Music Major

The Department of Music offers both a BA and a BFA track for music majors. Under the new proposal, all students seeking music degrees will begin under the BA music track. Students may then apply to the BFA track “by audition.” No audition is required for admission into the BA program. Ordinarily, BFA auditions will take place during the third semester of matriculation at Tulane. The BA in Music is a flexible degree that gives students grounding in all three fields of music study (performance, theory, and musicology) while allowing them to cater to their particular interests. By choosing from a variety of core courses and electives, students can design their own concentrations in performance, composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, jazz, musical theatre, or other areas.

CORE COURSE REQUIREMENTS for all BA and BFA Majors (26)

Musicology (12 credits)

• MUSC 1410 - History of European Art Music to 1750 (3)
• MUSC 1420 - History of European Art Music Since 1750 (3)

Plus 2 of the following courses (6 credits):

• MUSC 1900 - New Orleans Music (3)
• MUSC 2410 - American Musics * (3)
• MUSC 2420 - World Musics * (3)
• MUSC 2450 - Introduction to Opera (3)
• MUSC 3310 - Musics of Latin America (3)
• MUSC 3320 - Musical Theatre in America (3)
• MUSC 3340 - History of Jazz (3)
• MUSC 3440 - African American Music (3)
• * Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites (see course descriptions)

Theory (12 credits)

• MUSC 1510 - Harmony (3)
• MUSC 1520 - Advanced Harmony (3)

• Plus 2 of the following courses (6 credits):

• MUSC 1530 - Jazz Theory * (3)
• MUSC 2010 - Tonal Analysis: 18th-19th Centuries * (3)
• MUSC 2020 - 20th-Century Theory * (3)
• * Pre-requisites and/or Co-requisites (see course descriptions)

Performance (2 credits)

• APMS 1090 - Musicianship Laboratory I (1)
• APMS 1100 - Musicianship Laboratory II (1)

• ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS for BA Majors:

BA in Music (39 credits total)

Performance (2 credits)

• APMS 2090 - Musicianship Laboratory III (1)
• APMS 2100 - Musicianship Laboratory IV (1)

Academic (3 credits)

• MUSC 4800 - The String Quartets of Beethoven Capstone (3)

Electives for BA Majors only (8 credits)

• 8 credits in music or applied music at or above the 2000-level
• It is strongly recommended the BA Music students take MUSC 2410 American Musics and MUSC 2420 World Musics which are offered as part of the CORE.

Music Service Learning Components are available for all music majors with the following courses:

• MUSC 1890 - Music in New Orleans / co-requisite MUSC 1900 New Orleans Music
• APMS 2891-11 - Voice/Vocal Jazz / co-requisite APMS 2213 Voice/Vocal Jazz
• APMS 2893-11 - Marching Band / co-requisite APMS 2183-01 Marching Band