Requirements for the Major (46-52 credits)

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I. Required Courses (18-24 credits)

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• MUS 102   - Music Fundamentals or pass placement test
• MUS 103   - Introduction to Western Art Music
• MUS 227   - Music Theory I
• MUS 227L   - Music Theory I Lab
• MUS 228   - Music Theory II
• MUS 228L  - Music Theory II Lab
• MUS 252   - Keyboard Studies or pass placement test
• MUS 400   - Music Capstone Fall Semester
• MUS 401   - Music Capstone Spring Semester

II. Music and Culture (8 credits)

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• MUS 231   - History of Opera
• MUS 232   - Music and the Soundscape of Film
• MUS 232R   - Music and the Soundscape of Film Recitation
• MUS 233  - Music of the Whole Earth
• MUS 234   - History of Jazz
• MUS 236   - Women and Music
• MUS 238   - African American Music History
• MUS 240   - Music in the American Century

III. Western Music History (8 credits)

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• MUS 301  - Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras
• MUS 303   - Music of the Classic and Romantic Ears
• MUS 311  - Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
• MUS 341  - Topics in Music History

IV. Composition/Theory (8 credits)

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• MUS 101   - Music: Imagination and Technique
• MUS 223   - Introduction to Conducting
• MUS 246   - Counterpoint
• MUS 260   - Music Composition (may be repeated for credit)
• MUS 324   - Techniques of 20th- and 21st-Century Composition
• MUS 334  - Orchestration
• MUS 337   - Electronic Music Composition

V. At least four semesters of private lessons at the introductory or advanced level

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• MUS 109   - Introductory Vocal Instruction
• MUS 111   - Introductory Keyboard Instruction
• MUS 112  - Introductory Guitar Instruction
• MUS 113   - Introductory Strings Instruction
• MUS 114   - Introductory Woodwinds Instruction
• MUS 115   - Introductory Brass Instruction
• MUS 116   - Instrumental Percussion Instruction
• MUS 325   - Advanced Vocal Instruction
• MUS 326  - Advanced Keyboard Instruction
• MUS 327   - Advanced Guitar Instruction
• MUS 328   - Advanced Strings Instruction
• MUS 329   - Advanced Woodwinds Instruction
• MUS 330   - Advanced Brass Instruction
• MUS 331   - Advanced Percussion Instruction

VI. Membership in at least one ensemble for at least four semesters

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• MUS 105   - Improvisation Ensemble
• MUS 110   - Choral Union
• MUS 215  - Chorale
• MUS 217  - Madrigal Singers
• MUS 220  - Pan-African Choral Performance
• MUS 222   - University Orchestra
• MUS 224   - Wind Ensemble
• MUS 225  - Flute Ensemble
• MUS 226  - Jazz Ensemble
• MUS 229   - Chamber Music

VII. Meeting/Concert Attendance

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Majors are expected to support all department events but are required to attend all Works in Progress recitals, all majors/minors meetings, and designated concerts/department events.