Degree Requirements
Required Courses | 36 credits
Music Theory | 12 credits
Course designed for basic music reading and aural perception. Students learn the necessary skills to sing musical intervals and simple melodies at sight. A prerequisite to MU 116
This course continues the development of music skills begun in Sight Singing I, including more advanced intervals and melodies. A prerequisite to MU 235
Prerequisite: Take MU-115
This course focuses on the development and enhancement of musical skills through music reading and notation, rhythmic and tonal perception, and analysis. Other areas covered include the construction and function of scales, intervals, and triads. Open to all students.
This course continues the development of musical skills through further practice with music notation, musical analysis, and aural perception. The construction and function of triads, harmonic motion, rhythm, texture, and writing are covered.
Prerequisite: Take MU-121
This course continues the development of musical skills through further practice with music notation, musical analysis, and aural perception. Emphasis will be on four-part writing and analysis.
Prerequisite: Take MU-121, MU-122
This course further develops the musical skills achieved in Sight Singing I and II, including advanced melodies and basic harmonic recognition. A prerequisite to MU 236
Prerequisite: Take MU-116
Music History & Literature | 9 credits
- Student’s choice of 3 Music History or Literature courses
Applied Music | 13 credits
- 10 credits in Applied Lessons
- 3 credits in Ensembles
Piano Proficiency | 2 credits
- Keyboard Skills I, 1 credit
- Keyboard Skills II, 1 credit
Concentrations | 12 credits
Performance
- Junior Recital, 1 credit
- Senior Recital, 1 credit
- Additional Applied Lessons, 6 credits
- Additional Ensembles, 4 credits
Graduation Requirements
For those students within the performance concentration, two recitals are required, one during the junior year and one during the senior year. The approximate length of the recital should be a minimum of 60 minutes. In consultation and with the final approval of faculty, the students are required to select repertoire, choose accompanying musicians, create a program and send out invitations. The purpose of the recitals is for the student to demonstrate their theoretical and practical music skills but should also demonstrate the student’s understanding of how to present himself or herself in a concert setting as well as how to organize and promote an event.
Music Production
- 4 Music Production courses, 12 credits