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Music Performance - Brass, Percussion, Strings, Winds Option

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Music Performance - Brass, Percussion, Strings, Winds Option (120 Credits)

Requirements include: junior and senior qualifying exams; piano proficiency exam; 2.5 average in all music courses; C or better in all music courses; junior and senior recitals.
First Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)4
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]14
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]3
MUS 18120 or 1
MUS 25133
MUS 25231
MUS Ensemble41
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)4
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]3
Humanities [HUM]3
MUS 1641
MUS 18220 or 1
MUS 25353
MUS 25451
MUS Ensemble41
Second Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)4
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]3
MUS 35133
MUS 35231
MUS Ensemble41
Social Sciences [SSCI]3
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)4
MUS 28120 or 1
MUS 35353
MUS 35451
MUS 359 [HUM] [M]5,63
MUS 487, 493, or 49470-2
MUS Ensemble41
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]3
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 or 400 level)4
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS]3
Diversity [DIVR]3
MUS 360 [M]33
MUS 4351
MUS Electives2
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 or 400 level)4
MUS 36153
MUS 4351
MUS Electives2
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]14
Fourth Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 or 400 level)4
MUS 45532
MUS 46582
MUS 48231
MUS Electives4
MUS Ensemble41
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS (400 level)4
Integrative Capstone [CAPS]3
MUS Electives4
Mus Ensemble41
Electives2

Footnotes
1Two lab sciences required to fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Requirement.
2Class piano credits not required.
3Fall only.
4Chosen from MUS 428-444.
5Spring only.
6MUS 359 fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences additional 3-unit requirement.
7One credit of pedagogy is required in respective area: woodwind (484), string (486), brass (492), or percussion (494).
8Fall, alternate years only.

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