Advising for Bachelor of Arts in Music: Performance Emphasis-Voice
Suggested sequence of courses for BA in Music-Performance Emphasis Voice
| 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** | 0-1 |
| MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 | MUS* Ensemble | 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 371 Applied Music** | 1 | MUS 371 Applied Music** | 1 |
| MUS 326 Song Literature† | 4 | MUS 32_ Music History† (Elective)(MUS 428- Music for the Stage- may be taken to fulfill the Music History Elective) |
4 |
| MUS 351 Diction for Singers (Voice Majors only) |
2 | MUS 394 Junior Recital | 1 |
| MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 | MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 |
| Total | 7-8 | Total | 6-7 |
| Senior Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| MUS 100 Recital Attendance | 0 | MUS 472 Applied Music** | 1 |
| MUS 282 Conducting Basics | 2 | MUS 494 Senior Recital | 2 |
| MUS 471 Applied Music** | 1 | MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 |
| MUS 490 Pedagogy | 4 | ||
| MUS* Ensemble | 0-1 | ||
| Total | 7-8 | Total | 3-4 |
Total Music Credits Required for Graduation: 57
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 credits) 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.
†For vocal performance majors, MUS 326 Song Literature is the appropriate music history course. MUS 428 Music for the Stage is a suggested upper division music elective.
+ May be waived by departmental proficiency examination.
To fulfill elective requirements outside of music, majors are encouraged to select an academic minor. Vocal performance majors should consider courses in World Languages, Theater and Dance as useful coursework to accompany the Vocal Performance Emphasis degree.