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Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Music Performance (BMusic)

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
PIA 312 (Major)3
MUS 605AMusicianship (Major)6
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
2nd Semester
PIA 312 (Major)3
MUS 605BMusicianship (Major)6
MUS 312CMusic and Culture (Major) 0503
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
Mathematics (Core) 0303
3rd Semester
PIA 312 (Major)3
MUS 411AEar Training and Sight-Singing (Major)4
MUS 612AStructure of Tonal Music (Major)6
MUS 213MHistory of Music I (Major)2
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
Natural Science and Technology, Part II (Core) 0932
4th Semester
PIA 312 (Major)3
MUS 411BEar Training and Sight-Singing (Major)4
MUS 612BStructure of Tonal Music (Major)6
MUS 213NHistory of Music II (Major)2
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
5th Semester
PIA 362 (Major)3
MUS 321JTwentieth-Century Musical Analysis (Major)3
MUS 230LHistory of Music III (Major)2
MUS 271PTopics in Pedagogy (Major)2
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
6th Semester
MUS 420RJunior Recital (Major)4
MUS 325MCounterpoint (Major)3
MUS 259NChamber Music: Strings and Piano (Major)2
MUS 271PTopics in Pedagogy (Major)2
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
7th Semester
PIA 362 (Major)3
MUS 222JInstrumental Conducting (Major)2
or MUS 223J Choral Conducting
MUS 259NChamber Music: Strings and Piano (Major)2
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
U.S. History (Core) 0603
8th Semester
MUS 460RSenior Recital (Major)4
Upper-division Music Literature course (Major)3
Approved Ensemble course (Major)1
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
U.S. History (Core) 0603
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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