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Sample BM 4-Year Plan: Keyboard

MUSIC (PIANO) B.M. Comprehensive
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC


This is a model plan four year graduation plan. Your path to graduation may vary slightly based on factors such as college credit you earned while in high school and your choice of general education electives.

This degree program can be completed in eight semesters.

FIRST SEMESTER  (FALL)   SECOND SEMESTER  (SPRING)  
MUS 103, Theory & Musicianship I
3
MUS 104, Theory & Musicianship II
3
MUS 107, Recital Attendance
0
MUS 107, Recital Attendance
0
MUS 162, Collegiate Chorale
1
MUS 162, Collegiate Chorale
1
MUS 151, Applied Lessons
2
MUS 151, Applied Lessons
2
ENG 110, Writing I
3
COM 115, Fundamentals of Speaking
3
CIS/CSC 101, Computers for Learning
2
PED 100, Fitness for Living
2
IDS 110, Introduction to Student Life
1
Culture and Society: Social Science Perspective
3
TOTAL HOURS 13 TOTAL HOURS 14
THIRD SEMESTER   FOURTH SEMESTER  
MUS 203, Theory & Musicianship III
3
MUS 204, Theory & Musicianship IV
3
MUS 207, Recital Attendance 0
MUS 239, Intro to World Music
3
MUS 262, Collegiate Chorale 1
MUS 207, Recital Attendance 0
MUS 251, Applied Lessons 2
MUS 262, Collegiate Chorale 1
PLS 101
3
MUS 251, Applied Lessons 2
MTH 130
3
ENG 210, Writing II
3
Natural World
4-5
Natural World
4-5
TOTAL HOURS 16-17 TOTAL HOURS 16-17
FIFTH SEMESTER   SIXTH SEMESTER  
MUS 345, Music in Western Culture
3 MUS 346, Music in Western Culture
3
MUS 321, Conducting
2
MUS 307, Recital Attendance
0
MUS 307, Recital Attendance
0
MUS 315, Form and Analysis
2
MUS 314, 18th Century Counterpoint
2 MUS 362, Collegiate Chorale
1
MUS 362, Collegiate Chorale
1
MUS 372, Small Ensemble
1
MUS 372, Small Ensemble
1
MUS 351, Applied Lessons
3
MUS 351, Applied Lessons
3
MUS 398, Junior Recital
1
HIST 121/122, U.S. HISTORY
3 Self Understanding: Social Behavioral Perspective
3
TOTAL HOURS 15 TOTAL HOURS 14
SEVENTH SEMESTER   EIGHTH SEMESTER  
MUS 407, Recital Attendance (0)
0
MUS 498, Senior Recital (1)
1
MUS 545, Music in the Classical Era (3) 3 MUS 546, Music in the Romantic Era (3) 3
MUS 327, Composition (2) 2
MUS 462, Collegiate Chorale (1) 1
MUS 462, Collegiate Chorale (1) 1
MUS 472, Small Ensemble (1) 1
MUS 472, Small Ensemble (1) 1
MUS 451, Applied Lessons (4) 4
MUS 538, Pedagogy (2) 2
Foreign Language II (3) 3
MUS 451, Applied Lessons (3) 3
 
Self Understanding: Creativity and Vision (3) 3
 
Foreign Language I (3) 3    
TOTAL HOURS 18 TOTAL HOURS 13