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2021-2022 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog 
    
2021-2022 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Musical Studies - Music Theory or Music History Track, B.M.


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General Education Requirements


Candidates for the B.M. degree must satisfy the General Education requirements described below. Information for each specific degree program and degree sequence sheets can be found here: https://www.potsdam.edu/the-quad/resources/crane-student-resources/degree-programsadvising (click on “Current Crane Students” and then “Degree Plans” and select the Academic Year for the year the student entered college).

The liberal arts courses and other College requirements must be distributed as follows:

General Education Foundations: 7 Credits Minimum


Communication Experience: 4 Credits


[FW] First-Year Writing (1 course)

Quantitative Experience: 3 Credits


[FM] First-Year Mathematics (1 course)

Critical Thinking Experience:


FC courses can double count for another General Education requirement or Liberal Arts Elective.

[FC] Critical Thinking (1 course)

Music Education Majors:


The Modes of Inquiry: 9 Credits


*No more than eight credits taken in Crane may be applied to the Modes of Inquiry. As the WC, AE, and AC requirements are met by required music courses, most students take the XC outside of Crane. If a student wanted to use an XC course within Crane, they would need to take 3 credits of WC/AH or three credits of AC outside of Crane.

Scientific Inquiry [SP] or [SB]: 3 Credits


Physical or Biological (1 course)

A laboratory experience (1 credit) is optional, but not required

Social Analysis [SA]: 3 Credits


(1 course)

Music Education Majors:

Music Business Majors:

*Western Civilization [WC] or American History [AH]: 3 Credits


Requirement (1 course) met through the music curriculum

*Cross-Cultural Perspective [XC]: 3 Credits


(1 course)

Requirement must be taken outside of music unless AC or WC is being fulfilled by a non-music course.

*Aesthetic Experiential [AE]: 2 Credits


Requirement (1 course) met through the music curriculum.

*Aesthetic Critical [AC]: 3 Credits


Requirement (1 course) met through the music curriculum.

Language Proficiency: 3 Credits


Requirement (1 course) must be met as defined by SUNY Potsdam. See General Education  Manual for more information. Modern Language courses are counted as liberal arts electives.

Physical Education/Health and Wellness (PE/HW): 1-2 Credits


2 experiences. See General Education  section.

Music Education Majors:


Total Credit Hours Required: 17-18


Program Requirements


Basic Musicianship Sequence: 29 Credits Required for Bachelor of Music Degrees


Students with a studio emphasis in piano are exempt from the two Keyboard Skills courses.

 

Upper Division Music Theory and History Electives: 21 Credits


(depending on track, see below)

Plus One of the Following Tracks: 52-55 Credits


Music History Track: 53 Credits


Performance

Research

Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 14 Credits

Free Electives: 9 Credits

music or non-music courses, limit one ensemble per semester

Upper Division Music Theory and History Electives

Vernacular Music History Elective 3 Credits
Ethnomusicology Elective 3 Credits
Western Music History Electives 6 Credits
Upper Division Music History Electives 6 Credits
Upper Division Music Theory Elective 3 Credits (MUCT 430   and MUCT 440  cannot be used to fulfill this requirement)

Music Theory Track: 52 Credits


Performance

Research

Keyboard: 2 Credits

Secondary Piano Lessons

Two semesters of secondary piano lessons

OR

Functional Keyboard Courses

Two semesters of Functional Keyboard courses, as appropriate for student’s major instrument

Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 14 Credits

Free Electives: 9 Credits

music or non-music courses, limit one ensemble per semester

Upper Division Music Theory and History Electives

Note(s)


  • Students are accepted for admission who demonstrate by audition the potential to accomplish Level A in area of applied study by the end of the fourth semester. If the Level A is not satisfactorily completed by the end of the fourth semester, a change of applied area or curriculum may be recommended.
  • The minimum performance requirement for the major in Musical Studies is satisfactory completion of Level A and the performance of a ten-minute or 30-minute recital.
  • To transfer into this degree program from another major or from another institution, and to remain in the program beyond the sophomore year, it is necessary to have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 and an average of 3.0 in the following courses in the Musicianship Core sequence as they are completed: MUCB 101 , MUCB 102 , MUCB 103 , MUCB 104 , MUCB 105 , MUCB 106 , MUCB 201 , MUCB 202 , MUCB 203 , MUCB 204 , MUCB 205 MUCB 206 , MUCB 323 , MUCP 209 , MUCP 309 .
  • Details about specific ensemble requirements can be found in the Crane Student Handbook and are dependent on the student’s instrument and track.

Total Credit Hours Required: 120-123


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