Music, B.M.A.

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The Bachelor of Musical Arts degree focuses on preparing students for professional careers in music, music in combination with an outside field such as business, media, or entrepreneurship, and as private teachers. Its interdisciplinary emphasis will be tailored to each student individually depending on their area(s) of outside interest. Students graduating with this degree are well-prepared to enter various graduate programs in and out of the field of music.

Primary Performance Areas:

Brass, Percussion, Woodwinds, Guitar, Voice, Keyboard, and Strings.

General

(See General Requirements for all Bachelor’s Degrees )

Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours

(See Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours )

Core Curriculum Specifics

Creative Arts:
MUSC 2733 - Introduction to Western and World Music 3

Major in Music

Major Area and Supportive Courses in Music - 60 semester hours

Applied Music - Primary - 8 hours

(2 semesters at 1_ _ 1-level; 2 semesters at 2_ _ 1-level; 2 semesters at 3_ _1-level; 2 semesters at 4_ _1-level) (See course listing in the Music Department .)

Major Ensemble - 8 hours

MUSC: Major Ensemble (2 semester hours at 1000 level; 2 semesters 2000-level; 2 semesters at 3000-level; 2 semesters at 4000-level) (See course listing in the Music Department .)

MUSC/AMUS Advanced Electives in Music*

Piano Proficiency - 0-4 hours

(Sufficient hours to pass proficiency examination):

MUSC 1111 - Piano Class 1 1
MUSC 1121 - Piano Class 2 1
AMUS 1231 - Piano Proficiency 1 semester hour

Outside Studies as Developed for and by the Student - 18 semester hours

*39 credits must be upper level (3000-4000 course numbers between all required music courses, advanced music electives, and outside studies as developed by the student.)