Bachelor of Music - Instrumental Performance
(B.M. - Instrumental Performance)
This information represents a typical plan for completion of a music degree. Your
actual course may vary. Courses in yellow highlight are sequential music courses offered
only in the indicated semester. These must be taken in the sequence indicated.
Freshman - 17 hours each term
| Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| MUS 1000r |
Seminar |
0 |
MUS 1000r |
Seminar |
0 |
| MUS 0030/0050 |
Marching Band/Orchestra see note 1 |
1 |
MUS 0031/0050 |
Concert Band or Orchestra |
1 |
| MUSP 2xxxr |
Applied Instrument Instruction |
2 |
MUSP 2xxxr |
Applied Instruction |
2 |
| MUS 1710 |
Musicianship I |
2 |
MUS 1720 |
Musicianship II |
2 |
| MUS 1750 |
Aural Skills I |
2 |
MUS 1760 |
Aural Skills II |
2 |
| MUS 1730 |
Musicianship Lab I |
1 |
MUS 1740 |
Musicianship Lab II |
1 |
| ENGL 1010 |
Rhetoric and Composition I |
3 |
ENGL 1020 |
Rhetoric and Composition II |
3 |
| MATH |
Approved Math Course |
3 |
BEH/SS |
Behavioral or Social Science |
3 |
| FAH: History |
Historical Understanding Course |
3 |
FAH: Literature |
Approved Literature course |
3 |
Sophomore - 17 hours in Fall, 15 in Spring
| Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| MUS 2000r |
Seminar |
0 |
MUS 2000r |
Seminar |
0 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 |
Marching Band or Orchestra |
1 |
MUS 0031 or 0050 |
Concert Band or Orchestra |
1 |
| MUSP 2xxxr |
Applied Instrument |
2 |
MUSP 2xxxr |
Applied Instrument |
2 |
| MUS 2710 |
Musicianship III |
2 |
MUS 2720 |
Musicianship IV |
2 |
| MUS 2750 |
Aural Skills III |
2 |
MUS 2760 |
Aural Skills IV |
2 |
| MUS 2730 |
Musicianship Lab III |
1 |
MUS 2740 |
Musicianship Lab IV |
1 |
| FAH: TVB |
Approved Gen Ed Course |
3 |
FAH: VPA |
Approved Gen Ed Course |
3 |
| Non-Lab Science |
Approved Gen Ed Course |
3 |
Lab Science |
Approved Gen Ed Course |
4 |
| Statistics |
Approved Gen Ed Course |
3 |
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Junior - 17 hours in Fall, 12 in Spring
| Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| MUS 3000r |
Seminar |
0 |
MUS 3000r |
Seminar |
0 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 |
Marching Band or Orchestra |
1 |
MUS 0031 or 0050 |
Concert Band or Orchestra |
1 |
| MUSP 4xxxr |
Applied Instruction see note 2 |
2 |
MUSP 4xxxr |
Applied Instruction see note 2 |
2 |
| MUS 3030 |
Basic Conducting |
2 |
MUS 3420 |
Performance Production |
2 |
| MUS 3150 |
Music History I |
3 |
MUS 3160 |
Music History II |
3 |
| MUS 3110 |
Musics of the World |
3 |
MUS 3930 |
Music Practicum |
1 |
| MUS 3400 |
Life Skills for Musicians |
3 |
MUS 3920 |
Junior Recital see note 4 |
0 |
| Behavioral and Social Sciences |
Approved Gen Ed Course |
3 |
MUS Elective |
Music Elective: 3000/4000 |
3 |
Senior - 13 hours in Fall, 12 hours in Spring
| Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
Course Number |
Course Name |
Credit Hours |
| MUS 4000r |
Seminar |
0 |
MUS 4000r |
Seminar |
0 |
| MUS 0030 or 0050 |
Marching Band or Orchestra |
1 |
MUS 0031 or 0050 |
Concert Band or Orchestra |
1 |
| MUSP 4xxxr |
Applied Instrument see note 2 |
2 |
MUSP 4xxxr |
Applied Instrument see note 2 |
2 |
| MUS 20xxr |
Small Ensemble |
1 |
MUS 20xxr |
Small Ensemble |
1 |
| MUS 4930 |
Music Internship |
3 |
MUS 3410 |
Music Entrepreneurship |
3 |
| MUS 4400 |
Instrumental Music Literature |
3 |
MUS 4920 |
Senior Recital see note 3 |
0 |
| MUS 4170 |
Arts in Society |
3 |
MUS Elective |
Music Elective: 3000/4000 |
2 |
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MUS Elective |
Music Elective: 3000/4000 |
3 |
Notes
1 Marching Band and Concert Band are the required ensembles for wind and percussion
majors. String majors enroll in Orchestra.
2Division Jury must be passed to enter into the 4000-level of applied instruction for
the Junior and Senior years.
3Division Jury must approve Junior and Senior Recital.
