B.A. DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN MUSIC - PERFORMANCE EMPHASIS

Areas A - E (See Core section of the Catalog)

42 semester hours

Area F

18 semester hours

MUSC 1500/1501

Elementary Music Theory I / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

MUSC 1510/1511

Elementary Music Theory II / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

MUSC 2500/2501

Advanced Theory I / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

MUAP 1200

Applied Study (one course - 2 hours)

MUSC 2510/2511

Advanced Theory II / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

Major Requirements

24 semester hours

MUEN 1000

level Major Ensemble (four courses - 4 hours)

MUSC 3600

Music History Survey I (3 hours)

MUSC 3610

Music History Survey II (3 hours)

MUSC 3660

American Music (2 hours)

 

MUAP 3200

Applied Study (four courses - 8 hours)

 

Music courses appropriate to the major instrument (4 hours)

Cognate Area

11 semester hours

MUAP 1200

Applied Study (three courses - 6 hours)

MUAP 3150

Junior Recital (0 hours)

MUAP 4150

Senior Recital Project (1 hour)

MUEN 3000 level

Major Ensemble (four courses - 4 hours)

Foreign Language

9-12 semester hours

Students must show competence in a foreign language at the level of the fourth university course (2002). (9-12 hours.)

Other Requirements

  1. A minimum of 39 semester hours overall must be at the 3000-4000 level.
  2. See the section below the degree and minor listings for details on requirements pertaining to ensemble (MUEN), applied music (MUAP), and the functional keyboard and sight-singing proficiencies.
  3. Complete First-Year Academic Seminar with a satisfactory grade. Students who transfer to GCSU are exempt from this requirement.
  4. MUSC 1200 Intro to Music Literature will be taken in Core Area B in place of MUSC 1105.
  5. MUSC 1990 Recital Attendance is to be taken every semester of enrollment (maximum of 8).

Electives

13-16 semester hours

Students are strongly encouraged to use their elective hours to develop a minor concentration in another field related to their career aspirations, or to choose a secondary area in music (theory, history, composition, second instrument).

Total

120 semester hours


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