Bachelor of Music - Performance, Instrumental Track

For general degree requirements, see the College of Arts and Letters and the General Degree Requirements pages.

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Area A Essential Skills                                      Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
Select one of the following courses:
MATH 1101/1111/1112/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options                            Required Hours: 5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2745/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755/ LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts                          Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ PHIL 1105
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology                 Required Hours: 10
Select one science course with a lab; the other course may be lab or non-lab:
ANTH 1145 (no lab); ASTR 1105/1305 (lab optional); ASTR 1106/1305; BIOL 1215 (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225 (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (lab included); ITDS 1215 (lab included); PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325 (lab optional); PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one of the following courses or a science course from above:
CPSC 1105/MATH 1112/MATH 1113/MATH 1125/MATH 1131/MATH 1132/MATH 1127/MATH 1165/PHIL 2105

Area E Social Sciences                                   Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2135/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/HIST 2116/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement                                  Required Hours: 3
PELM 1205
Select any one PEDS course.

Area F Courses Related to Major                 Required Hours: 18
MUSA 1211 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 1212 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 2211 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 2212 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 2313 Keyboard Class 1 
MUSA 2314 Keyboard Class 2
MUSC 1215 Music Theory 1
MUSC 1305 Music Fundamentals
MUSC 2201 Music Theory 2
MUSC 2202 Music Theory 3
Take the appropriate course four times:
MUSC 1070 Orchestral Ensemble Activities
MUSC 1080 Wind Ensemble Activities

Area G Program Requirements                    Required Hours: 41
A minimum grade of C is required in each of the following courses:
MUSA 3000 Piano Proficiency
MUSA 3221 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 3222 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 3305 Half Recital
MUSA 4231 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 4232 Applied Music - Major Instrument
MUSA 4305 Full Recital
MUSC 1000 Convocation (six semesters)
MUSC 1315 Music Skills 1
MUSC 2301 Music Skills 2
MUSC 2302 Music Skills 3
MUSC 3116 Form and Analysis
MUSC 3117 Instrumentation and Transcription
MUSC 3225 Music History to 1750
MUSC 3226 Music History 1750-1900
MUSC 3227 Music History 1900-Present
MUSE 3201 Basic Conducting
Take the appropriate course four times:
MUSC 3070 Orchestral Ensemble Activities 
MUSC 3080 Wind Ensemble Activities 
Select two courses from the following:
MUSC 5217 Brass Literature
MUSC 5219 Jazz History
MUSC 5221 Organ Literature 1
MUSC 5222 Organ Literature 2
MUSC 5225 Development of Opera
MUSC 5226 Flute Literature
MUSC 5227 Guitar Literature
MUSC 5228 Piano Lit Through Classicism
MUSC 5229 Piano Lit:Romantic-Contemp Eras
MUSC 5236 String Literature
MUSC 5237 Symphonic Literature
MUSC 5238 Wind Ensemble Literature
MUSC 5239 Woodwind Literature
MUSC 5246 Percussion Literature
Select four semester hours from the following:
MUSE 3251 Brass Pedagogy 1
MUSE 3252 Brass Pedagogy 2
MUSE 3215 Percussion Pedagogy
MUSE 3216 String Bass Pedagogy
MUSE 3217 Guitar Pedagogy
MUSE 3261 Cello Pedagogy 1
MUSE 3262 Cello Pedagogy 2
MUSE 3271 Woodwind Pedagogy 1
MUSE 3272 Woodwind Pedagogy 2
MUSE 3281 Violin/Viola Pedagogy 1
MUSE 3282 Violin/Viola Pedagogy 2

Area H Program Electives                            Required Hours: 19
Select nineteen hours of MUSA, MUSC, MUSE, MUSP courses, at least 6 hours must be 3000 level or above.

Total Hours Required: 123