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2022-2023 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog 
    
2022-2023 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music, B.A.


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Program Requirements


Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 32 Credits


Basic Musicianship Sequence: 27 Credits


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

Performance: 12 Credits


Ensembles must be taken during the student’s first two years. Guitar Majors in this degree will take four semesters (4 cr.) of Guitar Ensemble. For all others the four semesters of ensemble must be Major Ensembles.

Upper Division Music History or Theory Electives: 6 Credits


Music Electives: 10 Credits


Capstone Project: 1 Credit


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.
  • A grade of 2.0 or higher is required in each music course in order for it to count toward a major in music. In courses that are sequential, a grade of 2.0 or higher is required for the student to advance to the next course in the sequence.

Total Credit Hours Required: 126


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