Program Overview

Music (Vocal Performance) - Bachelor of Music

The Bachelor of Music (BM) curriculum is designed to prepare students for performance careers and private studio teaching and serves as a foundation for advanced study toward master's and doctoral degrees: M.M., D.M.A., or Ph.D in Music. In addition, the BM degree may lead to positions as professional entertainers or teachers at the college and university levels, or lead to music-related work in the business world.

Requirements - Basic Music and Performance

Students must complete all University degree requirements, which include:

• General Education requirements
• Viewing a Wider World requirements
• Elective credits to total at least 129 credits with 48 credits in courses numbered 300 or above
• Developmental coursework will not count towards the degree requirements and/or elective credits, but may be needed in order to take the necessary English and Mathematics coursework

Course List

• General Education:
  • Area I: Communications (10 credits)
    • English Composition - Level 1
    • English Composition - Level 2
    • Oral Communication
  • Area II: Mathematics (3-4 credits)
  • Area III/IV: Laboratory Sciences and Social/Behavioral Sciences (10-11 credits)
    • PHYS 1125G: Physics of Music
  • Area IV: Social/Behavioral Sciences Course (3 credits)
  • Area V: Humanities (3 credits)
  • Area VI: Creative and Fine Arts (3 credits)
  • General Education Elective (3-4 credits)
• Viewing A Wider World (6 credits)
• Departmental/College Requirements:
  • Music Theory and Ear Training
    • MUSC 1450: Ear Training I
    • MUSC 1460: Music Theory I
    • MUSC 2451: Ear Training III
    • MUSC 2460: Music Theory III
    • MUSC 1451: Ear Training II
    • MUSC 1461: Music Theory II
    • MUSC 2452: Ear Training IV
    • MUSC 2461: Music Theory IV
    • MUSC 413: Form and Analysis
  • History and Literature
    • MUSC 2240: Music History and Literature: Antiquity through Baroque
    • MUSC 302: Music History and Literature: Classic through Romantic
    • MUSC 303: Music History and Literature: 20th Century Through the Present
    • MUSC 429: Opera: History and Literature
  • Techniques
    • MUSC 2210: Diction I
    • MUSC 2220: Diction II
    • MUSC 2310: Sound and Music Technology
    • MUSC 325: Beginning Conducting
    • MUSC 386: Applied Music Pedagogy and Literature I
    • MUSC 486: Applied Music Pedagogy and Literature II
  • Performance
    • MUSC 1310: Recital Attendance
    • Applied Music (19 credits)
    • MUSC 2510: Applied Music I (Vocal)
    • MUSC 330: Applied Music II (Vocal)
    • MUSC 430: Applied Music III (Vocal)
    • MUSC 340: Junior Recital
    • MUSC 440: Senior Recital
  • Choral Ensembles (6 credits)
  • Opera Ensembles (6 credits)
  • Applied or Functional Piano (4 credits)
  • Second Language Requirement (8 credits)
  • Electives, to bring the total credits to 129 (0 credits)

Second Language Requirement

For the Bachelor of Music in Music with a Concentration in Vocal Performance, the student must complete:

• FREN 1110 and GRMN 1110: French I and German I (8 credits)
• or a high school equivalent

Piano Proficiency

• Students must pass Piano Proficiency before presenting a Senior Recital
• Students must enroll for Functional Piano until the Proficiency is passed

A Suggested Plan of Study for Students

This roadmap assumes student placement in MATH 1130G Survey of Mathematics and ENGL 1110G Composition I. The contents and order of this roadmap may vary depending on initial student placement in mathematics and English.

First Year

• MUSC 1310: Recital Attendance (0.5 credits)
• MUSC 1450: Ear Training I (1 credit)
• MUSC 1460: Music Theory I (3 credits)
• MUSC 1470: Functional Piano I (2 credits)
• MUSC 2210: Diction I (2 credits)
• MUSC 2510: Applied Music I (2 credits)
• 2000-level Choral Ensemble Course (1 credit)
• ENGL 1110G: Composition I (4 credits)
• MATH 1130G: Survey of Mathematics (3 credits)
• Total Credits: 36

Second Year

• MUSC 1310: Recital Attendance (0.5 credits)
• MUSC 2451: Ear Training III (1 credit)
• MUSC 2460: Music Theory III (3 credits)
• MUSC 2510: Applied Music I (2 credits)
• MUSC 2993: Opera Workshop (1 credit)
• MUSC 2310: Sound and Music Technology (1 credit)
• Choral Ensemble Course (1 credit)
• MUSC 302: Music History and Literature: Classic through Romantic (3 credits)
• MUSC 386: Applied Music Pedagogy and Literature I (2 credits)
• Total Credits: 30

Third Year

• MUSC 1310: Recital Attendance (0.5 credits)
• MUSC 325: Beginning Conducting (1 credit)
• MUSC 330: Applied Music II (2 credits)
• MUSC 351: Opera Workshop (1 credit)
• 300-level Choral Ensemble Course (1 credit)
• MUSC 486: Applied Music Pedagogy and Literature II (2 credits)
• Area IV: Social/Behavioral Sciences Course (3 credits)
• COMM 1115G: Introduction to Communication (3 credits)
• Area VI: Creative and Fine Arts Course (3 credits)
• Total Credits: 32

Fourth Year

• MUSC 1310: Recital Attendance (0.5 credits)
• MUSC 351: Opera Workshop (1 credit)
• MUSC 413: Form and Analysis (3 credits)
• MUSC 429: Opera: History and Literature (3 credits)
• MUSC 430: Applied Music III (2 credits)
• FREN 1110: French I (4 credits)
• VWW: Viewing a Wider World Course(s) (6 credits)
• Total Credits: 31-32

Total Credits: 129-130