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This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer. Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan below). Consult with your advisor for specific details.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2023-2024 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Major: Depending On Placement Test MUSI 123 - MUSICIANSHIP I or MUSI 121 - MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS** (HRS 4)
- Major: Entrance Performance Evaluation (HRS 0)
- Major: Recommended: Music ensemble**** (HRS 2)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as - STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 104 - MATH FOR THE MODERN WORLD (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 209 - AURAL SKILLS (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 123 - MUSICIANSHIP I THEN TAKE MUSI 210 - MUSICIANSHIP II (HRS 4)
- Major: Recommended: Music ensemble**** (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: - GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
-
Music & Culture Course (200 Level) (any semester)****
- Major: MUSI 255 - MUSIC, HISTORY AND CULTURE – WI (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course(s)*** (HRS up to 4)
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Applied Music 1 (HRS 1)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or - VALUES AND ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Music & Culture Course (200 Level) (any semester)****
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course(s)*** (HRS up to 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Applied Music 1 (HRS 1)
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): - CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; - SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or - VALUES AND ETHICS (Must be outside of CA) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Major: Music & Culture Course (300 Level) (HRS 4)
-
School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (3rd or 4th year, fall or spring)
- Applied Music 2
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: - SCIENTIFIC REASONING – PHYS 101 - PHYSICS FOR NON-SCIENTSTS (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course(s)*** (HRS up to 4)
- Major: Music & Culture Course (300 Level) (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (3rd or 4th year, fall or spring)
- Major/General Elective: Elective OR Music Ensemble (HRS 2-4)
- Applied Music 2
- Major: Independent Study: MUSI 300 - INDEPENDENT STUDY: MUSIC (Junior Recital) (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course*** (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (3rd or 4th year, fall or spring)
- Major: Capstone Seminar in Music: MUSI 450 - CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN MUSIC (Senior Recital) (HRS 2)
- Applied Music 3
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- Major: Independent Study: MUSI 400 - INDEPENDENT STUDY: MUSIC (Senior Recital) (HRS 2)
- Major: MUSI 450 - CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN MUSIC – WI (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course*** (HRS 4)
- Applied Music 3
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
* Students may take 18 credits without additional tuition.
**Must take Musicianship placement test to determine appropriate placement. If a student scores 74 or below on this test, they will be required to take MUSI 120 – Music Fundamentals in their first term and proceed with the Musicianship sequence thereafter.
*** Courses from the Performance Concentration categories: Technique courses (4 cr.), performance courses (4 cr.), ensembles (2 cr.), elective category (4 cr.), Applied Music lessons (1 cr. twice), or Flexible (2 cr.).
**** First year students are strongly encouraged to take a minimum of one 2-credit performance course (ensemble) during fall and spring semesters.
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