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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

School of Music


Music History and Literature BM Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing   MUSC 152 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music II  
MUSC 151 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music I   MUSC 176 - Class Piano: Elementary II  
MUSC 175 - Class Piano: Elementary I   MUSC 186 - Aural Skills II  
MUSC 184 - Music Fundamentals: Theory and Fluency   MUSC 195 - Foundations of Music Theory  
MUSC 185 - Aural Skills I   MATH 113  or MATH 114  or MATH 115  or MATH 221  or MATH 241  
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I   Additional Language Elective at 105 level or above
Ensemble Ensemble
Breadth Requirement (1/8)  
Credits: 14 Credits: 16
Second Year
MUSC 196 - Musical Objects: Analysis and Application   MUSC 252 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music IV  
MUSC 211 - Music, History, and Ideas   MUSC 276 - Class Piano: Intermediate II  
MUSC 251 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music III   MUSC 286 - Aural Skills IV  
MUSC 275 - Class Piano: Intermediate I   Music Theory - course offerings vary by term 2-3 credits
MUSC 285 - Aural Skills III   MUSC 212 - Narratives of Western Classical Music   
GRMN 105 - German I - Elementary   GRMN 106 - German II - Elementary/Intermediate  
Ensemble MUSC 476 - Collegium Musicum ​ ​ 
  Ensemble
Credits: 16 Credits: 16-17
Third Year**
Ensemble MUSC 433  or MUSC 476   MUSC 314  or MUSC 315  or MUSC 316  or MUSC 317  
MUSC 314  or MUSC 315  or MUSC 316  or MUSC 317   MUSC 318 - Principles of Ethnomusicology  
MUSC 335 - Basic Conducting   MUSC 352 - Private Study for Music Education VI  
MUSC 351 - Private Study for Music Education V   MUSC 411 - Topics in Music History   
Breadth Requirement (2/8) Ensemble MUSC 433  or MUSC 476   
Breadth Requirement (3/8) Breadth Requirement (4/8)
Music Theory - course offerings vary by term 2-3 credits Ensemble
Credits: 16-17 Credits: 16
Fourth Year**
Breadth Requirement (5/8) Breadth Requirement (7/8)
Breadth Requirement (6/8) Breadth Requirement (8/8)
UNIV 401 - Senior Thesis  (DLE) or MUSC 498 - Music History Capstone   MUSC 611 -   Advanced Topics in Music History 3 credits
Elective  Elective 
Ensemble MUSC 433  or MUSC 476    Ensemble
  UNIV 402 - Senior Thesis  (Capstone)
Credits: 13 Credits: 13-16
TOTAL CREDITS: 120
Minimum grade of C- required in all Major requirements.
    

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.