Music History—Performance Practices Emphasis, B.Mus.

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Required Credits: 137.5

First Year

Semester 1 (17.5 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 4 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)
Foreign language 3 credit(s) ³
HLM 020 - Information Literacy in the Performing Arts 0 credit(s)
MUS 110 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (17.5 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 4 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)
Foreign language 3 credit(s) ³
MUS 111 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)

Second Year

Semester 1 (17.5 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 4 credit(s)
APC 222 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s) ¹
TH 210 - Tonal Form and Analysis 2 credit(s)
TH 220 - Intermediate Ear Training I 2 credit(s)
HLM 212 - Perspectives on Music History 3 credit(s)
Foreign language 3 credit(s) ³
MUS 110 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (17.5 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 4 credit(s)
APC 223 - Piano Keyboard Class 2 credit(s) ¹
TH 211 - Post-Tonal Form and Analysis 2 credit(s)
TH 221 - Intermediate Ear Training II 2 credit(s)
HLM 213 - Classicism to the Present 3 credit(s)
Foreign language 3 credit(s) ³
MUS 111 - Paranov Performance Hour 0.5 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)

Third Year

Semester 1 (18 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 2 credit(s)
HLM 316 - Medieval through Baroque 3 credit(s)
HLM - Advanced music history course 3 credit(s)
TH 420 - Modal Counterpoint 3 credit(s) OR
TH 421 - Tonal Counterpoint 3 credit(s)
HIS - European history 3 credit(s)
AUC - All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (16.5 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 2 credit(s)
Music literature course 3 credit(s)
TH 332 - Continuo Realization 1.5 credit(s)
HIS European history 3 credit(s)
ART 210 - History of Western Art I 3 credit(s) OR
ART 211 - History of Western Art II 3 credit(s) OR
ART 212 - History of Western Art III 3 credit(s)
AUC - All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)

Fourth Year

Semester 1 (16 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 2 credit(s)
Secondary instrumental/vocal study 2 credit(s)
CON 314 - Conducting Fundamentals 2 credit(s)
HLM - Advanced music history courses 3 credit(s)
Mathematics elective 3 credit(s)
AUC - All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)

Semester 2 (17 credits)

Instrumental/vocal study 2 credit(s)
Secondary instrumental/vocal study 2 credit(s)
HLM 473 - Seminar in Performance Practices 3 credit(s)
HLM - Advanced music history courses 3 credit(s)
Academic elective 3 credit(s)
AUC - All-University Curriculum 3 credit(s)
Collegium Musicum, Early Music Ensemble, or other performing organization 1 credit(s)
REC 440 - Recital 0–2 credit(s) ⁴ (0 credit(s) required)

Note(s):

¹Students whose principal instrument is keyboard, and those who are waived because of proficiency, must replace these credits with equivalent credits approved by assigned advisor.

²Enrollment dependent on placement exam.

³Language should include two years of college-level German or equivalent. French is recommended as a second language.

⁴The minimum accomplishment of major 6 is required.

Music history majors are required to earn a minimum grade of B– in all major (HLM) courses.