Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Music is a liberal arts degree offering a thorough grounding in music performance skills, ensemble experience, and music theory and history, while also allowing elective choices in other areas. The BA in Music is a flexible program for students intending careers related to music that may not fit easily into the professionally focused confines of Bachelor of Music degrees. The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.
All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the music degree requirements, which are listed below.
Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students may need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree.
Music Degree Requirements
All candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music must complete the following 30 semester credit hours of required music courses (MUS 2243 World Music in Society may also be used to satisfy Core Curriculum requirements in Visual and Performing Arts).
Music Degree Core (30 semester credit hours):
In addition, candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music must complete the course requirements selected from each of the following areas:
A. 6 semester credit hours of music literature and culture selected from the following:
B. 9 semester credit hours of music theory and analysis/technology, of which 6 semester credit hours must be at the upper-division level:
C. 10–14 semester credit hours of music performance as follows:
(Keyboard Principals must take MUS 1552 Functional Piano for Keyboard Principals.
Private Instruction (4 semester credit hours)
(Guitar Principals must take 4 semesters of private instruction, including two semesters of MUS 2542.)
Ensemble (4–8 semester credit hours)
D. 22–26 semester credit hours of electives, of which 6 semester credit hours must be at the upper-division level. A minimum of 12 semester credit hours must be outside music. Courses are chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.