Bachelor of Arts - Music
The Music major requires a minimum of 120 total hours to graduate. This total includes Liberal Arts Core requirements and the following specified major requirements, plus electives to complete the minimum of 120 hours. Liberal Arts Core courses included in major program requirements are distinguished by italics.
B.A. Music majors are not permitted to declare a double major within the School of Music.
Required
| Applied Music (540:xxx), including at least 4 hours of 100-level work in major area | 16 hours |
| Music Theory: 580:011; 580:012; 580:013; 580:014; 580:015; 580:016; 580:017; 580:018; 580:025; 580:026; 580:027; 580:028 | 16 hours |
| Music History and Musicology: 590:005; 590:010; 590:011 | 8 hours |
| Electives in Music (limited to 100-level courses in the following areas only: ;570:xxx; 580:xxx; 590:xxx; 595:xxx) | 6 hours |
| Total | 46 hours |
Additional requirements: senior recital (half recital) -- (may take the form of a performance, composition, or an essay). Students who choose composition as their concentration will elect 580:110, 580:120, and 580:121 and will increase their hours in the major to 48. Up to two credit hours of large ensemble, 530:1XX, may be counted toward the 100-level music elective.
