I. Required Courses (18-24 credits)

• MUS 102 - Music Fundamentals or pass placement test
• MUS 103 - Music in Context
• MUS 227 - Music Theory I
• MUS 228 - Music Theory II
• 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)

• MUS 231 - History of Opera
• MUS 232 - Music and the Soundscape of Film
• 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)

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

IV. Composition/Theory (8 credits)

• 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

• 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

• 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

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.