Music: Instrumental Performance Emphasis | Advising Handbook
Suggested Sequence for BA in Music: Instrumental Performance Emphasis
| Freshman Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 | MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 111 Music Theory I | 4 | MUS 112 Music Theory II | 4 |
| MUS 185 Functional Piano I+ | 1 | MUS 186 Functional Piano II+ | 1 |
| MUS 171 Applied Music** | 1 | MUS 172 Applied Music** | 1 |
| MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 | MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 |
| Total | 6-7 | Total | 6-7 |
| Sophomore Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 | MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 211 Music Theory III | 4 | MUS 212 Music Theory IV | 4 |
| MUS 271 Applied Music** | 1 | MUS 272 Applied Music** | 1 |
| MUS 220 Music Survey I | 4 | MUS 221 Music Survey II | 4 |
| MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 | MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 |
| Total | 9-10 | Total | 9-10 |
| Junior Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 | MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 |
| MUS 32_ Music History† | 4 | MUS 32_ Music History† | 4 |
| MUS 371 Applied Music** | 1 | MUS 372 Applied Music** | 1 |
| MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 | MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 |
| MUS 384 Junior Recital | 1 | ||
| Total | 5-6 | Total | 6-7 |
| Senior Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 | MUS 472** Applied Music | 1 |
| MUS 23_ Methods (as appropriate) | 2 | MUS 494 Senior Recital | 2 |
| MUS 272 Conducting Basics | 2 | MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 |
| MUS 471** Applied Music | 1 | ||
| MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 | ||
| Total | 5-6 | Total | 3-4 |
Total Music Credits Required for Graduation: 53
Key
* Large ensemble appropriate to instrument/voice: MUS 150, 163 or 165. Audition may be required. Note: beginning in 2015 music majors and minors are not required to take ensembles for credit. However, they must register for the ensemble (even if for 0 credit) to be in compliance with degree requirements. Students who intend to graduate with a music degree must take 8 semesters of an ensemble, but it can be taken for 0 credit or 1 credit at the students' discretion.
**All sections and levels of Applied Music require the signature of the Music Department Chair for registration.
†Any course in the Music History Series: MUS 321, 322, 323 or 324.
+ May be waived by departmental proficiency examination.
To fulfill elective requirements outside of music, majors are encouraged to select an academic minor.