Music Theory, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 97.5

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (8 semesters)
• MUC 101F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 102F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUC 111 - Tonal Harmony 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 113 - Tonal Harmony 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 112 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 114 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 116 - Introduction to Composition 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 117 - Introduction to Composition 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 133 - Keyboard Musicianship 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 134 - Keyboard Musicianship 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 201F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 202F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 205F - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour ³
• MUC 211 - Tonal Harmony 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 212 - Solfège 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 213 - Tonal Counterpoint, 2 credit hours
• MUC 221I - Music History & Literature I: World and Medieval Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 223I - Music History & Literature 2 Renaissance and Baroque Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 233 - Keyboard Musicianship 3, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 234 - Keyboard Musicianship 4, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 291 - Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 301F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 302F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUC 311 - Form and Analysis, 2 credit hours
• MUC 313 - Theory of Music Since 1900, 2 credit hours
• MUC 314 - Solfège 4, 2 credit hours
• MUC 318 - Instrumentation and Orchestration, 2 credit hours
• MUC 319 - Advanced Orchestration, 2 credit hours
• MUC 321I - Music History & Literature 3 Music of the Classical and the Romantic Eras, 3 credit hours
• MUC 323I - Music History & Literature 4 Music Since 1900, 3 credit hours
• MUC 329 - Introduction to Research in Music, 1 credit hour
• MUC 333 - Advanced Keyboard Musicianship 1, 1 credit hour
• MUC 334 - Advanced Keyboard Musicianship 2, 1 credit hour
• MUC 401F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 402F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 403 - Partial Senior Recital, .5 credit hour
• MUC 410 - Senior Presentation, 1 credit hour ⁴
• MUC 411 - Senior Research in Music Theory, 1 credit hour
• MUC 419 - Music Theory Practicum, 1 credit hour
• Music Seminars⁵ 4 credits
• Music Electives⁶ 6 credits

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 29

• ENG 131 - Workshop in Exposition and Argument, 3 credit hours
• MTH 136 - Applied College Mathematics, 3 credit hours or higher
• LAS 200 - Enduring Questions for an Intercultural World, 3 credit hours
• HPE 110W - Personal Wellness, .5 credit hour
• HPE - Activity Courses 1.5 credits
• Foreign Language⁷ 8 credits
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study⁸ 10 credits

Notes:

¹ Three credits per semester for 8 semesters.
² Secondary instrument is piano until Jury 4 proficiency is achieved. Depending upon placement results, piano study may occur in classes, lessons, or a combination. If the requisite proficiency is achieved in fewer than 4 semesters, continued piano study or study on another instrument is required. Secondary study beyond 4 semesters requires an additional fee.
³ One credit per semester for 8 semesters.
⁴ Topic determined by student in consultation with Senior Project Advisor and subject to approval by the department.
⁵ Three seminars required. Seminars may be replaced by independent study with permission of advisor.
⁶ An Emphasis Area in music may be substituted for the music elective requirement. Students who have earned 8 credits in required ensemble may count up to 2 additional credits toward the music elective requirement. At least 2 credits of music electives must be at the 300 level or higher.
⁷ One year of study of a single foreign language is required. A proficiency exam is administered to determine entry level of foreign language study. Students whose language requirement is reduced may take the equivalent number of credit hours in other liberal arts courses.
⁸ See www.bw.edu/resources/registration/info/core for more information about Core requirements. Note that specific University core requirements for Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and a minor field of study do not apply to Bachelor of Music degree programs. Students may select to either take ten credits from any areas of the Humanities, Natural Sciences, and/or Social Sciences, or to complete a minor field of study outside of the Conservatory.