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Bachelor of Music in Performance -
Orchestral Instrumental Major
Suggested Sequence of Courses

Semester I
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 23
Keyboard Skills 3
1
AM ___
Major Instrument
4
EN 102
Freshman Writing Seminar
3
ES ___
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
MT 101
Music Theory 1
2
MT 111
Aural Skills 1
1
___ ____
Division 5: Mathematics
3
__ ___
Electives
2
  TOTAL 17


Semester II
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 24
Keyboard Skills 4
1
AM ___
Major Instrument
4
ES ___
Chamber Music
1
ES ___
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
ID 103
Humanities Colloquium
3
JC 100
Recital Attendance
0
MT 102
Music Theory 2
2
MT 112
Aural Skills 2
1
PE 101
Lifetime Fitness
1
SH 102
Public Speaking
2
  TOTAL 16


Semester III
Course # Course Title Hours
AM ___
Major Instrument
4
ES ___
Chamber Music
1
ES ___
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
ID 201
Change & Tradition
3
MH 305
Music History & Literature 1
3
MT 201
Music Theory 3
2
MT 211
Aural Skills 3
1
PE 102
P.E. Activity/Mchg. Band/Dance
1
___ ____
Electives
2
  TOTAL 18


Semester IV
Course # Course Title Hours
AM ___
Major Instrument
4
ES ____
Chamber Music
1
ES ___
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
ID 202
Change & Tradition
3
JC 200
Recital Attendance
0
ME 345
Exploring the Digital Arts
2
MH 306
Music History & Literature 2
2
MT 202
Music Theory 4
2
MT 212
Aural Skills 4
1
  TOTAL 16


Semester V
Course # Course Title Hours
AM ___
Major Instrument
4
ES ____
Chamber Music
1
ES ____
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
MH 307
Music History & Literature 3
3
MT 311
Basic Conducting
2
MT 317
Counterpoint
3
__ ___
Division 3: Social Sciences
3
  TOTAL 17


Semester VI
Course # Course Title Hours
AM ___ Major Instrument
4
AM 300
Recital
0
ES ____
Chamber Music
1
ES ____
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
JC 300
Recital Attendance
0
MH 308
Music History & Literature 4
2
MT 303
or 307 or 308: Arranging or Orch.
2
MT 313
Form & Analysis
3
MT 319
Introduction to Composition
3
__ ___
Music Elective
1
  TOTAL 17


Semester VII
Course # Course Title Hours
AM ___
Major Instrument
4
ES ___
Chamber Music
1
ES ___
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
ME 412
Pedagogy of Applied Music
2
___ ____
Division 1: Humanities
3
___ ____
Electives
7
  TOTAL 18


Semester VIII
Course # Course Title Hours
AM ____
Major Instrument
4
AM 409
Recital
0
ES ___
Chamber Music
1
ES ___
Major Instrumental Ensemble
1
JC 400
Recital Attendance
0
___ ____
Division 4: Natural Sciences
5
___ ____
Electives
6
  TOTAL 17

(Elective hours may change if Division 5 Class exceeds 3 hours.)

TOTAL MINIMUM HOURS 136