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Bachelor of Performance in Music - Piano Major
Summary of Requirements

REQUIRED COURSES IN MUSIC
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 212, 412
Piano Major
32
AM 300
Recital
0
AM 409
Recital
0
ES ___
Major Ensemble
4
ES 113
Accompanying
1
ES 313
Accompanying
3
ES 311
Chamber Music: Keyboard
4
JC 100, 200, 300, 400
Recital Attendance
0
ME 345
Exploring the Digital Arts
2
ME 417
Piano Pedagogy: Organization and Materials
3
ME 418 or 419 or 420 Piano Pedagogy Technique or Psychology or Style 3
MH 305, 306, 307W*, 308
Music History & Literature 1, 2, 3, 4
10
MT 101, 102, 201, 202
Music Theory 1, 2, 3, 4
8
MT 111, 112, 211, 212
Aural Skills 1, 2, 3, 4
4
MT 303 or 307 or 308
Band Arranging, Choral Arranging, Orchestration
2
MT 305
Keyboard Harmony
2
MT 311
Basic Conducting
2
MT 313
Form & Analysis
3
MT 317
Counterpoint
3
MT 319
Introduction to Composition
3
AM/ES/ME/MH/MT Music Electives
3
  TOTAL REQUIRED COURSES IN MUSIC 92


CORE CURRICULUM (remaining requirements)
Course # Course Title Hours
EN 102; ID 103; SH 102; PE 101, 102


10
ID 201, 202
Change & Tradition
6
Divisions 1,3,4,5
Humanities, SocSciences, NatSciences, Mathematics 14
  TOTAL CORE CURRICULUM
30
  FREE ELECTIVES
14
  TOTAL CREDIT HOURS
136

* MH 307W, when taken in the junior or senior year, fulfills the university's writing intensive requirement.

Students are required to present a minimum of one solo performance on a collegiate student recital each year prior to the senior recital.

Students are required to attend eight (8) approved performances each semester that they are a full-time student.