Music Theory, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 91

• 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 , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 102 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUA 110 - Theory 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUC 116 - Introduction to Composition 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 117 - Introduction to Composition 2, 2 credit hours
• 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 , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 202 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 205 - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour ³
• 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 , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 302 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUC 318 - Instrumentation and Orchestration, 2 credit hours
• MUC 329 - Introduction to Research in Music, 2 credit hours
• MUA 340 - Topics in Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 401 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 402 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 410 - Thesis Project Presentation, 1 credit hour ⁴
• MUC 411 - Thesis Research in Music Theory, 1 credit hour
• MUC 412 - Music Academic Studies Seminar, 0 credit hours (4 semesters)⁵
• MUC 419X - Music Theory Practicum, 1 credit hour
• Music Seminars, 6 credit hours⁶
• Music Electives, 4 credit hours⁷

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 hours⁸
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study, 12 credit hours⁹

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 Take fall and spring semesters of junior and senior years.
⁶ Three seminars required. Seminars may be replaced by independent study with permission of advisor.
⁷ 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.
⁸ 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.
⁹ 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.