6.2 Core Program Requirements

All Bachelor of Music students, regardless of Major, must successfully complete the following courses (51 credit hours) as outlined below:

1. Applied Music (8 credit hours): Music 140A/B, Music 240A/B

2. Musicologies (15 credit hours): 

   1. Music 1005 and 1006;

   2. Six credit hours chosen from Music 2005, 2006, 2007 (or the former 3012), or 2008 (or the former 3016);

   3. Three credit hours chosen from courses at the 3000 level or above in Musicologies

3. Music Theory (16 credit hours):

   1. Written Theory: Music 1107, 1108, 2107, 2109 (or the former 3105)

   2. Aural Skills: Music 1117, 1118, 2117, 2118

4. Music Technology (1 credit hour): Music 1700

5. Functional Keyboard (1 credit hour): Music 2401 or 2411, 2402 or 2412

6. Collective Music Making: 2 credit hours from Music 3517, 3518, or 3519

7. Ensemble: 8 credit hours chosen from courses listed according to Principal Applied Study:

   1. Voice: Music 2611, 2612, 2616, and 2617.

   2. Piano, Organ, or Guitar: Music 2611, 2612, 2613, 2615, 2616, 2617, 2619, 3511, 3517, 3518, and 3519, with a maximum of 3 credit hours from Music 3511, and a maximum of one of Music 3517, 3518, and 3519, whichever course was not taken to complete clause 6.2.6 of Music Core Program Requirement

   3. Brass, Percussion, String, or Woodwind: Music 2613, 2615, and 2619

   4. Ensemble assignments will be based on the student’s ensemble auditions, the appropriateness of the ensemble for the student’s musical development and program of study, and the need to create balanced ensembles.

8. No more than 3 credit hours from Music 2021, 2022, or 2023 may be applied toward the Bachelor of Music Degree.

9. Attendance is required at a number of professional concerts and events each academic year. A list of eligible concerts and events, and the number of events required, will be circulated in the first week of each semester.

10. The remaining credit hours for the degree are determined according to the student’s Major, as below.