GENERAL EDUCATION CORE (GEC)

CRITICAL THINKING
ENGL-101 English Composition
COMM-100 Public Speaking
PHIL-120 Ethics

HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
HIST-102 World History since 1700

SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR THE NATURAL SCIENCES
ESCI-100 Elements of Earth-Spare Sciences

ARTS APPRECIATION
ENGL-102 Western World Literature
MUS -100 Music Fundamentals
MUS -121 Elementary Theory

CROSS-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING / GLOBAL AWARENESS
MUS-210 Music in World Culture

NUMERICAL LITERACY
MATH-108 Discovery in Mathematics

SOCIAL INQUIRY
SOC-101 Principles in Sociology

VALUES ORIENTATION & JUDAIC-CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS
REL-100 Christianity

COMPUTER LITERACY
MUS-125 Microcomputer Application in Music.

NEW STUDENT EXPERIENCE
INTD-101 New student experience.

LECTURE / PERFORMANCE SERIES
INTD-202 Lecture / Performance Series

KINESIOLOGY
KINS-101 Wellness / Fitness for a Lifetime

EMPHASIS IN MUSIC CORE

MUS-100 Music Fundamentals.
MUS-125 Microcomputer Applications in Music
MUS-130 Survey of Music Literature
MUS-210 Music in World Culture
MUS-121 Elementary Theory
MUS-220 Intermediate Theory
MUS-223 Advanced Theory
MUS-131 Music History  & Survey I
MUS-232 Music History &  Survey II
MUS-233 Music History & Survey III
MUS-332 Music History & Survey IV
MUS-322 Tonal Forms
MUS-257 Basic Conducting
MUS-323 20th century Masters
MUS-370 Junior Recital
MUS-470 Senior Recital

OTHER  REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:
Students Must Satisfactorily Accomplish a MINIMUM of One Year in PIANO.
Students must complete one (1) course in Jazz Improvisation. One (1) Credit Hour, minimum.

MUSIC EMPHASIS COURSES
Students register for additional Music Emphasis Courses as per their Academic focus

ELECTIVES
Students can register for other courses (Music or Other)  as per their Academic needs.


Ensembles: 4.5 hours/8 semesters: Major ensemble each semester of full-time enrollment with one semester of a jazz ense or jazz Improvisation for all instrumental majors. Majors with piano or guitar as the primary area are expected to participate  large ensebble for two years.

Recital Ensembles: 8 semesters (corresponding with applied lessons)

Music Ensembles
Membership is open to all university students. Students may choose to enroll for .5 or one credit depending on their course load. All music majors with voice, winds, strings, and percussion as the primary area are required to participate in a large ensemble for eight semesters (each semester in residence) and are encouraged to participate in other ensembles of various sizes and nature. Majors with piano or guitar as the primary area are expected to participate in a large ensemble for two years. Minors are to participate for a total of four semesters. Instrumental majors are expected to enroll in Concert Band (Jazz Band for concentrations) or Chamber Orchestra; voice majors in Concert Choir or Women's Chorus. Keyboard majors may make a choice. All university students must be enrolled for credit in the ensemble in order to participate, except by special permission. Scholarship students are required to
participate in at least two ensembles each semester.

Recitals
A music major is expected to perform in a departmental recital each semester in the major applied music area after the freshman year. All students majoring in music education present a half-hour recital in their junior and senior years for no credit. Performance majors give an hour long recital in both their junior and senior years for one credit.
Students with a music minor are presented in student recitals at the discretion of thei. instructors. Music majors must attend twelve concerts per semester; minors, six concerts per semester.

                                                            Minimum credits for Degree 133