First year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 1st year requirements:

• MUSI 195 1 credit each semester for a total of 2 credits first year.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

2nd year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 2nd year Required: MUSI 296-01 Upper-Division Required Performance is required by the end for 2nd year of study to advance to upper division classes.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

3rd year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 3rd year required: MUSI 416 or MUSI 417

Minimum Required Grade: C-

4th year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 4th year required:

• MUSI 499 2 credits required Spring semester.
• MUSI 416 or MUSI 417

All students majoring in music are required to attend in a minimum of 100 approved recitals/concerts prior to graduation. During the 4th year in an undergraduate degree program and upon completion of this requirement, students should register for MUSI 388, 0 cr.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper Division Writing Expectation

Rule: One course for 3 credits

Minimum Required Grade: C-

1st year Ensemble Requirements

Rule: One course each semester

Note: MUSI 108A-MUSI 114A, MUSI 162A (guitar principals only), MUSI 191

All majors seeking an undergraduate degree in music and who are registered for 5 or more credits must participate in an ensemble specified by their degree curriculum each semester of residence of the regular school year. (See specific curricula for maximum ensemble credits applicable toward minimum degree requirements.)

Majors whose principal performance area is wind/percussion must register for:

String majors must register for:

• MUSI 108A section 1, University Orchestra, every semester. 

B.M., Vocal Performance, and B.A., voice, majors must register for: 

• a minimum of 4 credits in MUSI 112A section 1 (University Choir).

Ensemble requirements for piano and organ are listed separately for each curriculum.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Lower Division Writing Expectation

Rule: All courses required

Note: Lower- Division Writing Expectation MUSI 302H

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Music Requirements for Writing

Rule: All courses required

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Music Requirements for Mathematics

Rule: All courses required

Note: Mathematics - M Course 100 or above

Music Requirements for Modern & Classical Languages

Rule: All courses required

Note: MCLL (Modern and Classical Languages and Literature) Foreign Languages for 10 credits Exemption from Modern and Classical Language Requirement - Symbolic Systems MUSI 105, MUSI 106, MUSI 140, MUSI 141

Music Requirements for Expressive Arts

Rule: All courses required

Note: Expressive Arts - A Courses - (min. 3 credits) Ensembles and Sec. Lessons taken each semester satisfies this requirement. 

Music Requirements for Literary & Artistic Studies

Rule: All courses required

Literary and Artistic Studies - L Courses - (min. 3 credits) MUSI 202L taken in 1st year satisfies this requirement.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Music Requirements for Historic & Cultural Studies

Rule: All courses required

Note: Group VI and Group IX: Historical and Cultural Studies and American and European Perspectives - H/Y Courses - (min. 3 credits) MUSI 301H and MUSI 302H

Music Requirements for Indigenous & Global Perspectives

Rule: All courses required

Note: Indigenous and Global Perspectives - (min. 3 credits) MUSI 207H

Music Requirements for Natural Sciences

Rule: All courses required

Note: Group XI: Natural Science (for this perspective, 6 credits required and at least one course Must include a lab experience)