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2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music, BM, Theory/Composition Concentration

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Degree Awarded:         Total Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Music        120
Career Opportunities:
Performance, composing/arranging, music production, recording, television radio, private teaching, jazz performance
Note(s):
• Students must complete 45 credit hours of 300/400-level courses.
• Note: Major Ensemble is to be chosen in consultation with advisor; audition required.

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Mathematics courses.

Freshman Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

Music Theory Elective (3 credit hours)

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Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Mathematics courses.

Sophomore Year, First Semester (16 credit hours)

Music Theory Elective (3 credit hours)

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English Literature (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Literature courses.

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Natural Science courses.

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

Music Theory Elective (3 credit hours)

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General Elective (3 credit hours)

Choose in consultation with academic advisor.

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Social/Behavioral Science courses.

Junior Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Music Theory Elective (3 credit hours)

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History (3 credit hours)

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Junior Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

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Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

Choose any 200-level or above course from the General Education Curriculum  list of Social/Behavioral Science courses.

Senior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Natural Science courses.

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Choose any class other than MUS or AMUS. Advisor approval needed.

Non-Western Hist/Lit Elective (3 credit hours)

Senior Year, Second Semester (13 credit hours)

Music/Applied Music (3 credit hours)

Choose in consultation with academic advisor.

Communication (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Communication courses.

General Education Curriculum

English
(6 cr)		 Mathematics
(6 cr)		 Natural Sciences
(9 cr)		 Social/Behavioral Sci
(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
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History
(3 cr)		 Fine Arts
(3 cr)		 Communication
(3 cr)		 Literature
(3 cr)
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