Nov 23, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Music (Performance-Piano) BM Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (17 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
Major Ensemble 1 hr.
MED 101 - Class Piano I 1 hr. *
MUS 100 - Music Fundamentals 2 hrs. *
MUS 101 - Music Theory I 1 hr.
MUS 101L - Ear Training I 1 hr.
MUS 199 - Success for Music Majors 2 hrs.
ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

Select 1 course:

CMS 111 - Public Speaking 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 320 - Professional Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

2nd semester (15-16 hours)

Junior

1st semester (15 hours)

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Select 1 course:

MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs.
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs. or higher level MAT course

2nd semester (17 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.
MUP 471 - Chamber Music 1 hr.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
Major Ensemble 1 hr.
MUS 301 - 20-21st Century Music 2 hrs.
MUP 376 - Accompanying 1 hr.
MUP 370 - Junior Performance Recital 1 hr.
MED 453 - Piano Pedagogy II 2 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.

Select 1:

Senior

1st semester (16-17 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.
MUP 471 - Chamber Music 1 hr.
MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
Major Ensemble 1 hr.
MUP 475 - Accompanying 1 hr.
MUS 442 - Keyboard History and Literature I 2 hrs.
400-level music history

Select 1 course or series:

MED 331 - Choral Conducting I 1 hr. AND
MED 333 - Choral Conducting II 3 hrs.
or
MED 332 - Instrumental Conducting I 2 hrs.

Select 1 course:

HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

2nd semester (14 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.
MUP 470 - Senior Performance Recital 2 hrs. (Capstone)
Major Ensemble 1 hr.
MUS 443 - Keyboard History and Literature II 2 hrs.
MUP 476 - Accompanying 1 hr.
MUS 321 - Counterpoint 2 hrs.

Select 1 course:

Notes:

*Hours do not count toward degree, but can be used as electives. Choose electives as needed with advisor’s approval.