2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog | 20263

Music, B.A. major

The Bachelor of Arts in Music at BSU provides students with unique opportunities for performance and study in music at the Bachelor’s level with the ability to design an individualized educational experience. Students will have the opportunity to perform in a wide variety of ensembles, hone their craft and take courses within music that develop their passions in a way that can be incorporated into a future career.

A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the Music B.A. degree and include the following:

• 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
• 59 required major core credits 
• Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10) - required for all baccalaureate degrees
• Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements

Required Credits: 59
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 3895 B.S. and B.A. Barrier Jury Level 1 (0 credit)
• MUS 3896 B.S. and B.A. Barrier Jury Level 2 (0 credit)
• MUS 3897 Capstone (0 credit)

REQUIRED APPLIED AREA
Select 18 credits from MUS 30x2 or 31x2

Must pass both barrier juries (levels 1 MUS 3895 and
2 MUS 3896)before presenting capstone or degree
recital.

REQUIRED ELECTIVES IN MUSIC
Select 12 semester credits from the following. Three
of these credits must be at the 3000 level or above.

• MUS 2117 World Music (2 credits)
• MUS 2400 Music and Film (3 credits)
• MUS 2417 Diction For Singers I (2 credits)
• MUS 2418 Diction for Singers II (2 credits)
• MUS 3100 Improvisation (1 credit)
• MUS 3120 The History of Jazz (3 credits)
• MUS 3130 History of Rock and Roll (3 credits)
• MUS 3150 Arts Organization Management (3 credits)
• MUS 3170 Arts Organization Fundraising and Grant Writing (3 credits)
• MUS 3190 Arts Organization Innovation (3 credits)
• MUS 3430 Topics in Solo Song Literature (2 credits)
• MUS 4104 Piano Literature I (2 credits)
• MUS 4105 Piano Literature II (2 credits)
• MUS 4510 Topics in Choral Literature (2 credits)
• MUS 4608 Topics in Musicology (2 credits)
• MUS 4609 Topics in Music Theory (2 credits)
• MUS 4708 Topics in Chamber Music (2 credits)
• MUS 4807 Topics in Symphonic Literature (2 credits)
• MUS 4808 Topics in Opera and Chamber Opera (2 credits)