Music, B.M. - Performance-Instrumental

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Freshman Year
Semester 1Semester Credit Hours
Rhetoric & Composition 3
Mathematics 3
MUSA 1210 Applied Music I 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 1116 Intro to Basic Aural Training 1
MUSI 1181 Piano I 1
MUSI 1316 Intro to Basic Musicianship 3
UNIV 1201 Learning in Global Context 2
Major Ensemble 4 1
Major Ensemble 5 1
 Semester Credit Hours17
Semester 2
Rhetoric & Composition 3
American History 3
MUSA 1220 Applied Music II 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 1117 Basic Aural Training 1
MUSI 1182 Piano II 1
MUSI 1317 Basic Musicianship 3
Major Ensemble 4 1
Major Ensemble 5 1
 Semester Credit Hours15
Sophomore Year
Semester 1
American History 3
MUSA 2210 Applied Music I 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 2116 Intermediate Aural Training 1
MUSI 2181 Piano III 1
MUSI 2316 Intermediate Musicianship 3
Life/Physical Sciences 3
Major Ensemble 4 1
Major Ensemble 5 1
 Semester Credit Hours15
Semester 2
MUSA 2220 Applied Music II 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 2117 Advanced Aural Training 1
MUSI 2182 Piano IV 1
MUSI 1307 Music Literature 3
MUSI 2317 Advanced Musicianship 3
PHYS 1471 Acoustical Foundations of Musi 1 4
Major Ensemble 4 1
Major Ensemble 5 1
 Semester Credit Hours16
Junior Year
Semester 1
MUSA 3210 Applied Music I 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 3196 Basic Conducting 1
MUSI 4203 Studies in Literature 2
MUSI 4307 Music History and Literature I 3
MUSI 4318 Analytical Techniques I (WI) 3
Major Ensemble 4 1
Minor Ensemble 5 1
Communication 3
 Semester Credit Hours16
Semester 2
MUSA 3220 Applied Music II 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 3261 Music Entrepreneurship (WI) 2
MUSI 3397 Advanced Conducting 3
MUSI 4308 Music History & Literature II 3
MUSI, adv. 3 2
Major Ensemble 4 1
Minor Ensemble 5 1
 Semester Credit Hours14
Senior Year
Semester 1
MUSA 4210 Applied Music I 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 4275 Studies in Pedagogy 2
Government/Political Science 3
Lang/Phil/Culture 2 3
Component B 1 2
Major Ensemble 4 1
Minor Ensemble 5 1
 Semester Credit Hours14
Semester 2
MUSA 4220 Applied Music II 2
MUSI 1000 Recital Seminar 0
MUSI 4319 Analytical Techniques II 3
Government/Political Science 3
Social/Behavioral 3
Major Ensemble 4 1
Major Ensemble 5 1
 Semester Credit Hours13
 Total Credit Hours Required: 120

1 The Component Option B requirement is satisfied by 1 credit hour from the PHYS 1471 laboratory and 2 additional credit hours selected from the Component Option B course options listed in the General Education Requirements section of this catalog. The combined total must equal 3 semester credit hours. 

2 MUSI 2320 is recommended.

3 Elective must be chosen from the following courses:

MUSI 3243Jazz Theory & Arranging2
MUSI 3312Orchestration3
MUSI 3314Composition3
MUSI 3324Mariachi Arranging3
MUSI 4310Musicology Seminar3
MUSI 4315Women and Gender in Music3
MUSI 4344Jazz Pedagogy3
MUSI 4377Mariachi Pedagogy3
MUSI 4399Special Problems1-3

4 Approved Major Ensembles:

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Music-Performance-Instrumental degree are required to maintain enrollment in a major ensemble each semester they are enrolled at the university full-time.

MUSI 1121University Band1
MUSI 1122Concert Band1
MUSI 1123Symphony Orchestra1
MUSI 1127Marching Band1
MUSI 3120Wind Symphony1
MUSI 3121Symphonic Band1
MUSI 3127Advanced Marching Band1

5 Approved Minor Ensembles: 

MUSI 1131Jazz Workshop1
MUSI 1132Chamber Music1
MUSI 1133Mariachi1
MUSI 1134Latin Jazz Ensemble1
MUSI 3130Jazz Combo Workshop1
MUSI 3131Jazz Band I1
MUSI 3132Advanced Chamber Music1
MUSI 3133Mariachi Javelina1
MUSI 3137Collegium Musicum3
MUSI 4130Jazz Combo1