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Music Performance - Percussion, Saxophone, String Bass, Trumpet, Guitar, and Keyboard (Jazz Studies) (120 Credits)
This option with an emphasis in jazz is available to students whose major instruments are percussion, saxophone, string bass, trumpet, guitar, or keyboard.
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.
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 Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300-level) | 4 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
MUS 2511 | 3 |
MUS 2521 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble 428-4442 | 1 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]3 | 4 |
Second Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300-level) | 4 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
MUS 164 | 1 |
MUS 1814 | 0-1 |
MUS 2535 | 3 |
MUS 2545 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble 428-4442 | 1 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300-level) | 4 |
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG] | 3 |
MUS 1824 | 0-1 |
MUS 2576 | 2 |
MUS 3511 | 3 |
MUS 3521 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble 428-4442 | 1 |
Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300-level) | 4 |
MUS 2814 | 0-1 |
MUS 3535 | 3 |
MUS 3545 | 1 |
MUS 359 [HUM] [M]5,7 | 3 |
MUS Ensemble 428-4442 | 1 |
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN] | 3 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300 or 400-level) | 4 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 4402 | 1 |
MUS 2581 | 2 |
MUS 360 [M]1 | 3 |
MUS 4576 | 2 |
Second Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300 or 400-level) | 4 |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 4402 | 1 |
MUS 3615 | 3 |
MUS 4588 | 2 |
Secondary Instrument or MUS 319 | 2 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300 or 400-level) | 4 |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]3 | 4 |
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 4402 | 1 |
MUS 362 | 3 |
MUS 482 1 | 1 |
Second Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (400-level) | 4 |
Integrative Capstone [CAPS] | 3 |
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 4402 | 1 |
MUS Electives | 5 |
Footnotes
1 | Fall only. |
2 | Music Ensembles: a minimum of one credit per semester. 3 credits taken from ensemble courses designated as ARTS fulfill the [ARTS] UCORE requirement. |
3 | Two lab sciences required to fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Requirement. |
4 | Class piano credits not required in degree. |
5 | Spring only. |
6 | Fall, alternate years only. |
7 | MUS 359 fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences additional 3-unit requirement. |
8 | Spring, alternate years only. |
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Courses
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Schedules of Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Music
- Bachelor of Arts in Music with Elective Studies in Pre-Law
- Music Business
- Music Composition
- Music Education - Choral/General Endorsement Option
- Music Education - Choral/Instrumental/General Endorsement Option
- Music Education - Elective Studies in Education Option
- Music Education - Instrumental/General Endorsement Option
- Music Performance - Brass, Percussion, Strings, Winds Option
- Music Performance - Jazz Studies (Percussion, Saxophone, String Bass, Trumpet, Trombone, Guitar, and Keyboard)
- Music Performance - Keyboard Option
- Music Performance - Keyboard with Elective Studies in Pedagogy Option
- Music Performance - Voice Option
Minors
- Jazz Studies
- Music Minor
- Music Technology
Certificates
- Entertainment Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Music Production Certificate