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*MUS 140 Recital Attendance requires seven semesters of registration.

+MUS185 is advised instead of MUS186 Global Popular Music unless a student enters the degree program with 6+ credit hours of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Plan fulfilled. 1 6 credit hours of Perspectives Areas must double dip with 6 credit hours of Signature Inquiries.

Functional Piano requirement: Completion of MUS 261 or proficiency examination required.

*One registration of MUS 426 Opera Production is required, and one additional registration of MUS 426 Opera Production or MUS 425 Great American Songbook Project is required.

^Performance requirement: Half recital in year 3, semester 6; MUS 494 Senior Recital in year 4, semester 8.

Language Requirement: One year in French, German, or Italian, in addition to Lyric Diction; may be met by proficiency exam. Two years of the language in high school usually fulfills the requirement.

It is the responsibility of the student to check to see that all university requirements have been fulfilled – please refer to the General Bulletin.

*MUS 140 Recital Attendance requires seven semesters of registration

+If a student elects to take MUS185, 6 credit hours may be used as 6 credit hours of MP Signature Inquiries that do not double dip with 6 credit hours of MP Perspectives Areas OR as 6 credit hours of free electives only if 9 credit hours of Perspectives Areas double dip with 9 credit hours of Signature Inquires.

¹ 9 credit hours of MP Perspectives Areas must double dip with 9 credit hours of MP Signature Inquiries unless 9 hours of free electives are used as MP fulfilling courses.

Functional Piano requirement: Completion of MUS 261 or proficiency examination required.

Chamber Music requirement: MUS 139 Chamber Music Experience requires one semester of registration

^Performance requirement: Half recital in year 3, semester 6; MUS 494 Senior Recital in year 4, semester 8.

Large Music Ensemble requirement: Enroll in a large instrumental ensemble, in one’s primary performance medium, each semester. The large instrumental ensembles include: MUS 100C Symphony Orchestra, MUS 100E Marching Band, MUS 100F Symphony Band, and MUS 100G Wind Ensemble. Entrance to each group is by audition. Pianists may fulfill the ensemble requirement through participation in a large instrumental ensemble, a large vocal ensemble, accompanying (MUS 110/120), or chamber music as a pianist. (MUS 110/120 fulfills either accompanying requirement or large ensemble requirement in a single semester, but not both). Guitarists may fulfill the ensemble requirement through enrollment in a vocal ensemble, an instrumental ensemble, or chamber music as a guitarist.

ADDITIONAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS DEPENDING ON MAJOR INSTRUMENT:

Piano:        

• MUS 110, 120 Accompanying or 100I/J Chamber Music (1, 1)
• MUS 457 Piano Literature [even-numbered Fall semesters] (3)
• MUS 458 Piano Literature[odd-numbered Spring semesters] (3)
• MUS 430 Piano Pedagogy [even-numbered Spring semesters] (2)

Strings:       

• MUS 433 String Pedagogy [even-numbered Fall semesters] (1)
• MUS 100I Chamber Music (1, 1)

Percussion:   

• MUS 100M Percussion Ensemble (1, 1)

Guitar:        

• MUS 454 Guitar Repertory and Pedagogy (2)

It is the responsibility of the student to check to see that all university requirements have been fulfilled – please refer to the General Bulletin.