Jazz Studies, B.Mus.

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Required Credits: 128

First Year

Semester 1 (18.5 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 131 - African American Music, 1890–1945 3 credit(s)
AFR 242 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
APC 122 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s) ¹
TH 111 - Diatonic Harmony 2 credit(s) ²
TH 120 - Elementary Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
RPW 110 - Rhetoric and Writing I 3 credit(s)
HLM 020 - Information Literacy in the Performing Arts 0 credit(s)
MUS 110 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
ENS 402 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (18.5 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 132 - African American Music, 1945 to the Present 3 credit(s)
AFR 243 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
APC 123 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s) ¹
TH 112 - Chromatic Harmony 2 credit(s)
TH 121 - Elementary Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
RPW 111 - Rhetoric and Writing II 3 credit(s)
MUS 111 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
ENS 403 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)

Second Year

Semester 1 (17.5 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 220 - Jazz Keyboard Class 2 credit(s) ¹
AFR 222 - Jazz Transcription I 1 credit(s)
AFR 242 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
AFR 342 - Arranging (Jazz) 2 credit(s)
HLM 212 - Perspectives on Music History 3 credit(s)
AUC - All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
MUS 110 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
ENS 402 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (17.5 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 221 - Jazz Keyboard Class 2 credit(s) ¹
AFR 223 - Jazz Transcription II 1 credit(s)
AFR 243 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
AFR 343 - Arranging (Jazz) 2 credit(s)
HLM 213 - Classicism to the Present 3 credit(s)
AUC All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
MUS 111 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
ENS 403 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)

Third Year

Semester 1 (16 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 242 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
AFR 110 - Jazz Improvisational Devices 1 credit(s)
Academic electives 3 credit(s)
AUC - All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
ES 262 - Introduction to Musical and Architectural Acoustics 3 credit(s)
ENS 402 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (13 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 243 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
AFR 111 - Jazz Improvisational Devices 1 credit(s)
Academic electives 3 credit(s)
AUC - All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
ENS 403 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)

Fourth Year

Semester 1 (15 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 242 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
AFT 410 - Jazz Studies Senior Project 3 credit(s)
MPT 450 - Sound Technology I 3 credit(s)
Mathematics elective 3 credit(s)
ENS 402 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (12 credits)

Instrumental study 4 credit(s)
AFR 321 - Jazz Studies Core Course 3 credit(s)
AFR 243 - Repertory Building 1 credit(s)
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
ENS 403 - Jazz Combo Ensemble 1 credit(s)
REC 440 - Recital 0–2 credit(s) (0 credit(s) required)

Note(s):

¹ If these requirements are waived, students must choose alternate course work, with the help of an advisor, to make up equivalent credits.

² Enrollment dependent on placement exam.

³ Requires strong algebra background; CS 110 may be substituted.

Students are required to demonstrate continued improvement in their performance and improvisation skills. Student progress is evaluated through annual juries. Failure to demonstrate progress for two consecutive semesters may result in removal from the major.