Music – BA: Instrumental Jazz, Bachelor of Arts in Music

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Minimum Total Credit Hours: 120-131

Major Hours: 48

Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 40

Upper-Division Hours Within Major: 15

Overall GPA - Combined and OU: 2.50

Major GPA - Combined and OU: 2.50

Program Code: B703 P332

A grade of C or better is required in all courses taken within the School of Music.
Bachelor’s degrees require a minimum of 40 hours of upper-division (3000-4000) coursework.
Audition is required for admission to the degree program. All coursework must be letter graded; P/NP may not count toward degree.

Major Requirements

Musicianship

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Music Theory
MUTH 1511	Musical Structures I	1
MUTH 1611	Aural Skills I	1
MUTH 1522	Musical Structures II	2
MUTH 1622	Aural Skills II	2
MUTH 2512	Musical Structures III (Core IV)	2
MUTH 2612	Aural Skills III	2
Musicology and Music Literature
MUSC 1312	Music in Culture (Core IV)	2
MUNM 3313	African Repercussions (Core IV)	3
MUNM 3713	Jazz: Development of an African-American Art Form (Core IV)	3
MUSC 3333	Post-Romantic Period to the Present (Core IV)	3
MUS 4023	Senior Capstone - BA Degree (Core V)	3
Total Credit Hours		24

Performance and Music Electives

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
XXXX 2020, Applied Lesson ¹		8
Choose 4 hours from each of the following:		8
MUTE 1120/3120	Jazz Ensemble
MUTE 2271/4271	Chamber Music
Choose 2 hours for 2 semesters of the following:		4
MUTE 3342	Jazz Improvisation
MUTE 4990	Independent Study	1
MUTE 1000	Freshman/Transfer Music Orientation (1 semester)	0
MUTE 1010	Recital Attendance (3 semesters)	0
Advised Music Electives (3000-4000 level)		3
Total Credit Hours		24

Sophomore Barrier Performance Exam is required for admission to upper-division applied study should the student desire to continue beyond lower-division.

Other Requirements

All 47 hours must be taken outside the School of Music.

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Secondary Emphasis
Choose one of the following:		18-30
Minor (approximately 18-24 hours) ¹
Double major (approximately 30 hours) ¹
Develop a specialized area of concentration (approximately 24-30 hours) ²
Free Electives
Hours not used for the secondary emphasis/concentration may be free electives taken in any college or department except the School of Music		17-29
Total Credit Hours		47

If the emphasis is an official minor or major offered by the university, it must be formally declared in the appropriate college advising office.

The proposed area of concentration must be approved by the Assistant Director for Curriculum and Advising in the School of Music.

Degree Completion Responsibility: Although the Dean’s Office checks each student’s records, the responsibility for meeting degree requirements lies with the student and not with the advisor or the Dean. Each student should obtain a copy of his or her requirements for graduation and check it regularly as he or she completes his or her degree program.

General Education Requirements

Courses designated as Core I, II, III, IV, or Capstone are part of the General Education curriculum. Students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of General Education courses, chosen from the approved list, including at least one upper-division Gen. Ed. course outside of the student's major. Courses graded S/U or P/NP will not apply.

Course List
Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core I: Symbolic and Oral Communication
English Composition
ENGL 1113	Principles of English Composition (Core I)	3
ENGL 1213	Principles of English Composition (Core I)	3
or EXPO 1213	Expository Writing
Foreign Language
This requirement is not mandatory if the student successfully completed 2 years of the same foreign language in high school —2 courses (Core I)		0-10
Mathematics
Choose one course (Core I) ¹		3
Core II: Natural Science
Choose two courses from different disciplines; one must include a laboratory		7-8
Core III: Social Science
P SC 1113	American Federal Government	3
Choose one course		3
Core IV: Humanities
Understanding Artistic Forms
The following are satisfied in Musicology and Music Theory requirements (4 hours)		0
MUSC 1312	Music in Culture
MUTH 2512	Musical Structures III
Western Civilization & Culture
HIST 1483	United States, 1492 to 1865 (Core IV)	3
or HIST 1493	United States, 1865 to the Present
The following are satisfied in Musicology requirements (6 hours):		0
MUNM 3713	Jazz: Development of an African-American Art Form
MUSC 3333	Post-Romantic Period to the Present
Non-Western Culture
The following is satisfied in Musicology & Music Theory requirements:		0
MUNM 3313	African Repercussions
Core V: Senior Capstone
The following is satisfied in Major Area Requirements (3 hours):		0
MUS 4023	Senior Capstone - BA Degree
Total Credit Hours		25-36

MATH 1473 is recommended.

Courses used to fulfill General Education and/or major requirements may not fulfill electives. Some courses that fulfill General Education requirements are listed in other areas on this sheet and are indicated by the appropriate Core numbers.

Note: The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 80 hours of liberal arts coursework.

Suggested Semester Plan of Study

Sophomore Barrier Performance Exam is required for admission to upper-division applied study.

Plan of Study Grid
Freshman
First Semester		Credit Hours
XXXX 2020, Applied Lessons		2
MUTH 1511	Musical Structures I	1
MUTH 1611	Aural Skills I	1
MUTE Ensemble		1
MUTE 1000	Freshman/Transfer Music Orientation	0
ENGL 1113	Principles of English Composition (Core I)	3
MATH (Core I) ¹		3
Secondary Emphasis Electives, and/or Free Electives		3
	Credit Hours	14
Second Semester
XXXX 2020, Applied Lessons		2
MUTH 1522	Musical Structures II	2
MUTH 1622	Aural Skills II	2
MUTE Ensemble		1
MUTE 1010	Recital Attendance	0
MUSC 1312	Music in Culture (Core IV)	2
ENGL 1213 or EXPO 1213	Principles of English Composition (Core I) or Expository Writing	3
Secondary Emphasis Electives, and/or Free Electives		3
	Credit Hours	15
Sophomore
First Semester
XXXX 2020, Applied Lessons		2
MUTH 2512	Musical Structures III (Core IV)	2
MUTH 2612	Aural Skills III	2
MUTE Ensemble		1
MUTE 1010	Recital Attendance	0
MUNM 3313	African Repercussions (Core IV)	3
Natural Science (Core II)		3-4
Secondary Emphasis Electives, and/or Free Electives		3
	Credit Hours	16-17
Second Semester
XXXX 2020, Applied Lessons		2
MUTE 3342	Jazz Improvisation	2
MUTE Ensemble		1
MUTE 1010	Recital Attendance	0
MUNM 3713	Jazz: Development of an African-American Art Form (Core IV)	3
P SC 1113	American Federal Government (Core III)	3
Natural Science (Core II)		4
	Credit Hours	15
Junior
First Semester
MUSC 3333	Post-Romantic Period to the Present (Core IV)	3
MUTE 3342	Jazz Improvisation	2
MUTE Ensemble		1
HIST 1483 or HIST 1493	United States, 1492 to 1865 (Core IV) or United States, 1865 to the Present	3
Foreign Language (Core I)		0-5
Secondary Emphasis Electives, and/or Free Electives		5
	Credit Hours	14-19
Second Semester
MUTE 4990	Independent Study	1
MUTE Ensemble		1
Foreign Language (Core I)		0-5
Secondary Emphasis Electives, and/or Free Electives		9
Advised Music Electives		3
	Credit Hours	14-19
Senior
First Semester
Social Science (Core III)		3
MUTE Ensemble		1
Secondary Emphasis Electives, and/or Free Electives		12
	Credit Hours	16
Second Semester
MUS 4023	Senior Capstone - BA Degree	3
MUTE Ensemble		1
Secondary Emphasis Electives, and/or Free Electives		12
	Credit Hours	16
	Total Credit Hours	120-131

MATH 1473 is recommended.

At least 15 hours of upper-division Music credit must be earned in residence as a declared BA major; must include the Senior Capstone.
A grade of C or better is required in all courses taken within the School of Music.
Bachelor’s degrees require a minimum of 40 hours of upper-division (3000-4000) coursework.
Unless otherwise stated on the degree sheet, the College of Fine Arts does not permit coursework to fulfill more than one degree requirement.