Music Performance, Piano (MUSKA.BM)

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MUSKA.BM

General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 41-47

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This program requires a minimum 3 hours of foreign language at the intermediate level or higher.

In the EXPLORING THE HUMANITIES category, students must complete a total of 6 hours: HUMN-201 and EITHER ENGL-221 OR ENGL-222.

Performance Area Requirements

Applied Study - Primary Instrument (8 semesters) Credit Hours: 24
Performance Ensemble - Required (6) and Elective (4) Credit Hours: 10

Two credits of the 10 total ensemble credits must be Chamber Music (MUSE-102CM). These two credits may count toward degree completion as Required or Elective ensembles.

MUSA 185 - Performance Seminar Credit Hours: 0 (7 semesters)
MUSA 186 - Piano Seminar Credit Hours: 0 (7 semesters)
MUSA 288 - Upper Division Admission Examination Credit Hours: 0
MUSA 395 - Junior Recital Credit Hours: 1
MUSA 495 - Senior Recital Credit Hours: 0 - 1, depending on student’s degree program.

Subtotal Performance Area Requirements: 36

Specialty Area

MUSC 495 - Senior Seminar in Music (Capstone) Credit Hours: 2
MUST 111 - Music Theory I Credit Hours: 3
MUST 112 - Aural Skills I Credit Hours: 1
MUST 121 - Music Theory II Credit Hours: 3
MUST 122 - Aural Skills II Credit Hours: 1
MUSB 135 - Music Technology Credit Hours: 1
MUST 231 - Music Theory III Credit Hours: 3
MUST 232 - Aural Skills III Credit Hours: 1
MUST 241 - Music Theory IV Credit Hours: 3
MUST 242 - Aural Skills IV Credit Hours: 1
MUCO 330 - Fundamentals of Conducting Credit Hours: 2
MUHL 212 - Music History: 1700 - 1850 Credit Hours: 3
MUHL 311 - Music History: Antiquity to 1700 Credit Hours: 3
MUHL 312 - Music History: 1850 - Present Credit Hours: 3
MUSB 251 - Improvisation Credit Hours: 2
MUSP 481 - Piano Pedagogy II Credit Hours: 2
MUST 311 - Form and Analysis Credit Hours: 2
MUHL 411 - Piano Literature Credit Hours: 2
MUSP 480 - Piano Pedagogy I Credit Hours: 2

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Music Performance, Piano (MUSKA.BM)

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General Education Requirements - Total Hours: 41-47

Performance Area Requirements

Subtotal Performance Area Requirements: 36

Specialty Area

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Music Elective - Total Hours: 1

Subtotal Specialty Area Requirements: 43

Total Hours in Program: 120