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Nov 27, 2024
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2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music, Music-Keyboard Concentration, B.A.
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Program Requirements
Core Requirements: Minimum of 38 credits in the core curriculum required of all students. Students who enter as first-time freshmen must take an entering freshman and rising junior assessment to complete core requirements.
Program Admission Requirements: A placement test in music theory and performance is required before enrolling in any courses as a major. Students must complete or test out of MUSI 101 and MUSI 102 and perform a successful audition to be admitted into the General Music degree program.
Graduation Requirements: All graduating seniors are required to complete the Graduating Senior Assessment after completing 90 or more semester hours (including credit by examination), but not later than the graduation semester. In order to graduate, students in this degree program must: 1. Obtain a grade of C or higher in all music courses; 2. Pass the Piano Proficiency Exam; 3. Complete juries each semester of applied lessons; 4. Pass the Sophomore Qualifying Exam (prior to 300 level of applied lessons); 5. Successfully complete a Senior Recital in the semester before graduation and perform a senior recital hearing one month before the scheduled recital date; 6. Earn a grade of P in MUSI 165 for five semesters.
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University College Core Curriculum: 38 Credits
Transitional Studies - University Studies: 2 Credits
UNIV 101 -UNIV 102 required for all first time students; UNIV 110 required for transfer students with fewer than 30 transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived. UNIV 111 may be required based on academic performance.
Select one option from the following:
Transitional Studies - Life Skills: 2 Credits
Select two credits from the following:
Communication Skills - Written Communication: 3 Credits
Communication Skills - Oral Communication: 3 Credits
Information Literacy: 3 Credits
Reasoning Skills - Critical Thinking: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Reasoning Skills - Quantitative Reasoning: 3 Credits
MATH 121 may be required based on profile scores. Some core courses require a one-hour lab.
Select one from the following:
Scientific Literacy - Natural Sciences: 7 Credits
At least one natural science class must include a lab. Some majors require two lab sciences, increasing requirement to 8 credits.
Scientific Literacy - Social Sciences: 3 Credits
Select one from the following:
Humanities and Creative Arts: 3 Credits
Global Literacy: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 30+ transfer credits from a foreign institution. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Select one from the following:
Ethics and Civic Engagement: 3 Credits
Not required for students with 60+ transfer credits. Students do not earn credit if requirement is waived.
Program Requirements: 83-84
Music Courses: 28 Credits
Music Track Courses: 17-18 Credits
Select two from the following:
Applied Keyboard Courses: 8 Credits
Select appropriate sequence from the following:
(Each course in sequence must be completed two times in the 100-300 levels and only once at the 400 level.)
Ensemble Requirements: 9 Credits
Major Ensembles
Courses repeated for credit. Select four major ensembles from the following:
Chamber Ensembles
Courses repeated for credit. Select four chamber ensembles from the following:
Additional Ensemble
Select one additional ensemble from the above major and chamber ensembles. Note: all above selections are based on your major instrument.
Music Electives: 3 Credits
Minor (Any Minor): 18 Credits
Total Credit Hours: 121-122
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