Music degree options: Music Education | Classical Performance | Jazz Studies
Minimum credit hours needed to obtain a Bachelor of Music in Music Performance degree: 121
General education requirements: 26-27 credits
- ENG 1100 or ENG 1101, ENG 1102, MTH 1550, HIS 1110 or HIS 1121, or HIS 1122
- 3 credits of Humanities elective
- 3 credits of Social and Behavioral Sciences elective
- 3 credits of Natural and Physical Sciences elective
- USS 1000
- 1 credit from HHP 1101-1121
Music core requirements: 84 credits
- MUS 1101, MUS 1102, MUS 2201, MUS 2202
- (MUS 1151, MUS 1152, MUS 2251, MUS 2252)^
- MUS 3341, MUS 3342 or MUS 3343, MUS 4341, MUS 4342, MUS 3381, MUS 3382, MUS 3386
- 24 credits of Principal Applied
- MUS 3397, MUS 4497, MUS 3303*, MUS 3305*, MUS 4410*, MUS 4400
- 12 credits of Major Ensembles
- 8 semesters of MUS 1000
Elective requirements: 5 or 11 credits
- 11 credits of electives for Instrumental majors
- 5 credits of electives for Vocal Majors
A grade of C or better is required in all MUS courses.
A grade of B or better is required in all Principal Applied courses.
*Applies to Vocal majors only
^In lieu of the Class Piano sequence (MUS 1151, 1152, 2251, 2252), Piano majors must take 4 credits of accompanying or secondary applied courses.