Music (BM - No Concentration)
Degree Type
Degree/Major
Area of Interest
Performing Arts
Degree Level
Undergraduate
College
Conservatory for the Performing Arts
Sample Plan
Music (BM) Four-year Plan130.71 KB
The Bachelor of Music degree is for students who want a professional degree in music with the flexibility to pursue numerous areas of specialty. Bachelor of Music students have available credits to either pursue a music-area concentration or to double major. These options uniquely prepare students for professional careers in the field of music, such as performance, music education, music business, non-profit work, or church musician, to name a few. The program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music.
Policy
- All music majors are required to attend the weekly music department forum every semester in which they are enrolled except for semesters they are registered for MUSC 425 or 429.
- All music majors are required to register for MUSC 137/337 (Concert Choir) every semester in which they are enrolled except for semesters they are registered for MUSC 425 or 429.
- All music majors must register for a piano class, aural skills class, and music theory class each semester until all sequences are successfully completed. Music majors who have not completed all levels of Piano Proficiency, Aural Skills, and Music Theory by the end of their sixth semester of full-time study in music must petition the music department to continue as a music major.
- 100-level ensembles and applied lessons courses are for freshmen and sophomore standing and 300-level ensembles and applied lessons courses are for junior and senior standing
- Music Majors taking MUVO 171/371 must concurrently be registered for MUVO 172/372
- An applied lesson fee is charged for each credit of applied lessons – see Tuition and Fees
Learning Outcomes
- Develop literacy of music through analysis, arrangement, composition, and improvisation.
- Distinguish important stylistic trends in music, including western, popular, and world genres.
- Demonstrate performance skills requisite for artistic self expression.
- Apply knowledge of current teaching methods, materials, and technology to musical instruction.