 201-3 Harmony
Music Theory MUS 221-1 Solfege (ear-training)
Music History MUS 231-3 Literature
Applied Music MUS 241-4 (private lesson)
Piano Pedagogy MUS 241a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 261-1
Chamber Music MUS 251-1
Humanities Elective
   

  
3
1
3
4
1
1
1
3
  16  

Second Semester
Music Theory MUS 202-3 Harmony
Music Theory MUS 222-1 Solfege (ear-training)
Music History MUS 232-3 Literature
Applied Music MUS 242-4 (private lesson)
Piano Pedagogy MUS 242a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 262-1
Chamber Music MUS 252-1
Humanities Elective
  

  
3
1
3
4
1
1
1
3
16

   
Third Year

      Course

First Semester
Music Theory MUS 301-3 (Form & Analysis)
Applied Music MUS 341-4 (private lesson)
Piano Pedagogy MUS 341a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 361-1
Chamber Music MUS 351-1
Orchestration MUS 371-2
Conducting MUS 381-2
   

   
3
4
1
1
1
2
2
13

Second Semester
Music Theory MUS 302-3 (Form & Analysis) 3
Applied Music MUS 342-4 (private lesson) 4
Piano Pedagogy MUS 342a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 362-1
Orchestration MUS 372-2 2
Conducting MUS 382-2 2
Social Sciences Elective 3
Preparatory Recital MUS 399-2
  

  
3
4
1
1
2
2
3
2
17

   
Fourth Year

      Course

Hours

First Semester
Applied Music MUS 441-4 (private lesson)
Piano Pedagogy MUS 441a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 461-1
Chamber Music MUS 451-1
Composition Technique MUS 491-2
Social Sciences Elective
   

  
4
1
1
1
2
3
11

Second Semester
Applied Music MUS 442-4 (private lesson)
Piano Pedagogy MUS 442a-1 (piano major only)
(or) Ensemble MUS 462-1
Composition Technique MUS 492-2
Science or Math Elective
Graduation Recital MUS 499-8
  

  
4
1
1
2
3
8
18