Music History and Literature, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 83

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (8 semesters)
• MUC 101 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• MUC 102 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 3 credit hours¹
• 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 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
• 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 1: 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 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 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 329 - Introduction to Research in Music, 2 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 412 - Music Academic Studies Seminar, 0 credit hours (4 semesters)⁵
• MUC 421 - Thesis Research in Music History, 1 credit hour
• MUC 429X - Music History Practicum, 1 credit hour
• Music Seminars, 4 credit hours⁶
• Music Electives, 4 credit hours⁷

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 37

• 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, 16 credit hours⁸
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study, 10 credit hours⁹

Notes:

¹ Three 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. Must be in an assigned ensemble appropriate to the candidate’s major performing area.
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 Two 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 Two years of study of a single foreign language is required. A proficiency exam is administered to determine entry level of foreign language study.
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.