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Music B.A.

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College of Liberal Arts (TCLA)202 - Bachelor of Arts

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Sample plan

Completion requirement
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 0053381
  • 0053391
  • 7990261
  • 7990271
AND
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 8262661
  • 8262971
  • 8263911
  • 8262981
Completion requirement
Earn at least 9 credits from the following:
  • 0079271
  • 0079281
  • 0079291
Completion requirement

For non-keyboard majors, MUS 1155 may be substituted for MUS 1151-1152. Keyboard majors must consult departmental advisor for appropriate course series.

Note: students may need to complete 2 additional credit hours to meet minimum major requirements if they successfully complete the piano placement exam.

Earn at least 2 credits from the following:
  • 0047331
    AND     0047841
  • 0050011
Completion requirement

The Music BA Capstone is a directed study done under the supervision of a SOM faculty member (usually the BA faculty advisor). Depending on the student's chosen elective emphasis and career goals, the capstone may take various forms, including a recital, lecture recital, research paper, composition, or another appropriate medium. Project topics can include performance, musicology, music theory, composition, creative studies and media, or pedagogy, among others.

Students who double major and choose to complete the capstone requirement in their other major are still required to take the Music BA capstone.

Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
  • 0070391
Completion requirements
Students are required to take one upper division writing intensive course within the major. If that requirement has not been satisfied within the core major requirements, students must choose one course from the following list. Some of these courses may also fulfill other major requirements.
Complete up to 1 course(s) and earn credit(s) from the following:
  • 0079271
  • 0079281
  • 0079291
Completion requirements
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 8262661
  • 8262971
  • 8263911
  • 8262981
AND
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 0070331
  • 0084011
AND

Take a minimum of one 'Performance' credit by enrolling in a School of Music ensemble course, or a private- or group-lesson instruction course (beyond the 'Keyboard' requirement), or a composition course.

Earn at least 1 credits from the following:
  • 8070061
  • 0052591
  • 0051821
  • 7993341
  • 0086961
  • 0069691
  • 0090241
  • 0069551
AND

Topics courses must be taken for a minimum of 3 credits and must be pre-approved by the departmental advisor to count toward this requirement.

Earn at least 6 credits from the following:
  • 0050661
  • 7902041
  • 8262661
  • 8262971
  • 8263911
  • 8262981
  • 8063981
  • 0052421
  • 0069521
  • 0053331
  • 0052761
  • 7961511
  • 0053321
  • 0053311
  • 0079241
  • 8030121
  • 0047311
  • 8132051
  • 8114711
  • 0070381


Completion requirements
Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Earn at least 3 credits from the following:
  • 0070331
AND

The MUSA requirements below refer to the one-on-one private study with an instructor on a primary instrument. In total, there are four semesters of lessons in the applied emphasis program.

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Students must earn a minimum of 4 credits from MUSA 12xx courses to fulfill this requirement.
AND
Students must earn a minimum of 4 credits from MUSA 22xx courses to fulfill this requirement.
AND
Complete 4 or more course(s) and earn 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
  • 8070061
  • 0052591
  • 0051821
  • 0049171
  • 7993341
  • 0086961
  • 0069691
  • 0090241
  • 0069551
  • 0091901
  • 7967791
  • 0069701
AND

Electives are chosen in consultation with, and must be approved by the faculty advisor. Students must take 12 credits of Electives. A maximum of 3 credits of applied lessons or ensembles/chamber music beyond those required for the program or Lower-Division electives may be counted towards the 12 credits of electives.

Fulfill ALL of the following requirements:
Earn at least 9 credits from the following:
  • 0072861
  • 0072921
  • 0072951
  • 0073041
  • 0050661
  • 0091821
  • 7902041
  • 0070361
  • 8262661
  • 8262971
  • 8263911
  • 8262981
  • 0090231
  • 0050071
  • 0079191
  • 0093011
  • 0052421
  • 8169531
  • 0069521
  • 0052761
  • 7961511
  • 0053321
  • 0053311
  • 8132051
  • 8114711
  • 0070381
AND
Complete course(s) and earn up to 3 credit(s) from the following:
  • 8190531
  • 0084011
AND
Students may earn a maximum of 3 credits from MUSA 22xx courses to fulfill this requirement.


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