Voice, B.Mus.

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US 150 First Year Success Seminar

All incoming new students will be registered for US 150 - First Year Success Seminar during the first semester of the first year. The credit earned for this course does not count toward the completion of the degree.

Required Credits: 122*

First Year

Semester 1 (15 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
APC 114P - Vocal Seminar for Freshmen 0.5 credit(s)
APC 122 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
DIC 110 - IPA/English Diction 0.5 credit(s)
TH 111 - Diatonic Harmony 2 credit(s) ²
TH 120P - Elementary Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
HLM 020 - Information Literacy in the Performing Arts 0 credit(s)
WRT 110W - Academic Writing I 3 credit(s)
OPR 160 - Opera Stagecraft I 1 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (14 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
APC 115 - Vocal Seminar for Freshmen 0.5 credit(s)
APC 123 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
DIC 111 - Italian Diction 0.5 credit(s)
TH 112 - Chromatic Harmony 2 credit(s)
TH 121P - Elementary Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
WRT 111W - Academic Writing II 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)

Second Year

Semester 1 (16.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
APC 214P - Vocal Seminar for Sophomores 0.5 credit(s)
APC 222 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
HLM 212 - Perspectives on Music History 3 credit(s)
TH 210 - Tonal Form and Analysis 2 credit(s)
TH 220P - Intermediate Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
Italian 3 credits
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (13.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
APC 215 - Vocal Seminar for Sophomores 0.5 credit(s)
APC 223 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s)
HLM 213 - Classicism to the Present 3 credit(s)
TH 211W - Post-Tonal Form and Analysis 2 credit(s)
TH 221P - Intermediate Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)

Third Year

Semester 1 (16.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 314 - Vocal Performance Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
DIC 210 - German Diction I 0.5 credit(s)
TH 320 - Advanced Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
Language 3 credit(s) ³
Mathematics elective 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)
UIS - University Interdisciplinary Studies 3 credit(s)

Semester 2 (16.5 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 315W - Vocal Performance Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
DIC 310 - French Diction I 0.5 credit(s)
TH 321 - Advanced Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
Music history elective 3 credit(s) ⁴
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)
UIS - University Interdisciplinary Studies 3 credit(s)

Fourth Year

Semester 1 (16 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 314 - Vocal Performance Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
HLM 322 - Vocal Literature I 2 credit(s)
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)
UIS - University Interdisciplinary Studies 3 credit(s)

Semester 2 (12 credits)

AVO - Vocal Study 2 credit(s) ¹
VSC 499 - Vocal Studio Class 0-1 credit(s) (1 credit required)
ACO 488 - Applied Vocal Coaching 0.5 credit(s)
APC 315W - Vocal Performance Seminar 0.5 credit(s)
APC 410 - Vocal Pedagogy 2 credit(s)
REC 440P - Recital 0-2 credit(s) ⁵ (1 credit required)
CPO - Choral performing organization 1 credit(s)
UIST - University Interdisciplinary Studies 4 credit(s)

Note(s):

¹A total of 16 credits of applied voice lessons (AVO - 488) is required for a bachelor’s degree in voice.

²Enrollment dependent on placement exam. If TH 110 is taken in the first year, the math elective is taken in the second semester, fourth year.

³Students must take 3 credits of either French, German, or Spanish. Permission to substitute another language may be granted only by the voice department chair or vocal division director.

⁴Students may choose HLM 200 or HLM 316 .

⁵Must be taken concurrently with private vocal study.

* Students are required to earn two credits of Opera Performance over multiple academic years throughout the degree program, registering for OPR 261 , OPR 361 , or OPR 461 , based on their current enrollment year. Students who earn two Opera Performance credits in the same academic year may only count one towards this curricular requirement. At least one opera performance must be a mainstage.

Voice majors are required to earn a B- or higher in all applied lessons.