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Music Vocal

Major Requirements

Major: Music - Vocal Music Performance

Degree Type: BMUS
Required Degree Credits to Graduate: 136

General Education Requirements

First Year Experience (F):
UNIV 189Skills For Academic Success (Students transferring in 24 or more credits do not need to take UNIV 189.)1
Communication (C):
ENGL 110College Composition I3
ENGL 120College Composition II3
ENGL 358Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences3
or ENGL 322 Creative Writing I
COMM 110Fundamentals of Public Speaking3
Quantitative Reasoning (R): Select from current general education list3
Science & Technology (S):
A one-credit lab must be taken as a co-requisite with a general education science/technology course unless the course includes an embedded lab experience equivalent to a one-credit course. Select from current general education list10
Humanities & Fine Arts (A): Category to be fulfilled with courses taken for the major
MUSC 103Introduction to Music History3
Select from current general education list3
Social & Behavioral Sciences (B): Select from current general education list6
Wellness (W): Select from current general education list2
Cultural Diversity (D): Select from current general education list
Global Perspecitves (G): Select from current general education list
Total Credits40

Major Requirements

A grade of ‘C’ or better is required in all MUSC prefix courses.

General Education Requirements40
Music Requirements35
MUSC 103Introduction to Music History3
MUSC 130Theory and Analysis I3
MUSC 131Theory and Analysis II3
MUSC 132Ear Training & Sight Singing I1
MUSC 133Ear Training & Sight Singing II1
MUSC 230Theory and Analysis III3
MUSC 231Theory and Analysis IV3
MUSC 232Ear Training & Sight Singing III1
MUSC 233Ear Training & Sight Singing IV1
MUSC 250Basic Conducting2
MUSC 340Music History I3
MUSC 341Music History II3
MUSC 411Form and Analysis3
MUSC 431Contemporary Harmonic Techniques3
MUSC 380Recital2
or MUSC 480 Recital
Applied Music Select 22 credits from the following:22
Applied Voice
Supplementary Applied Study
Applied Voice
Supplementary Applied Study
Applied Voice
Supplementary Applied Study
Applied Voice
Supplementary Applied Study
Vocal Tracks42
MUSC 174Pronunciation for Singers I1
MUSC 175Pronunciation for Singers II1
MUSC 346Survey/Vocal Literature2
MUSC 349Vocal Methods & Pedagogy I2
MUSC 350Vocal Methods & Pedagogy II2
MUSC 442Opera Literature2
FREN 101First-Year French I4
FREN 102First-Year French II4
GERM 101First-Year German I4
GERM 102First-Year German II4
Applied Piano: Select 4 credits from the following:4
Piano Class I
Piano Class II
Piano Class III
Piano Class IV
Class or individual study
Major Ensemble: Select 8 credits from the following:8
Concert Choir (or as approved by adviser)
Minor Esembles: Select 4 credits from the following:4
University Chamber Singers
Madrigal Singers
Opera Workshop
Or as approved by adviser
Performance Attendance: Must enroll for 5 different semesters
MUSC 180Performance Attendance0
Total Credits136

Degree Notes

  • Music majors may not declare a music minor.