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First year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 1st year requirements:

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

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MUSI 105	Music Theory I	2
MUSI 106	Music Theory II	2
MUSI 135A	Keyboard Skills I	1
MUSI 136A	Keyboard Skills II	1
MUSI 140	Aural Perception I	2
MUSI 141	Aural Perception II	2
MUSI 195	Applied Study I (one credit each semester)	2
MUSI 202L	Intro to Music Literature	3
MUSI 207H	World Music (equiv to 307) (equiv to 307)	3
Total Hours		18

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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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.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MUSI 205	Music Theory III	2
MUSI 206	Music Theory IV	2
MUSI 240	Aural Perception III	2
MUSI 241	Aural Perception IV	2
MUSI 301H	Music History I	3
MUSI 302H	Music History II	3
Total Hours		14

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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3rd year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 3rd year required: MUSI 416 or MUSI 417 for 3 credits is required.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MUSI 356	Form & Analysis I	2
MUSI 357	Form & Analysis II	2
MUSI 415	Music 20th Century to Present	3
MUSI 416	Topics in Music History	3
or MUSI 417	Cultural Studies in Music
Total Hours		10

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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4th year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 4th year required:

• MUSI 499 2 credits required Spring semester.
• MUSI 416 or MUSI 417 required for 3 credits.

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.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MUSI 388	Concert Attendance UM	0
MUSI 416	Topics in Music History	3
or MUSI 417	Cultural Studies in Music
MUSI 499	Senior Recital/Capstone Pjt (two credits Spring semester)	2
Total Hours		5

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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Upper Division Writing Expectation

Rule: One course for 3 credits

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select one of the following:		3
MUSI 415	Music 20th Century to Present
MUSI 416	Topics in Music History
MUSI 417	Cultural Studies in Music
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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1st year Ensemble Requirements

Rule: One course each semester

Note: MUSI 108A-MUSI 114A, MUSI 162A (guitar principals only), MUSI 191 (piano principals only), one credit each semester for a total of two credits 1st year.

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:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Select one of the following sections:		1
Section 1, Symphonic Wind Ensemble:
MUSI 114A	Band: UM Concert Band
Section 2, University Concert Band:
MUSI 114A	Band: UM Concert Band
Section 1, University Orchestra, if designated by the Director, every semester:
MUSI 108A	Orchestra: UMSO
Total Hours		1

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.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MUSI 108A	Orchestra: UMSO	1
MUSI 110A	Opera Theatre I	1
MUSI 112A	Choir	1
MUSI 114A	Band: UM Concert Band	1
MUSI 162A	Chamber Ensembles I (guitar principals only)	1
MUSI 191	Special / Experimental Courses (piano principals only)	1-9
Total Hours		6-14

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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Lower Division Writing Expectation

Rule: All courses required

Note: Lower- Division Writing Expectation MUSI 302H

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MUSI 302H	Music History II	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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Music Requirements for Writing

Rule: All courses required

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
WRIT 101	College Writing I	3
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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Music Requirements for Mathematics

Rule: All courses required

Note: Mathematics - M Course 100 or above

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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 

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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. 

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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.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
GH 151L	Introduction to Western Humanities Antiquity	3
GH 152L	Introduction to the Humanities Medieval to Modern	3
Total Hours		6

Minimum Required Grade: C-

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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 

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Music Requirements for Indigenous & Global Perspectives

Rule: All courses required

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

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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)