Music Major — Performance/Piano Concentration

Applied Music Degree Requirements

Additional Degree Requirements

• Music Core Requirements - Total Credits: 36

• MUS 100 - Concert Attendance
• MUS 139 - Introduction to Music Technology
• MUS 167 - Piano Proficiency
• MUS 201E - Basic Musicianship IE
• MUS 201F - Basic Musicianship IF
• MUS 202E - Basic Musicianship IIE
• MUS 202F - Basic Musicianship IIF
• MUS 303E - Advanced Musicianship IE
• MUS 303F - Advanced Musicianship IF
• MUS 304E - Advanced Musicianship IIE
• MUS 304F - Advanced Musicianship IIF
• MUS 341 - Music History I
• MUS 342 - Music History II
• MUS 343 - Music History III
• MUS 362 - Beginning Conducting

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• Ensembles: Student must enroll in at least one ensemble per semester for a total of 10 ensemble credits which includes two chamber music ensembles and four semesters of MUSE 172 - Accompanying (see below) as assigned by department.

Piano Requirements - Total Credits: 31

• MUS 331 - Piano Literature I
• MUS 332 - Piano Literature II
• MUS 365 - Beginning Orchestration
• MUS 399 - Junior Recital Applied
• MUS 405 - Keyboard Harmony
• MUS 408 - Form and Analysis
• MUS 418 - Piano Pedagogy
• MUS 499 - Senior Recital - Applied
• MUSE 172 - Accompanying (4 semesters, 1 credit each)

• Applied lessons 8 semesters (levels I-VIII)

Music History Elective - Total Credits: 3

Music Business Elective - Total Credits: 2-3

Other Electives - Total Credits: 7-11

Total Credits: 120

Notes

1. Students must complete MUS 109, 110, 209, and 210, or show proficiency.
2. Optional Jazz Emphasis — MUS 251, 258, 345, 358, 359. May use three credits of MUSE 131/431 to fulfill ensemble requirement. 17 credits.
3. Every student must complete a three-credit multicultural course, and a three-credit international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements but one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.