Music Performance: Keyboard, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 91.5

• 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 131 - Secondary Instrument Levels 1, 1 credit hour
• MUC 132 - Secondary Instrument Levels 2, 1 credit hour
• MUC 181 - Sight-Reading, 1 credit hour
• 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 (pianists only):(0-4 semesters) ⁴
• MUA 210 - Theory 2, 2 credit hours
• MUA 220 - Aural Skills 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 231 - Secondary Instrument Levels 3, 1 credit hour
• MUC 232 - Secondary Instrument Levels 4, 1 credit hour (pianists only)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 283 - Collaborative Piano, 1 credit hour (pianists only):(2-6 semesters)⁴
• MUC 283 - Collaborative Piano, 1 credit hour  (organists only):(2 semesters)
• 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 303 - Partial Junior Recital, .5 credit hour
• MUC 305X - Pedagogy of Music, 3 credit hours
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUA 340 - Topics in Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 385 - Preparation for the Church Musician, 3 credit hours (organists only)
• MUC 401 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 402 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 4 credit hours¹
• MUC 404 - Full Senior Recital, 1 credit hour
• Music Electives (pianists only), 8 credit hours⁵
• Music Electives (organists only), 6 credit hours⁵

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 29

• 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, 12 credit hours⁷

Notes:

¹ Four credits per semester for 8 semesters. All piano primaries must pass Proficiency 4.
² Secondary instrument for pianists may be chosen from organ, harpsichord, voice, or an orchestral instrument. Organists take piano until Proficiency 4 is achieved. Secondary study beyond 4 semesters requires an additional fee.
³ For pianists, participation in a major ensemble is required for 2 semesters during the freshman year. For organists, participation in a major ensemble is required for a total of 6 semesters.
⁴ Pianists must take two credits of Collaborative Piano in the first two years, and may then take any combination of Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music to complete the six credits.
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 2 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.