The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in music may be secured in applied music. Required courses are:
MUS 141 Elementary Harmony.................................... 2 hrs.
MUS 142 Elementary Harmony.................................... 2 hrs.
MUS 143 Elementary Sight Singing and Ear Training.............. 1 hr.
MUS 144 Elementary Sight Singing and Ear Training.............. 1 hr.
MUS 241 Advanced Harmony...................................... 2 hrs.
MUS 243 Advanced Sight Singing and Ear Training................ 1 hr.
MUS 251 Basic Conducting...................................... 2 hrs.
MUS 328 Materials of Music.................................... 3 hrs.
MUS 353 History of Music...................................... 3 hrs.
MUS 354 History of Music...................................... 3 hrs.
MUS 357 Instrumental Conducting............................... 2 hrs.
or
MUS 358 Choral Conducting..................................... 2 hrs.
FNAT 200 Fine Arts............................................ 3 hrs.
Six hours of field experience
MUS 398, 440, 441, 442, or 498
The student also must take eight credit hours of private instruction in a major instrument, and one credit hour in piano instruction. Music Lab (Mus 100) and participation in at least one major music ensemble are required for every semester the student is in residence. Applied voice majors must complete two credits in Diction for Singers. Required support courses are two years of a foreign language and two terms of physical education.
Proficiencies
All candidates for the B.M.E. or B.A. degree with a major in music must satisfy the following requirements in order to graduate. These proficiencies must be completed by midterm of the semester preceding student teaching:
1. In voice: be able to sing, at sight, a folk melody which modulates to a closely-related key;
2. In piano:
a) be able to play, at sight, hymns and folk songs;
b) be able to harmonize, at sight, with an acceptable accompaniment pattern, single-line melodies such as are found in children’s song books;
c) be able to play a Bach two-part invention; or a composition in contrapuntal style from the Baroque period; and the first movement of a classical sonata or sonatina. One of these should be played from memory.
3. In conducting:
a) be able to control tempo and other music elements;
b) be able to hear and correct errors;
c) be able to demonstrate assertive leadership skills.
Senior B.M.E. and B.A. music majors are required to present at least a half recital. Attendance at recitals and concerts is required of all music majors.
All music majors are required to attend a minimum of eight concerts each semester to be chosen from a list of approved concerts. Failure to attend the minimum number of approved concerts will result in an “F” grade in one designated music course for each semester in which attendance at a minimum number of concerts is not met. For freshmen and sophomores, that course will be Mus 141, 142, 241 or 328. For juniors, that course will be Mus 353 or 354. For seniors and other students not enrolled in one of the above courses, the course will be designated by the student’s advisor.
