Hours required and general/college requirements

A minimum of 129 hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree as specified in the “University Core Curriculum ” in the Academics section of this catalog and the College of Music  requirements.

Major requirements

42 hours, including:

• MUTH 1400 - Theory I
• MUTH 1410 - Aural Skills I
• MUTH 1500 - Theory II
• MUTH 1510 - Aural Skills II
• MUTH 2400 - Theory III
• MUTH 2410 - Aural Skills III
• MUTH 2500 - Theory IV
• MUTH 2510 - Aural Skills IV
• MUTH 3410 - Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint
• MUTH 3420 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
• MUTH 3510 - Form Analysis
• MUTH 3520 - Harmonic Analysis
• MUTH 3550 - Advanced Sight Singing
• MUTH 4370 - Schenkerian Analysis
• MUTH 4520 - Twentieth-Century Techniques
• MUTH 4920 - Senior Colloquium in Music Theory
• MUCP 3090 - Class Composition II
• MUCP 4310 - Instrumentation

Other course requirements

• MUMH 1600 - Music in Human Imagination (may be used to satisfy the Visual and Performing Arts requirement of the University Core Curriculum)
• MUMH 3500 - Music History and Literature to 1750
• MUMH 3510 - Music History and Literature Since 1750
• PHYS 1270 - Science and Technology of Musical Sound (may be used to satisfy a portion of the Natural Sciences requirement of the University Core Curriculum)

Minor requirements

24 hours in applied music, including:

• MUAG 3800 - Fundamentals of Conducting
• MUAC (1000-level applied concentration; any one instrument or voice) (8)
• MUAC (3000-level applied concentration; any one instrument or voice) (4)
• MUAS or MUAG (1000-level applied secondary) (2)
• MULB (any music laboratory) (8)

Electives

6 hours.

Other requirements

• All non-keyboard majors must enroll in secondary piano each long term/semester until proficiency is passed.
• Candidates must pass the Concentration Proficiency Examination in the principal instrument or voice.
• Theory major candidates must complete the following with a B average and no grade lower than a C: MUTH 1400 , MUTH 1410 , MUTH 1500 , MUTH 1510 , MUTH 2400 , MUTH 2410 , MUTH 2500 , MUTH 2510 .
• Complete all remaining theory courses with no grade lower than a B: MUTH 3410 , MUTH 3420 , MUTH 3510 , MUTH 3520 , MUTH 3550 , MUTH 4370 , MUTH 4520 , MUTH 4920 , MUCP 3090 , MUCP 4310 .