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Music Performance - Percussion, Saxophone, String Bass, Trumpet, Guitar, and Keyboard (Jazz Studies)

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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; achieve a cumulative 2.5 GPA and a grade of C or better in all music classes; junior and senior recitals.
First Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 14
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]24
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]3
MUS 25133
MUS 25231
MUS Ensemble 428, 431-441, 44441
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS 14
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]3
MUS 1641
MUS 18150-1
MUS 25363
MUS 25461
MUS Ensemble 428, 431-441, 44441
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]3
Second Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 14
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]3
Humanities [HUM]3
MUS 18250-1
MUS 25772
MUS 35133
MUS 35231
MUS Ensemble 428, 431-441, 44441
Social Sciences [SSCI]3
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS 14
MUS 28150-1
MUS 35363
MUS 35461
MUS 359 [HUM] [M]63
MUS Ensemble 428, 431-441, 44441
Complete Writing Portfolio
Pass Piano Proficiency
Third Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 14
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS]3
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 44041
MUS 25832
MUS 360 [M]33
MUS 45772
Junior Qualifying Exam
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS14
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 44041
MUS 3192
MUS 36163
MUS 45882
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]24
Junior Recital
Fourth Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS14
Diversity [DIVR]3
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 44041
MUS 3623
MUS 482 31
Foreign Language, if necessary0-4
Senior Qualifying Exam
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS14
Integrative Capstone [CAPS]3
Jazz Ensemble - MUS 438, 439, 44041
MUS 4831
MUS Electives4
Foreign Language, if necessary0-4
Senior Full Recital
Footnotes
1Applied MUS courses (32 credits required with a minimum of 4 credits at the 400-level): MUS 202, 205, 209, 213, 218, 220, 302, 305, 309, 313, 318, 320, 402, 405, 409, 413, 418, and 420.
2To meet University and College of Arts and Sciences requirements, students must take a [BSCI] course with lab and [PSCI] course with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI] and SCIENCE 102 [SCI]. SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI]. SCIENCE 102 [SCI] is offered Spring semester.
3Fall only.
4Music Ensembles: a minimum of one credit per semester. 3 credits taken from ensemble courses designated as ARTS fulfill the [ARTS] UCORE requirement.
5Class piano credits not required in degree.
6Spring only.
7Fall, alternate years only.
8Spring, alternate years only.

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