Professional Music - Degree

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Catalog Year Fall 15 - Sum 16 BM4.PROM

SEMESTERS
Course Number Course Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DESIGNATED CONCENTRATE COURSES 16 Credits Required* 2 2 2 2 4 4 30
*Student designated concentrate courses must be approved by the Professional Music Department chair or designee. Courses should have a
direct relationship to the student's final project. The final project should have a direct relationship to the student's career goals as
developed through advisement. Students interested in this major should contact the Professional Music Department chair as early in their
study as possible, so that educational goals and concentrate requirements can be planned.
PROFESSIONAL MUSIC CORE: 14 Credits Required
Select courses from each of the following areas:
Music Prodution MP-113, MTEC-P213, MTEC-214, MTEC-P230 2
Music Business MB-101, MB-131, MB-211, MB-287 2
Professional Music PM-230, PMH-250, PM-P300, PM-310, PM-320, PM-330, PM-340, PM-495 2 2
Approved Choose from the following: Ensembles/Labs, Pixx-xxx***, or another PM 1 1
Specified Electives Professional Music course
PM-P425 The Business of Professional Music 2
PM-475 or Professional Music Capstone Project** or 2
PM-476 Professional Music Capstone Project - Online**
** Required completion of a significant culminating project per student based on the designated area of concentration whose content and/or
enactment is equal in quality and extent to the demands of the current industry environment.

*** Up to 2 additional levels (2 total credits) of private instruction (PIxx-xxx) on the student's principal instrument or on guitar, voice or
piano as a secondary instrument may be taken as Approved Specified Electives. A total of 2 credits of additional ensembles (ENxx) and/or
labs (ILxx) may be required with the additional private instruction. See department chair for requirements, policies, and other information.

CORE MUSIC: 41 Credits Required 41

PERF 1-4 Performance Core (12 credits)
Private Instruction (50 minute lessons are 2 credits, 30 minute lessons are 1 credit) 2 2 1 1
Lab (ILxx course) 1 1
Ensemble (ENxx course) 1 1 1 1
Total Credits per semester** 3 3 3 3
PW-111 Music Application and Theory 4
AR-111 Arranging 1 2
HR-112 - 212 Harmony 2 - 4 2 2 2
ET-111 & 112 Ear Training 1 & 2 2 2
ET-211 & 212 or Ear Training 3 & 4 or 2 2
ET-231 & 232 Solfege 1 & 2
CM-211 & 212 Tonal Harmony and Composition 1 & 2 2 2
CP-210 The Art of Counterpoint 3
COND-211/216 Conducting 1 1
COND-212/217 Conducting 2 1

**Students are required to enroll in an ensemble and private instruction during their first 4 full-time semesters. Additionally, in semester 2
they may select either a 50 minute lesson (2 credits) OR a 30 minute lesson (1 credit) with a co-requisite 1 hour lab (1 credit - ILxx course)

LIBERAL ARTS: 39 Credits Required 39

MTEC-111 Introduction to Music Technology 2
LHUM-100 Artistry, Creativity, and Inquiry Seminar 2
LHUM-400 Professional Development Seminar 2
LENG-111 Writing and Communication 3
LENG-201 Literature 3
LMSC-xxx Mathematics/Natural Sciences (200 level or above) 3
LHIS-xxx History 3
LSOC-xxx Social Sciences 3
MHIS-(P)20x Western European Classical Music 2
MHIS-24x or
African American Music History and Culture
MHIS-(P)221 2
MHIS-(P)300 Music History Elective
Any MHIS course level 300 or higher 2
LAHS-xxx Art History 3
LMAS-xxx Music and Society 3
Lxxx-xxx Liberal Arts Electives 3 3
* English as a Second Language - A screening is required for all non-native English speakers. Students may be required to complete ESL
courses based on the results of the screening, which will apply as liberal arts or general electives
GENERAL ELECTIVES: 10 Credits Required 4 6 10
SEMESTER CREDIT TOTALS - - > 16 15 15 16 16 15 15 12

TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 120