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Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Music (BAMusic)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
Instrument 210 (Major)2
MUS 605AMusicianship (Major)3
MUS 201MBeginning Music Performance: Class Piano (Major)2
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
2nd Semester
Instrument 210 (Major)2
MUS 605BMusicianship (Major)3
MUS 201NBeginning Music Performance: Second-Semester Class Piano (Major)2
MUS 312CMusic and Culture (Major) 0503
Approved Ensemble course (Core)1
Mathematics course (Core) 0203
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
3rd Semester
Instrument 210 (Major)2
Approved Ensemble (Major)1
MUS 612AStructure of Tonal Music (Major)3
MUS 411AEar Training and Sight-Singing (Major)2
MUS 213MHistory of Music I (Major)2
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
Social and Behavioral Sciences (Core) 0803
4th Semester
Instrument 210 (Major)2
Approved Ensemble (Major)1
MUS 612BStructure of Tonal Music (Major)3
MUS 411BEar Training and Sight-Singing (Major)2
MUS 213NHistory of Music II (Major)2
Natural Science and Technology, Part I (Core) 0303
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
5th Semester
MUS 230LHistory of Music III (Major)2
MUS Concentration course (Major)3
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 0933
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
General Culture course (General Education)3
6th Semester
Upper-division MUS Literature course (Major)3
Upper-division MUS Concentration course (Major)3
Foreign Language (General Education)6
Secondary Field of Study course (Major)3
7th Semester
Upper-division MUS Concentration course (Major)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Upper-division Secondary Field of Study course (Major)3
Secondary Field of Study course (Major)3
8th Semester
Upper-division MUS Concentration course (Major)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
Upper-division Secondary Field of Study course (Major)3
Communication (Core) 0103
Free elective (Elective)4
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

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