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

Orchestration or Computer Music Composition 3 Credits (MUCT 412  or MUCT 421 )
Instrumentation/Arranging 3 Credits
Ethnomusicology Elective 3 Credits (MUCH 360  , MUCH 460  , MUCH 461  , MUCH 462  or another approved MUCH course)
Jazz Theory 3 Credits (MUCT 330 , MUCT 335  , MUCT 422  , or another approved MUCT course)
Music History Elective 3 Credits (Any 3 Credit MUCH 3xx or 4xx course except MUCH 323  .)
Free Upper Division Music History or Theory Electives 6 Credits

Composition Track: 55 Credits

Non-Music Liberal Arts Electives: 6 Credits

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:  MUCC 111 , MUCC 112 , MUCT 103 , MUCT 104  ,MUCT 105 , MUCT 106 , MUCT 203 , MUCT 204 , MUCT 205 , MUCT 206 ,MUCH 201 , MUCH 202 , MUCH 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.
• For students in the Composition track, the Crane Student Handbook includes details about specific requirements in the degree, including:
  1. elective requirements,
  2. composition studio assignments,
  3. the genres of student works composed,
  4. the Composition Sophomore Evaluation, and
  5. the capstone portfolio and performance requirement..
• Bachelor of Music majors do not take WAYS 301 in the Pathways general education program.

• 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.