Updated 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Music, B.A. major
Jazz Studies Emphasis

Required Credits: 64
Required GPA: 2.25

I REQUIRED CORE COURSES

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE (REQUIRED 7 SEMESTERS):

• MUS 1800 Performance Laboratory (0 credit)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
(Completion of the following courses with a grade of
"C" or better is required for all music degrees.)

• MUS 2201 Music Theory and Musicianship I (5 credits)
• MUS 2202 Music Theory and Musicianship II (5 credits)
• MUS 3201 Music Theory and Musicianship III (5 credits)
• MUS 3202 Music Theory and Musicianship IV (4 credits)
• MUS 3501 Music Technology I (2 credits)
• MUS 3618 Conducting Fundamentals (2 credits)
• MUS 3801 History and Literature of Music I (3 credits)
• MUS 3802 History and Literature of Music II (3 credits)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• MUS 2310 Piano Proficiency (0 credit)
• MUS 3898 Degree Recital (0 credit)

JAZZ STUDIES EMPHASIS

REQUIRED COURSES

a. Required Applied Area (8 credits)
Students must pass barrier juries from the 2000 to
3000 level, and from the 3000 level to the 4000 level.
Students must be at the 4000 level to present the Degree
Recital.

b. Required Major Ensemble (8 credits)
Note: All music majors are required to participate in a
major ensemble every semester they are enrolled. Jazz
studies majors have the option of including Jazz Band
as their major ensemble.

• MUS 4610 Jazz Band (1-2 credits)
• MUS 4710 Wind Ensemble (1-2 credits)

c. Required Courses (11 credits)
Complete the following courses:

• MUS 3100 Jazz Improvisation (1 credit)
• MUS 3120 The History of Jazz (3 credits)
• MUS 3502 Music Technology II (2 credits)
• MUS 4101 Advanced Jazz Improvisation (2 credits)
• MUS 4600 Jazz Combo (1 credit)

Complete 8 credits of a foreign language