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Bachelor of Music – Viola

BM Degree Total

120 credits

Music Course Total	74 credits
General Education Course Total	30 credits
Unrestricted Elective Credits¹	16 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring	Course Title	Credits per Semester \|		Total Credits
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	4	4	8
MUS 5110	MUS 5110	Orchestra²	1	1	2
MUS 1301		Introduction to Recording & Music Technology Skills	2	-	2
MUS 1613	MUS 1614	Foundations of Music: Theory II	2	2	4
MUS 1623	MUS 1624	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
FYS 1000		Making & Reflecting	3	-	3
	ENG 1200 or	Writing About...	-	3	3
	FYS 1200	Engaging & Responding:
Year One Total			16	14	30
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	4	4	8
MUS 5110	MUS 5110	Orchestra²	1	1	2
MUS 2301		Professional Pathways for Musicians	1	-	1
	MUS 2311	Introduction to Music Pedagogy	-	1	1
MUS 2613	MUS 2614	Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV	2	2	4
MUS 2623	MUS 2624	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV	1	1	2
MUS 2711	MUS 2712	History of Musical Styles I & II	3	3	6
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0	0	0
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues (FAD)	3	-	3
	HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	-	3	3
Year Two Total			15	15	30
Year Three
Fall	Spring
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	4	4	8
MUS 5110	MUS 5110	Orchestra²	1	1	2
MUS 5180	MUS 5180	Chamber Ensemble²	1	1	2
MUS 3350		Symphonic Repertoire: Viola	1	-	1
MUS 2615		Foundations of Music: Theory V	2	-	2
MUS 2625		Foundations of Music: Aural Skills V	1	-	1
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0	0	0
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)³	3	3	6
		General Education Requirement³	-	3	3
		Unrestricted Elective Credits¹	3	3	6
Year Three Total			16	15	31
Year Four
Fall	Spring
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	4	4	8
	MUS 4080	Graduation Recital	-	0	0
MUS 5110	MUS 5110	Orchestra²	1	1	2
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)³	3	3	6
		General Education Requirement³	-	3	3
		Unrestricted Elective Credits¹	6	4	10
Year Four Total			14	15	29

Unrestricted 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 Art 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 Art School offering the course.

All music students must perform in ensembles as assigned, even beyond the minimum. Orchestra assignments are made by the orchestra director in consultation with the major teacher; Chamber Ensemble assignments are approved by the major teacher.

General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
FYS 1000	First Year Seminar: Making and Reflecting	3 credit hours
ENG 1200 or FYS 1200	Writing About /Engaging and Responding	3 credit hours
HUM 2100	Critical Dialogues (Foundations of American Democracy)	3 credit hours
HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	3 credit hours
SOC, ATY, or PSY	Social or Behavioral Sciences	3 credit hours
LIT, WRI, ENG, FRE, GER, ITA, or COM	Language, Literature, and Culture	3 credit hours
HIS, HUM, ARH, PHI, or THH	Humanities or History	3 credit hours
MAT or SCI	Math or Science	3 credit hours
Gen Ed Electives	Choice of General Education Electives*	6 credit hours

*General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (ARE, ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student's major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).