Music Performance: Keyboard, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 95.5

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours
• MUC 101 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 102 - 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 131 - Secondary Instrument Levels 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 132 - Secondary Instrument Levels 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 205 - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour [Pianists] ³
• MUC 205F - Major Ensemble  [Organists]³
• MUC 181 - Sight-reading 1, 1 credit hour
• MUC 182 - Sight-reading 2, 1 credit hour
• MUC 201 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 202 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 207 - Chamber Music, 1 credit hour [Pianists] ⁴
• MUC 283 - Collaborative Piano, 1 credit hour [Pianists] ⁴
• MUC 211 - Tonal Harmony 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 212 - Solfège 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 213 - Tonal Counterpoint, 2 credit hours
• MUC 214 - Modal Counterpoint, 2 credit hours
• MUC 221I - Music History & Literature 1: World and Medieval Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 223I - Music History & Literature 2 Renaissance and Baroque Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 283 - Collaborative Piano, 1 credit hour  [Organists]
• MUC 291 - Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 301 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 302 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 303 - Partial Junior Recital, .5 credit hour
• MUC 305X - Pedagogy of Music, 3 credit hours
• 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 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 381 - Piano Literature, 3 credit hours
• MUC 385 - Preparation for the Church Musician, 3 credit hours
• MUC 401 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours
• MUC 402 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours
• MUC 404 - Full Senior Recital, 1 credit hour
• Music Electives [Pianists], 6 credit hours⁵
• Music Electives [Organists], 4 credit hours⁵

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 29

• ENG 131 - Workshop in Exposition and Argument, 3 credit hours
• MTH 135 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 3 credit hours or higher
• FYE 100 - First-Year Experience, 3 credit hours
• 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. 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 may take any combination of Collaborative Piano and Chamber Music for one credit per semester that adds up to 6 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.