Jan 08, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Music, BM, Jazz Studies 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.

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

UNIV 100 - First Year Seminar Credit Hours: 3
AMUS 115 - Individual Instruction Credit Hours: 1-4
AMUS 115 taken at 2 credits
AMUS 180 - Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1
AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
ENGL 101 - Introduction to Academic Writing Credit Hours: 3
MUS 141 - Keyboard Skills I Credit Hours: 2

Theory (3 credit hours)

Course placement is determined by theory exam offered by the School of Music and Performing Arts.

MUS 120 - Foundations of Western Music Theory Credit Hours: 3
MUS 130 - Diatonic and Chromatic Harmony in Western Music Credit Hours: 3

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum list of Mathematics courses.

Freshman Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

AMUS 115 - Individual Instruction Credit Hours: 1-4
AMUS 115 taken at 2 credits
AMUS 180 - Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1
AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
ENGL 102 - Writing and Research About Culture Credit Hours: 3
MUS 142 - Keyboard Skills II Credit Hours: 2

Theory Elective (3 credit hours)

Students who HAVE NOT completed MUS 130 are required to take the course as their Theory Elective.

Students who have taken MUS 130 may choose from:

MUS 110 - Music Theory for Oral Traditions Credit Hours: 3
MUS 112 - Music Theory for Popular Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 120 - Foundations of Western Music Theory Credit Hours: 3
MUS 130 - Diatonic and Chromatic Harmony in Western Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 290 - Analysis of Music after 1900 Credit Hours: 3
MUS 320 - Analysis of Baroque and Classical Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 350 - Analysis of Romantic Era Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 440 - Music Theory Seminar Credit Hours: 3

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum list of Mathematics courses.

Sophomore Year, First Semester (16 credit hours)

AMUS 115 - Individual Instruction Credit Hours: 1-4
AMUS 115 taken at 2 credits
AMUS 180 - Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1
AMUS 215 - Jazz Improvisation Credit Hours: 2
AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
MUS 143 - Keyboard Skills III Credit Hours: 2
MUS 276 - Introduction to Music Technology Credit Hours: 3
MUS 312 - Jazz Theory I Credit Hours: 3

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

AMUS 115 - Individual Instruction Credit Hours: 1-4
AMUS 115 taken at 2 credits
AMUS 180 - Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1
AMUS 216 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation Credit Hours: 2
AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
MUS 238 - Introduction to the Music Industry Credit Hours: 3
MUS 349 - Advanced Analysis of Jazz Credit Hours: 3

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum list of English Literature courses.

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum list of Natural Sciences.

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

AMUS 315 - Individual Instruction Credit Hours: 1-4
AMUS 315 taken at 3 credits
AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
AMUS 380 - Upper-level Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1
MUS 307 - Conducting Credit Hours: 2
MUS 366 - Jazz History Credit Hours: 3
MUS 376 - Audio Recording Techniques I Credit Hours: 3

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Choose in consultation with academic advisor.

Junior Year, Second Semester (13 credit hours)

AMUS 315 - Individual Instruction Credit Hours: 1-4
AMUS 315 taken at 4 credits
AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
AMUS 380 - Upper-level Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1
MUS 408 - Jazz and Commercial Arranging I Credit Hours: 2

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.

Senior Year, First Semester (14 credit hours)

AMUS 315 - Individual Instruction Credit Hours: 1-4
AMUS 315 taken at 4 credits
AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
AMUS 380 - Upper-level Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

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

MUS 360 - Cajun and Zydeco Music Credit Hours: 3
MUS 364 - Music Appreciation: Music of the World Credit Hours: 3
MUS 450G - Traditional Musics of North America Credit Hours: 3

Senior Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

AMUS 333 - Recital Seminar Credit Hours: 0
AMUS 380 - Upper-level Jazz Combo Credit Hours: 1
MUS 470 - Music History II Credit Hours: 3
MUS 490 - Senior Recital Credit Hours: 1-4
MUS 490 taken at 4 credits

History (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum list of History courses.

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 ENGL 102	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List
History (3 cr)	Fine Arts (3 cr)	Communication (3 cr)	Literature (3 cr)
Choose from the Gen Ed Course List	MUS 130	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List

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Music, BM, Jazz Studies Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Theory (3 credit hours)

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

Theory Elective (3 credit hours)

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (16 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, Second Semester (13 credit hours)

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (14 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

Senior Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

History (3 credit hours)

Communication (3 credit hours)

General Education Curriculum

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Music, BM, Jazz Studies Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Theory (3 credit hours)

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

Theory Elective (3 credit hours)

Mathematics (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (16 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, Second Semester (13 credit hours)

General Elective (3 credit hours)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (14 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

Senior Year, Second Semester (14 credit hours)

History (3 credit hours)

Communication (3 credit hours)

General Education Curriculum