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Music Performance or Composition, B.F.A. |  |
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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)
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)
PERFORMANCE (50 credits total)
Required Courses (24 credits)
- APMS 2170 - Ensemble (1) (4 semesters*)
- APMS 2090 - Musicianship Laboratory III (1)
- APMS 2100 - Musicianship Laboratory IV (1)
- APMS 2210 - Voice, Instrument, or Composition (8) (4 semesters**)
- APMS 3210 - Private Intermediate Voice, Instrument, or Composition (4) (2 semesters)
- APMS 4230 - Private Advanced Voice, Instrument, or Composition and
- Recital Preparation / APMS 4231 Advanced Lessons/Recital Prep / APMS 4232 Advanced Lessons/Recital Prep / APMS 4233 Advanced Composition/Recital Prep / APMS 4234 Advanced Lessons/Recital Prep (3)
- APMS 4300 - Senior Recital Capstone (3)
* Students may elect to mature within an ensemble by taking the major ensemble for his/her instrument up to 8 times for credit.
** Students are encouraged to take applied lessons every semester; however, a course substitution, one semester of APMS 4910 Independent Study/Lecture Recital Prep/Lecture Recital, is available for students lacking one semester of lessons.
COMPOSITION (49 credits total)
Required Courses (23 credits)
- APMS 2090 - Musicianship Laboratory III (1)
- APMS 2100 - Musicianship Laboratory IV (1)
- APMS 2170 - Ensemble (1) (4 semesters*)
- APMS 2218 - Beginning Composition (4) (2 semesters**)
- APMS 3213 - Intermediate Composition (4) (2 semesters)
- APMS 4233 - Advanced Composition/Recital Prep (3)
- APMS 4300 - Senior Recital Capstone (3)
Plus 1 of the following courses (3 credits):
- APMS 3020 - 18th-Century Counterpoint (3)
- APMS 4040 - Orchestration (3)
- APMS 4950 - Special Topics in Music Theory (3)
* Students may elect to mature within an ensemble by taking the major ensemble for his/her instrument up to 8 times for credit.
** Students are encouraged to take applied lessons every semester; however, a course substitution, one semester of APMS 4910 Independent Study/Lecture Recital Prep/Lecture Recital, is available for students lacking one semester of lessons.
It is strongly recommended that BFA Musical Composition students take
- MUSC 2010 Tonal Analysis: 18th-19th Centuries and
- MUSC 2020 20th-Century Theory which are offered as part of the CORE.