Music - History and Literature Concentration, BMus

Requirements

• ❑  MUS 099 - Concert Attendance  Required for every quarter in residence. Minimum 8 concert programs or ticket stubs required.
• ❑  MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Music
• ❑  MUS 121 - Aural and Keyboard Skills I
• ❑  MUS 122 - Theoretical and Analytical Skills I
• ❑  MUS 123 - Aural and Keyboard Skills I
• ❑  MUS 124 - Theoretical and Analytical Skills I
• ❑  MUS 125 - Aural and Keyboard Skills I
• ❑  MUS 126 - Theoretical and Analytical Skills I
• ❑  MUS 221 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II
• ❑  MUS 222 - Theoretical and Analytical Skills II
• ❑  MUS 223 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II
• ❑  MUS 224 - Theoretical and Analytical Skills II
• ❑  MUS 225 - Aural and Keyboard Skills II
• ❑  MUS 341 - History of Music to 1600
• ❑  MUS 342 - History of Music 1600-1830
• ❑  MUS 343 - History of Music 1830-Present
• ❑  MUS 351 - Basic Conducting
• ❑  MUS 441 - Notation
• ❑  MUS 490 - Senior Thesis

• ❑ Two courses from:

•     MUS 322 - Form and Analysis: Music to 1900
•     MUS 324A - Modal Counterpoint
•     MUS 324B - Tonal Counterpoint
•     MUS 326 - Orchestration/Arranging
•     MUS 328B - Midi Notation and Sequencing for Composition
•     MUS 422 - Analytical Techniques: 20th-Century Music

• ❑ Two courses from:

•     MUS 275 - Chamber Jazz Ensembles
•     MUS 278 - Opera Workshop
•     MUS 281A - Applied Chamber Music: Flute
•     MUS 281B - Applied Chamber Music: Double Reed
•     MUS 281C - Applied Chamber Music: Single Reed
•     MUS 281F - Applied Chamber Music: High Brass
•     MUS 281H - Applied Chamber Music: Low Brass
•     MUS 281K - Applied Chamber Music: Percussion
•     MUS 281L - Applied Chamber Music: Strings
•     MUS 281M - Applied Chamber Music: Piano
•     MUS 281N - Applied Chamber Music: Guitar
•     MUS 283 - Chamber Vocal Ensembles
•     MUS 475 - Chamber Jazz Ensemble
•     MUS 478 - Advanced Opera Production
•     MUS 483 - Advanced Chamber Vocal Ensembles
•     MUS 484 - Advanced Vocal Jazz Ensemble
•     MUS 485 - New Music Ensemble

• ❑ Two courses from:

•     MUS 280 - Collegium Musicum
•     MUS 480 - Advanced Collegium Musicum

• ❑ 12 credits from:

•     MUS 442 - Seminar in Music History
•     MUS 443A - History of Musical Genres: Choral Music
•     MUS 443B - History of Musical Genres: Solo Song
•     MUS 443C - History of Musical Genres: Opera
•     MUS 443D - History of Musical Genres: Keyboard Music
•     MUS 443E - History of Musical Genres: Chamber Music
•     MUS 443F - History of Musical Genres: Symphonic Music
•     MUS 443G - History of Musical Genres: Concerto
•     MUS 443H - History of Musical Genres: Symphonic Music in the 20th Century
•     MUS 443I - History of Musical Genres: Opera I
•     MUS 443J - History of Musical Genres: Opera II

• ❑ Applied music on major instrument or voice each quarter in residence (minimum 12 credits); including at least three credits in courses numbered 312-316 and 412-416.

•     MUS 212 - Applied Instruction: Piano
•     MUS 213 - Applied Instruction: Strings
•     MUS 214 - Applied Instruction: Winds and Percussion
•     MUS 215 - Applied Instruction: Voice
•     MUS 216 - Applied Instruction: Classical Guitar
•     MUS 312 - Applied Instruction: Piano
•     MUS 313 - Applied Instruction: Strings
•     MUS 314 - Winds and Percussion
•     MUS 315 - Applied Instruction: Voice
•     MUS 316 - Applied Instruction: Classical Guitar
•     MUS 412 - Applied Instruction: Piano
•     MUS 413 - Applied Instruction: Strings
•     MUS 414 - Applied Instruction: Winds and Percussion
•     MUS 415 - Applied Instruction: Voice
•     MUS 416 - Applied Instruction: Classical Guitar

• ❑ Foreign Language: Students must complete an examination in French or German.

• ❑ One course from: (Each quarter in residence minimum 24 credits)***

•     MUS 271 - University Choir
•     MUS 272 - Symphonic Band
•     MUS 471 - Concert Choir
•     MUS 472 - Wind Symphony
•     MUS 473 - University Symphony Orchestra

• ***Piano students will take a combination of major performing ensemble and MUS 276/476 (piano accompanying) as follows: six quarters major performance ensemble, three quarters accompanying, remaining quarters in either piano accompanying or major performance ensemble. Guitar students as follows: six quarters Major Performance Ensemble (MUS 271- or 471); three quarters of Collegium (MUS 280 or 480); and three quarters of Guitar Ensemble (MUS 281N or 481).

• ❑ Electives: 14 credits selected under advisement

University Graduation Requirements

General University Requirements (GURS) 
Writing Proficiency Requirement (WP) 
180 Minimum Total Credits 
60 Minimum Upper Division Credits 
Residency Requirement 
Minimum Grade Requirements 
Final Quarter Requirement