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    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Critical Studies in Music and Society, BA


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Hours required and general/college requirements


120 semester hours, 42 of which must be advanced, and fulfillment for the Bachelor of Arts Degree as specified in the University Core Curriculum . Some of the courses required for the degree (see below) may be used to satisfy the University Core Curriculum requirements.

Critical studies in music and society (9 hours)


Music theory (6 hours)


Music performance (3 hours)


Three hours of MUAC, MUAS, MUEN, MULB, or any combination thereof.

Foreign language (12 hours)


Minimum of 12 hours in the same language, including 6 advanced hours.

Music electives (9-15 hours)


Nine to fifteen hours of electives in music selected in consultation with the program coordinator. Six must be advanced. No more than six hours of electives may be fulfilled by lessons or ensembles (MUAC, MUAS, MUEN, MULB, or any combination thereof). No electives may be used to fulfill the three-hour music performance requirement (see above).

Non-music electives (21-27 hours)


Twenty-one to twenty-seven hours of electives outside music selected in consultation with the program coordinator. Fifteen must be advanced.

Four-year degree plan (example)


The following four-year plan is one example of a variety of ways in which you can complete your chosen degree in four years, and will serve as a guide for you to design your pathway to degree completion. Variations will depend on whether you need to take prerequisites or have college credit from exams or dual enrollment.

Year 1

Semester 1 Semester 2
MUCS 3100 - Critical Studies in Music and Society Colloquium   0 hours   MUCS 3100 - Critical Studies in Music and Society Colloquium   0 hours  
MUMH 1610 - Music as Communication   3 hours   MUET 3030 - Music Cultures of the World   3 hours  
Communication core   3 hours Communication core   3 hours
Mathematics core   3 hours Government/Political Science core   3 hours
BA CSMS theory option 1st semester 3 hours BA CSMS theory option 2nd semester 3 hours
BA Lang 1 and 2 3 hours BA Lang 1 and 2 3 hours
Total 15 hours Total 15 hours

 

Year 2

Semester 1 Semester 2
MUCS 3100 - Critical Studies in Music and Society Colloquium   0 hours   MUCS 3100 - Critical Studies in Music and Society Colloquium   0 hours  
PHYS 1270 - Science and Technology of Musical Sound   3 hours   Life and Physical Sciences core   3 hours 
Government/Political Science core   3 hours  Social and Behavioral Sciences core   3 hours 
BA CSMS music performance elective 1 hour BA CSMS music performance elective 1 hour 
BA Lang 3 and 4 3 hours BA Lang 3 and 4 3 hours
Music Elective - advanced 3 hours  Music Elective - advanced 3 hours 
Elective Outside Music 3 hours    
Total 16 hours Total 13 hours

 

Year 3

Semester 1 Semester 2
MUET 4500 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology   3 hours   MUCS 3000 - Seminar in Critical Studies in Music and Society   3 hours  
Advanced Language for BA 3 hours  Advanced Language for BA 3 hours 
BA-CSMS required class from large list 3 hours  BA CSMS music performance elective 1 hour
Music Elective 3 hours  BA-CSMS required class from large list 3 hours 
Music or GS Elective 3 hours  Music or GS Elective 3 hours 
    Elective Outside Music- advanced 3 hours
Total 15 hours Total 16 hours

 

Year 4

Semester 1 Semester 2
MUCS 4000 - Senior Capstone in Critical Studies in Music and Society   3 hours   MUCS 3000 - Seminar in Critical Studies in Music and Society   3 hours  
American History core   3 hours  American History core   3 hours 
BA-CSMS required class from large list 3 hours  Elective Outside Music 3 hours 
Elective Outside Music - advanced 3 hours  Elective Outside Music - advanced 3 hours 
Elective Outside Music - advanced 3 hours  Elective Outside Music - advanced 3 hours 
Total 15 hours  Total 15 hours 

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