Bachelor of Music – Guitar

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BM Degree Total 125 credits

Music Course Total 83 credits Liberal Arts Course Total 36 credits Unrestricted Music or Liberal Arts Credits1 6 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring		Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons2	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 1611	MUS 1612	Foundations of Music: Theory I & II	2 2 4
MUS 1621	MUS 1622	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills I & II	2 2 4
MUS 1631	MUS 1632	Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills I & II	2 2 4
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
ENG 1101	ENG 1102	Composition I & II	3 3 6
	MAT/SCI	Math or Science Elective	- 3 3
Year One Total			13 15 28
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons2	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 2611	MUS 2612	Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV	2 2 4
MUS 2621	MUS 2622	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV	1 1 2
MUS 2631	MUS 2632	Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills III & IV	2 2 4
MUS 2711	MUS 2712	History of Musical Styles I & II	3 3 6
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
HUM 2101		Self, Society and Cosmos	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
Year Two Total			15 14 29
Year Three
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010		Lessons2	3 3 6
MUS 3011		Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 3481	MUS 3482	Guitar History and Literature I & II	1 1 2
MUS 361X or MUS 362X		Theory Analysis Elective	2 - 2
MUS 371X or MUS 372X		Music History/Literature Electives (choose 2 courses)	2 2 4
MUS 3301	MUS 3302	Career Development Seminar I & II	1 1 2
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
HUM/HIS		Humanities or History Elective	3 - 3
	WRI/LIT	Writing or Literature Elective	- 3 3
PSY/PHI		Psychology or Philosophy Elective	3 - 3
		Liberal Arts Elective3	- 3 3
Year Three Total			17 14 31
Year Four
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010		Lessons2	3 3 6
MUS 3011		Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 4080		Graduation Recital	- 1 1
MUS 3483	MUS 3484	Guitar Pedagogy I & II	2 2 4
		Music Electives (total of 8 credits)4	4 4 8
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
		Liberal Arts Electives (choose 2 courses)3	3 3 6
		Liberal Arts Elective (choose 1 additional course)3	3 - 3
Year Four Total			17 14 31
Unrestricted Music/Liberal Arts Credits1			6

¹ Unrestricted Music or Liberal Arts Credits may be fulfilled at any time during the four years of the program using any course offered through the School of Music or the Division of Liberal Arts.

² Lessons earn either 2 or 3 credits, determined by the concentration teacher with approval of the Dean of the School of Music (or designee).

³ Liberal Arts elective credits may be fulfilled using any course offered through the Division of Liberal Arts.

⁴ Music elective credits may be fulfilled using any course offered through the School of Music except for ensemble courses.