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Bachelor of Music in Performance - Voice Major
Suggested Sequence of Courses

Semester I
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 23
Keyboard Skills 3
1
AM 221
Voice Major
4
EN 102
Freshman Writing Seminar
3
ES ___
Major Choral Ensemble
1
MT 101
Music Theory 1
2
MT 111
Aural Skills 1
1
PE 102
P.E. Activity/Mchg. Band/Dance
1
___ ____
Division 5: Mathematics
3
  TOTAL 16


Semester II
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 24
Keyboard Skills 4
1
AM 221
Voice Major
4
ES ___
Major Choral Ensemble
1
ID 103
Humanities Colloquium
3
JC 100
Recital Attendance
0
ML 206
English & Italian Diction
1
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 117
Piano Secondary
2
AM 221 Voice Major 4
ES ___ Major Choral Ensemble 1
ID 201 Change & Tradition 3
MH 305 Music History & Literature 1 3
ML 306/308 German or French Diction 1
MT 201 Music Theory 3 2
MT 211 Aural Skills 3 1
  TOTAL 17


Semester IV
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 221
Voice Major
4
ES 113 Accompanying 1
ES ___ Major Choral 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 421

Voice Major
4
ES 310 Opera Workshop 1
ES 313 Accompanying 1
ES ____
Major Choral Ensemble
1
MH 307
Music History & Literature 3 3
ML 306/308 German or French Diction 1
MT 311
Basic Conducting 2
___ ____ Division 1: Humanities 3
___ ____ Electives 2
  TOTAL 18


Semester VI
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 421
Voice Major
4
AM 300 Recital 0
ES 310 Opera Workshop 1
ES 313 Accompanying 1
ES ___ Major Choral Ensemble 1
JC 300 Recital Attendance
0
ME 370 Vocal Pedagogy
2
MH 308 Music History and Literature 4 2
MT 313 Form & Analysis 3
___ ____ Division 3: Social Sciences 3
___ ___
Elective 1
  TOTAL 18


Semester VII
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 421
Voice Major
4
ES 310 Opera Workshop 1
ES 313 Accompanying 1
ES ___ Major Choral Ensemble 1
___ ____
Music Electives 3
___ ____ Electives
7
  TOTAL 17


Semester VIII
Course # Course Title Hours
AM 421
Voice Major
4
AM 409 Recital 0
ES 310 Opera Workshop 1
ES ____
Major Choral Ensemble 1
JC 400 Recital Attendance 0
___ ____ Division 4: Natural Sciences 5
___ ____ Electives 7
  TOTAL 18


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

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS: ML 206, ML 306, and ML 308, and 0-12 hours in German and French depending upon high school credits in these languages. In general, one year of high school language equals 4 hours.


TOTAL MINIMUM HOURS 136