Updated 2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog | 20255
Music
Programs
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Music Education, B.S.
major
Instrumental/Classroom K-12 Specialization (Teacher Licensure) -
Music Education, B.S.
major
Vocal/Classroom K-12 Specialization (Teacher Licensure) -
Music, B.A.
major
Instrumental Performance Emphasis -
Music, B.A.
major
Vocal Performance Emphasis -
Music, B.A.
major
Piano Performance and Pedagogy Emphasis - Music, B.A. major
- Arts organization Management minor
- Music minor
- Music Performance - Instrumental minor
- Music Performance - Piano minor
- Music Performance - Voice minor
- Arts Management cert
Music, B.A.
major
Vocal Performance Emphasis
Required Credits: 66
Required GPA: 2.25
I REQUIRED 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 2411 Music Theory I (3 credits)
- MUS 2412 Music Theory II (3 credits)
- MUS 2451 Musicianship I (1-2 credits)
- MUS 2452 Musicianship II (1-2 credits)
- MUS 3411 Music Theory III (3 credits)
- MUS 3412 Music Theory IV (3 credits)
- MUS 3451 Musicianship III (1-2 credits)
- MUS 3452 Musicianship IV (1-2 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)
- MUS 4411 Form and Analysis (3 credits)
Complete the following courses:
- MUS 2310 Piano Proficiency (0 credit)
- MUS 3897 Capstone (0 credit)
or MUS 3898 Degree Recital (0 credit)
VOCAL PERFORMANCE EMPHASIS
REQUIRED COURSES
a. Required Applied Area (8 credits)
Students must pass barrier juries from MUS 2138 to
MUS 3138, and from MUS 3138 to MUS 4138. Students
must be at the 4000 level to present the Degree
Recital.
- MUS 2138 Voice, Level II (1 credit)
- MUS 3138 Voice, Level III (1 credit)
- MUS 4138 Voice, Level IV (1 credit)
b. Required Major Ensemble (8 credits)
Note: All music majors are required to participate in a
major ensemble every semester they are enrolled.
Select 8 credits from the following courses:
- MUS 3810 Musikanten Choir (0-2 credits)
- MUS 3817 Bel Canto Choir (0-2 credits)
- MUS 4800 Bemidji Choir (0-2 credits)
- MUS 4820 Vocal Ensemble (0-2 credits)
Required courses:
- MUS 2417 Diction For Singers I (2 credits)
- MUS 2418 Diction for Singers II (2 credits)
- MUS 3300 Piano Accompanying (2 credits)
- MUS 3400 Vocal Pedagogy (2 credits)
- MUS 3430 Topics in Solo Song Literature (2 credits)
- MUS 4808 Topics in Opera and Chamber Opera (2 credits)
Complete the following for one credit:
- MUS 3700 Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop (0-2 credits)
8 credits of a foreign language