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Bachelor of Music – Organ

BM Degree Total

125 credits

Music Course Total	84 credits
General Education Course Total	30 credits
Unrestricted Elective Credits⁵	11 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Lessons¹

2

2

4

Master Class

1

1

2

Required Secondary Instrument: Harpsichord

1

1

2

Foundations of Music: Theory I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Aural Skills I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills I & II for Pianists and Organists

1

1

2

Performance Hour

0

0

0

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

First Year Seminar³

3

-

3

Writing About...⁴

-

3

3

General Education Requirement

-

3

3

Year One Total

13

15

28

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Lessons¹

2

2

4

Master Class

1

1

2

MUS 51X0 or MUS 52X0

MUS 51X0 or MUS 52X0

Large Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble²

1

1

2

Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV

1

1

2

Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills III & IV for Pianists and Organists

1

1

2

History of Musical Styles I & II

3

3

6

Performance Hour

0

0

0

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

Self, Society and Cosmos

3

-

3

Paths to the Present (choose one course)

-

3

3

Year Two Total

15

14

29

Year Three

Fall

Spring

Lessons¹

2

2

4

Master Class

1

1

2

Organ History and Literature I & II

2

2

4

Counterpoint I & II

2

2

4

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

Career Development Seminar I & II

1

1

2

Performance Hour

0

0

0

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

General Education Requirement (2 courses)

3

3

6

General Education Requirement

-

3

3

Year Three Total

16

16

32

Year Four

Fall

Spring

Lessons¹

2

2

4

Master Class

1

1

2

Graduation Recital

-

1

1

MUS 51X0 or MUS 52X0

MUS 51X0 or MUS 52X0

Large Ensemble or Chamber Ensemble²

1

1

2

Sacred Music Skills I & II

2

2

4

Organ Pedagogy

1

-

1

Choral Conducting I & II

2

2

4

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

General Education Requirement (2 courses)

3

3

6

Year Four Total

13

12

25

Unrestricted Elective Credits⁵

11

¹Lessons earn either 2 or 3 credits, determined by the concentration teacher with approval of the Dean of the School of Music (or designee).

²All music students must perform in ensembles as assigned, even beyond the minimum. Any combination of MUS 51X0 and MUS 52X0 may be used to fulfill the minimum requirement. Large Ensemble assignments are made by the ensemble directors in consultation with the major teacher; Chamber Ensemble assignments are approved by the major teacher.

³FYS 1100: First Year Seminar may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁴ENG 1200: Writing About… may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁵Unrestricted Elective Credits may be fulfilled at any time during the four years of the program using any course offered on the UNCSA campus. Courses offered by an Arts School other than Music must receive approval of both the Dean of the School of Music (or designee) and the Dean (or designee) of the Arts School offering the course.