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Music (Jazz Studies), B.M. Semester-by-semester Guide

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Freshman

1st semester (18 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MED 101 - Class Piano I 1 hr.
MUS 100 - Music Fundamentals 1 hr.
MUS 101 - Music Theory 2 hrs.
MUS 101L - Developing Aural Skills I 1 hr.
MUS 199 - Success for Music Majors 2 hrs.
MUS 367 - Improvisation 1 hr.
ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs. or higher

2nd semester (19 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MED 102 - Class Piano II 1 hr.
MUS 102 - Music Theory 3 hrs.
MUS 102L - Developing Aural Skills II 1 hr.
MUS 368 - Improvisation 1 hr.
ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
CMS 111 - Oral Communication 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (17 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MED 201 - Class Piano III 1 hr.
MUS 201 - Advanced Music Theory 3 hrs.
MUS 201L - Advanced Aural Skills I 1 hr.
MUS 307 - History of Music I 3 hrs.
MUS 467 - Improvisation 1 hr.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

2nd semester (17 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MED 202 - Class Piano IV 1 hr. or
MED 302 - Piano Competency 0 hrs.
MUS 202 - Advanced Music Theory 3 hrs.
MUS 202L - Advanced Aural Skills II 1 hr.
MUS 308 - History of Music II 3 hrs.
MUS 468 - Improvisation 1 hr.
Laboratory Science 4 hrs.

Junior

1st semester (16 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MUP 480 - Jazz Combo 1 hr.
MUS 375 - Beginning Techniques of Scoring for Jazz Ensembles 2 hrs.

Select 1 course:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
COH 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:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
COH 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:

2nd semester (13 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MUP 480 - Jazz Combo 1 hr.
MUS 302 - Form and Analysis 2 hrs. Writing Intensive
MUS 376 - Intermediate Techniques of Scoring for Jazz Ensembles 2 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (15 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MUP 480 - Jazz Combo 1 hr.
MUS 301 - 20th-Century Harmony 2 hrs.
MUS 321 - Counterpoint 2 hrs.
MUS 360 - Stylistic Developments in Jazz 3 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 (13 hours)

Major Instrument/Private Lesson 3 hrs.

MUP 499 - Recital Class 0 hr.
MUP 484 - Jazz Lab Band 1 hr. Major Ensemble
MUP 480 - Jazz Combo 1 hr.
MED 331 - Choral Conducting 1 hr. AND
MED 333 - Choral Conducting II 2 hrs.
or
MED 332 - Instrumental Conducting 2 hrs.
MUS 470 - Organization and Management of Jazz Ensembles 3 hrs.
MUP 470 - Recital 1-2 hrs.

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