Academic Catalog 2023-2024

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Academic Catalog 2023-2024

Music Emphases

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Students in the following Music majors may earn a second emphasis by completing the courses listed below.

Music Composition Emphasis (13 credit hours)

Musicianship (3 credit hours)

MUS-355 Improvisational Techniques (1)
MUS-411 Scoring and Arranging (2)
MUS 411 waived for students in the Music Media and Marketing emphasis.
MUS-360 Half Recital (0)
MUS-460 Full Recital (0)

Applied Music (10 credit hours)

MUA-105 Composition (1-2) (8 credit hours)
MUA-119 Songwriting (1-2) (2 credit hours)

Music Media and Marketing Emphasis (32 credit hours)

Business and Media (28 credit hours)

ACC-201 Principles of Accounting I Financial Reporting (4)
BUS-101 Business and Management in the 21st Century (3)
COM-206 Visual Storytelling and Digital Media Production (3)
COM-355 Social Media, Audience Analysis, and Analytics (3)
COM-375 Visual Culture and Graphic Design (3)
FIN-307 Personal Financial Planning (3)
MKT-202 Principles of Marketing (3)
MKT-310 Marketing Research and Consumer Behavior (3)
MUS-271 Music Production and Engineering I (3)
MUS 271 waived for students in the Music Production and Engineering emphasis.

Musicianship and Performance (4 credit hours)

MUS-411 Scoring and Arranging (2)
MUS 411 waived for students in the Music Composition emphasis.
Primary Instrument: Each student will take 2 credit hours in the instrument on which they auditioned and have been accepted. Primary Instrument (2 credit hours) waived for students in the Music Performance emphasis.
MUA-102 Baritone/Euphonium (1-2)
MUA-103 Bassoon (1-2)
MUA-104 Clarinet (1-2)
MUA-108 Flute (1-2)
MUA-109 French Horn (1-2)
MUA-110 Guitar (1-2)
MUA-111 Harp (1-2)
MUA-112 Oboe (1-2)
MUA-113 Organ (1-2)
MUA-114 Percussion (1-2)
MUA-115 Piano (1-2)
MUA-116 Saxophone (1-2)
MUA-117 String/Electric Bass (1-2)
MUA-120 Trombone (1-2)
MUA-121 Trumpet (1-2)
MUA-122 Tuba (1-2)
MUA-123 Viola (1-2)
MUA-124 Violin (1-2)
MUA-125 Cello (1-2)
MUA-126 Voice (1-2)
MUA-133 Drumset (1-2)

Music Performance Emphasis (13 credit hours)

For Piano Performance Majors, replace two (2) semesters of Primary Ensemble with MUE 301. It will be taken for two (2) semesters.

MUE-301 Collaborative Piano (1)

Primary Instrument Core (10 credit hours)

Primary Instrument: Each student will take 10 credit hours in the instrument on which they auditioned and have been accepted. Students in the Music Media and Marketing major are required to take 8 credit hours in Primary Instrument; 2 credit hours are waived.
MUA-102 Baritone/Euphonium (1-2)
MUA-103 Bassoon (1-2)
MUA-104 Clarinet (1-2)
MUA-108 Flute (1-2)
MUA-109 French Horn (1-2)
MUA-110 Guitar (1-2)
MUA-111 Harp (1-2)
MUA-112 Oboe (1-2)
MUA-113 Organ (1-2)
MUA-114 Percussion (1-2)
MUA-115 Piano (1-2)
MUA-116 Saxophone (1-2)
MUA-117 String/Electric Bass (1-2)
MUA-120 Trombone (1-2)
MUA-121 Trumpet (1-2)
MUA-122 Tuba (1-2)
MUA-123 Viola (1-2)
MUA-124 Violin (1-2)
MUA-125 Cello (1-2)
MUA-126 Voice (1-2)
MUA-133 Drumset (1-2)

Musicianship (3 credit hours)

MUA-325 Literature of Primary Instrument (2) (for instrumentalists) OR
MUS-325 Singer’s Diction and Literature (2) (for vocalists)
MUS-360 Half Recital (0)
MUS-460 Full Recital (0)
Take one course in area of applied study:
MUS-351 Brass Techniques and Pedagogy (1)
MUS-352 Woodwind Techniques and Pedagogy (1)
MUS-353 String Techniques and Pedagogy (1)
MUS-354 Percussion Techniques and Pedagogy (1)
MUS-356 Vocal Methods (1)
MUS-357 Fretted Techniques (1)
MUS-358 Piano Pedagogy (1)

Music Production and Engineering Emphasis (18 credit hours)