Music Performance, Voice (BMusic)
Total Hours Required: 120
Plan of Study
The Plan of Study is a suggested four-year course sequence to support academic planning and serves as a helpful guide. Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor to tailor their course selections and timelines to their individual goals and circumstances.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Hours | |
| VOI 210 | Lower-Division Voice: Principal | 2 |
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Musicianship (Part A) | ||
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| RHE 306 | Rhetoric and Writing | 3 |
| First-Year Signature Course (090) | 3 | |
| Natural Science and Technology, Part I (030) | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| VOI 210 | Lower-Division Voice: Principal | 2 |
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Musicianship (Part B) | ||
| MUS 312C | Music and Culture | 3 |
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| Mathematics (020) | 3 | |
| MUS 111E | English Diction and Phonetic Translation | 1 |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| VOI 210 | Lower-Division Voice: Principal | 2 |
| Hours chosen from: | 2 | |
| Ear Training and Sight-Singing (Part A) | ||
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Structure of Tonal Music (Part A) | ||
| MUS 213M | History of Music I | 2 |
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| Natural Science and Technology, Part II (093) | 3 | |
| MUS 311F | French for Musicians | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| VOI 210 | Lower-Division Voice: Principal | 2 |
| Hours chosen from: | 2 | |
| Ear Training and Sight-Singing (Part B) | ||
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Structure of Tonal Music (Part B) | ||
| MUS 213N | History of Music II | 2 |
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| MUS 210K | Beginning Instruction in Music Performance: Fourth-Semester Class Piano | 2 |
| MUS 311G | German for Musicians | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| VOI 362 | Upper-Division Voice: Major | 3 |
| MUS 321J | Twentieth-Century Musical Analysis | 3 |
| MUS 230L | History of Music III | 2 |
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| MUS 271P.3 | Pedagogy: Voice I | 2 |
| Humanities (040) | 3 | |
| MUS 311J | Italian for Musicians | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| MUS 420R | Junior Recital | 4 |
| MUS 325M | Counterpoint | 3 |
| MUS 259N | Chamber Music: Strings and Piano | 2 |
| MUS 271P | Topics in Pedagogy | 2 |
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| Free Elective | 4 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Semester 1 | ||
| VOI 362 | Upper-Division Voice: Major | 3 |
| MUS 223J | Choral Conducting | 2 |
| MUS 259N | Chamber Music: Strings and Piano | 2 |
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| American and Texas Government (070) | 3 | |
| U.S. History (060) | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| MUS 460R | Senior Recital | 4 |
| Hours chosen from: Upper-division Music Literature | 3 | |
| Ensemble | 1 | |
| American and Texas Government (070) | 3 | |
| U.S. History (060) | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Requirements
All requirements are listed below, starting with the most specialized moving to the most general. Additional requirements may follow the table, so be sure to read the entire page. Some required courses listed below may also satisfy General Education requirements, including Core Curriculum.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Degree: Voice | ||
| Performance | ||
| Performance Instrument 210 (taken 4 times) | 8 | |
| Performance Instrument 362 (taken 2 times) | 6 | |
| Subtotal | 14 | |
| MUS 420R | Junior Recital | 4 |
| MUS 460R | Senior Recital | 4 |
| MUS 210K | Beginning Instruction in Music Performance: Fourth-Semester Class Piano (approval of the faculty) | 2 |
| MUS 223J | Choral Conducting | 2 |
| Subtotal | 12 | |
| Music Literature and Music Theory | ||
| MUS 605 | Musicianship | 6 |
| MUS 411 | Ear Training and Sight-Singing | 4 |
| MUS 612 | Structure of Tonal Music | 6 |
| MUS 312C | Music and Culture | 3 |
| MUS 321J | Twentieth-Century Musical Analysis | 3 |
| Hours chosen from: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Music in World Cultures | ||
| Introduction to Popular Music in World Cultures | ||
| Topics in Music of World Cultures (any topic) | ||
| Music of African Americans | ||
| History of Music I | ||
| History of Music II | ||
| History of Music III | ||
| Topics in The Music of the Americas (any topic) | ||
| Music and Film Sound | ||
| Topics in Ethnomusicology Areas (any topic) | ||
| History of Jazz | ||
Approved list for Musicology/Ethnomusicology | ||
| Hours chosen from: | 3 | |
| Counterpoint | ||
| Counterpoint | ||
| Advanced Topics in Music Theory (any topic) | ||
| Topics in The Music of the Americas (any topic) | ||
| Music and Film Sound | ||
| Topics in Ethnomusicology Areas (any topic) | ||
| History of Jazz | ||
| Special Topics in Music Theory (any topic) | ||
| Advanced Topics in Music Literature (any topic) | ||
| Diction | ||
| MUS 111E | English Diction and Phonetic Translation | 1 |
| MUS 311F | French for Musicians | 3 |
| MUS 311G | German for Musicians | 3 |
| MUS 311J | Italian for Musicians | 3 |
| Subtotal | 41 | |
| Music Pedagogy | ||
| MUS 271P.3 | Pedagogy: Voice I | 2 |
| Music Ensemble | ||
| Hours chosen from: Ensemble | 8 | |
| Free electives: Additional coursework to reach total hours required. | 1 | |
| Subtotal | 11 | |
| General Education | ||
| Core Curriculum | 42 | |
| Foreign Language other than English, Beginning Proficiency (Note: this requirement may already be fulfilled by high school coursework) | ||
| Subtotal | 42 | |
| College Requirements - Fine Arts | ||
| General University Requirements | ||
| Total Hours | 120 | |