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Music Vocal

Major Requirements

Major: Music - Vocal Performance

Degree Type: B.Mus
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 Writing and the Creative Process
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 Perspectives (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 Core 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 380Recital1
MUSC 385Music Entrepreneurship3
MUSC 480Recital1
Advanced Theory - select 2 of the following 3 courses6
Form and Analysis
Counterpoint
Contemporary Harmonic Techniques
Applied Music Select 22 credits from the following:22
MUSC 167Applied Voice1
Supplementary Applied Study (1-2 credits)
MUSC 267Applied Voice1
Supplementary Applied Study (1-2 credits)
MUSC 367Applied Voice1
Supplementary Applied Study (2-3 credits)
MUSC 467Applied Voice1
Supplementary Applied Study (3-4 credits)
THEA 268Acting the Song I (Students may take this course instead of 3 credits of Supplementary Applied Study)3
Vocal Track42
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: Private (MUSC 165) or class (MUSC 160; MUSC 161; MUSC 260; MUSC 261)4
Piano Class I (Up to 2 semesters of MUSC 165 with permission)
Applied Piano
Piano Class II
Piano Class III
Piano Class IV
Major Ensemble: Select 8 credits from the following:8
Concert Choir (or as approved by adviser)
Minor Ensemble: 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.