Music Performance: Instrumental, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 93

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (8 semesters)
• MUA 101 - ICTUS (Introduction to Conservatory Training, Understanding, and Skills), 2 credit hours
• MUC 101 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 102 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUA 110 - Theory 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUA 120 - Aural Skills 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 133 - Keyboard Musicianship 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 134 - Keyboard Musicianship 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 201 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 202 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 205 - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour ³
• MUC 207 - Chamber Music, 1 credit hour ⁴
• MUA 210 - Theory 2, 2 credit hours
• MUA 220 - Aural Skills 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 233 - Keyboard Musicianship 3, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 234 - Keyboard Musicianship 4, 1 credit hour ²
• MUA 240 - Music History & Literature 1, 3 credit hours
• MUA 241I - Music History & Literature 2, 3 credit hours
• MUA 242 - Music History & Literature 3, 3 credit hours
• MUC 291 - Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 301 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 302 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 305X - Pedagogy of Music, 3 credit hours
• MUC 308 - Partial Junior Recital, 0 credit hours
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUA 340 - Topics in Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 401 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 402 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 408 - Full Senior Recital, 0 credit hours
• Music Electives, 6 credit hours⁵

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 27

• ENG 131 - Workshop in Exposition and Argument, 3 credit hours
• MTH 101 - Mathematics Modeling & Quantitative Analysis, 3 credit hours or higher
• FYE 100 - First-Year Experience, 1 credit hour
• HPE - Wellness Courses, 2 credit hours
• Foreign Language, 8 credit hours⁶
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study, 10 credit hours⁷

Notes:

¹ Four credits per semester for 8 semesters.
² Secondary instrument is piano until Proficiency 4 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 Violin, viola, cello, and guitar students take a minimum of 6 credits of Chamber Music. Double bass and harp students take a minimum of 2, and the balance in music electives. Wind players take a minimum of 4 credits of Chamber Music and the balance in music electives. Percussion students substitute 6 credits of Percussion Ensemble for Chamber Music.
⁵ 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 four additional credits toward the music elective requirement. At least 2 credits of music electives must be at the 300 level or higher.
⁶ 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.
⁷ See Bachelor of Arts & Sciences 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.