Music (General Music)

The Bachelor of Music offers a solid, basic music curriculum allowing the candidate the options of (1) instrumental or vocal/choral music study by selecting additional music electives or (2) combining the music major with another major or minor such as Business. This major prepares the student for a career in music or for further music study at the graduate level. The candidate graduating with the music major may also choose to pursue teacher certification. The Bachelor of Music includes areas of emphasis in General Studies, Musical Performance and Music Education.

This degree has a Required General Education Core (GEC) totaling 44-47 hours.

The GEC includes courses in:

Area I: Foundation Skills (18-21 hours)

Area II: A Liberal Arts Education (26 hours)

Degree Requirements

Area I – Foundation Skills - 18-21 hours

FSL 101

Foundations of Scholarship and Learning

2

Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours

ENG 101	English Composition I	3
ENG 102	English Composition II	3
SPEE 220	Fundamentals of Speech	3
SPAN 111	Elementary Spanish I	3
SPAN 112	Elementary Spanish II	3

Area I - Mathematics (choose one) - 3-4 hours

MATH 111	College Algebra	3
MATH 112	Trigonometry	3
MATH 121	Calculus I	4

Area II - Arts and Humanities (choose one) - 3 hours

ART 191	Enhancing Art Understanding	3
MU 129	Music Listening	3
PHIL 201	Introduction to Philosophy	3

Area II - Literature in English (choose one) - 3 hours

ENG 215

Introduction to Literature

3

Area II - The Social Sciences (choose two) - 6 hours

PSY 211	Psychology of Human Growth & Development	3
SOC 221	Introduction to Sociology	3

Area II - History (choose one of two sequences) - 6 hours

HIS 191	World Civilization to 1500	3
	and
HIS 192	World Civilizations since 1500	3
	or
HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
	and
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3

Area II - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours

Choose one course from the following:

BIO 100	Principles of Biology	4
BIO 111	General Biology I	3
	and
BIO 111L	General Biology I Lab	1

Area II - Choose one course from the following:

ASTR 100	Introduction to Astronomy	4
CHEM 103	Fundamentals of Chemistry	3
	and
CHEM 103L	Fundamentals of Chemistry Lab	1
CHEM 111	General Chemistry I	3
	and
CHEM 111L	General Chemistry I Lab	1
PHY 201	College Physics I	4
PHY 210	General Physics I	4
PS 100	Physical Science	4

Required Music Core Courses - 44 hours

MU 131	Elementary Music Theory I	3
MU 132	Elementary Music Theory II	3
MU 133	Sight Singing and Ear Training I	1
MU 134	Sight Singing and Ear Training II	1
MU 210	Music History Survey I	3
MU 220	Music History Survey II	3
MU 231	Advanced Music Theory I	3
MU 232	Advanced Music Theory II	3
MU 255	Piano Proficiency	0
MU 256	Introduction to Music Technology	3
MU 330	Basic Conducting Techniques	3
MU 340	Arranging and Instrumentation	3
MU 430	Advanced Conducting Techniques	3
MU 431	Form and Analysis	3
MU 450	Senior Recital	1
MU 451	Degree Recital	1
	Private Applied Private Instruction	8

Review Courses

MU 151/152	Class Piano A/ I B	1
MU 128	Fundamentals of Music	3
MU 130	Music Listening and Literature	3

Required for General Music - 14 hours

MU 373	Materials and Methods for Secondary Choral Music	3
MU 386	Language Diction for Singers	3
MU 102/302	University Singers	1
MU 104/304	Cumberland Choral	1

Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)

Total Music Core Requirements (44 hours)

Review Courses (7 hours)

General Music Requirements (14 hours)

All courses require a “C” or higher.

130 minimum hours required for graduation.