1st year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 1st year requirements: MUSI 195 3 credits each semester for a total of 6 credits first year.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

2nd year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 2nd year requirements:

• MUSI 295 3 credits each semester for a total of 6 credits second year.
• MUSI 102A 1 credit each semester for a total of 2 credits second year.
• MUSI 296 Upper-Division Required Performance required for advancement to upper division classes.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

3rd year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 3rd year required: MUSI 395 4 credits each semester for a total of 8 credits third year.

Minimum Required Grade: C- 

4th year

Rule: All courses required

Note: 4th year required:

• MUSI 495 4 credits each semester for a total of 8 credits 4th year.
• MUSI 492
• MUSI 499 for two credits.

Senior recital may be two half-recitals. One half recital may include pedagogical lecture/demonstration and/or collaborative repertoire. 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-

1st and 2nd year Ensemble Requirements

Rule: One course each semester

Note: Ensembles one credit each semester for a total of two credits each 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.)

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Ensembles 3rd year

Rule: One course each semester

Note: 2nd year ensembles one credit each semester for a total of two credits each 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.)

Minimum Required Grade: C-

4th year Ensemble Requirements

Rule: One course each semester

Note: 4th year ensembles one credit each semester for a total of two credits each 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.)

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Lower Division Writing Expectation

Rule: All courses required

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Upper Division Writing Expectation

Rule: One course for 3 credits

Note: Must take one of the courses above for 3 credits.

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Music Requirements for Writing

Rule: All courses required

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Music Requirements for Mathematics

Rule: One course for 3 credits

Note: Mathematics - M 105 or M 115

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Music Requirements for Modern & Classical Languages

Rule: All courses required

Note: Foreign Language - French or German for 10 credits.

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

Note: 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

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Music Requirements for Indigenous & Global Perspectives

Rule: All courses required

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

Minimum Required Grade: C- 

Music Requirements for Natural Sciences

Rule: All courses required

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