Bachelor of Music in Performance - Piano/Organ

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

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 1101/1111/1113/1125/1131

Area B Institutional Options Required Hours: 4-5
COMM 1110
Select two of the following courses:
ITDS 1125/ITDS 1779/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/ LEAD 1705/ LIBR 1105/ POLS 2401/ HIST 1111/HIST 1112/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
Note: the extra hour may be used as an elective.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts/Ethics Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/ITDS 2125/PHIL 2010
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: 10-11
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 1215K (lab included); BIOL 1125 (no lab); BIOL 1225K (lab included); CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; ENVS 1105 (no lab); GEOL 1110 (no lab); GEOL 1112/1112L; GEOL 1121 (lab included); GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225 (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; CPSC 1301/ 1301L; GEOG 2215; MATH 1113; MATH 1125; MATH 1131; MATH 1132; MATH 1165; MATH 2125; PHIL 2500; STAT 1127

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 2030/ PSYC 1101/ SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ ENGL 2136/ GEOG 1101/ HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

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

Area F Courses Related to Major Required Hours: 18
MUSA 1211 Applied Music-Major Piano/Organ
MUSA 1215 Applied Music-Sec. Piano/Organ
MUSA 1212 Applied Music-Major Piano/Organ
MUSA 1215 Applied Music-Sec. Piano/Organ
MUSA 2211 Applied Music-Major Piano/Organ
MUSA 2212 Applied Music-Major Piano/Organ
MUSC 1214 Music Theory 1
MUSC 1215 Music Theory 2
MUSC 1314 Music Skills 1
MUSC 2201 Music Theory 3
MUSC 2202 Music Theory 4
Take the appropriate course four times:
MUSP 1070 Orchestral Ensemble Activities
MUSP 1080 Wind Ensemble Activities
MUSP 1090 Vocal Ensemble Activities

Area G Program Requirements Required Hours: 46
A minimum grade of "C" is required in each of the following courses:
MUSA 3221 Appl Music Major - Piano/Organ
MUSA 3222 Appl Music Major - Piano/Organ
MUSA 3305 Half Recital
MUSA 4231 Appl Music Major - Piano/Organ
MUSA 4232 Appl Music Major - Piano/Organ
MUSA 4305 Full Recital
MUSC 1000 Convocation (six semesters)
MUSC 1315 Music Skills 2
MUSC 2301 Music Skills 3
MUSC 2302 Music Skills 4
MUSC 3115 Counterpoint
MUSC 3116 Form and Analysis
MUSC 3228 Music History to Mozart
MUSC 3229 Music History Beethoven to Present
MUSE 3201 Basic Conducting
MUSP 4305 Accompanying (taken four times)
Select two courses from the following:
MUSC 5221 Organ Literature 1, and
MUSC 5222 Organ Literature 2 , or
MUSC 5228 Piano Lit Through Classicism, and
MUSC 5229 Piano Lit Through Contemp Era
Select one group from the following:
GRP1: MUSE 3211 Organ Pedagogy 1
MUSE 3212 Organ Pedagogy 2
GRP2: MUSE 3231 Piano Pedagogy 1
MUSE 3232 Piano Pedagogy 2
Take one of the following:
FREN 1001 (For students with fewer than two years of high school French)
FREN 1002 (For students with two years of high school French)
Note: Student may substitute two semester hours in music electives if one of the above foreign languages is used for Area B.
Take one of the following:
GERM 1001 (for students with fewer than two years of high school German)
GERM 1002 (for students with two years of high school German)
Note: Student may substitute two semester hours in music electives if one of the above foreign languages is used for Area B.

Area H Program Electives Required Hours: 14
Select fourteen hours of MUSA, MUSC, MUSE, MUSP courses. At least 3 hours must be at the 3000 level or above.

Total Hours Required: 123