Advisor:
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Semester Hours: 48-55
Performance track students must complete requirements for admission into the major.
Required Courses (33 SH)
- †CMUS 120 Fundamentals of Music - 3
- CMUS 181 Music Theory I - 3
- CMUS 281 Music Theory II - 3
- CMUS 250 Music History I - 3
- CMUS 260 Music History II - 3
- #CMUS 200 Landscape of Music - 0
- *CMUS 411 Conducting I - 4
- #MUPS Private studies - 7
- #MUES Ensembles - 7
These courses are required of all majors and must be passed with a grade of C or better for graduation credit and enrollment in next sequential course, if applicable.
# required each semester of enrollment on the EMU campus
† may test out of this requirement
Music majors are strongly encouraged to take CMUS 250 Music History I and CMUS 260 Music History II in sequential order.
Interdisciplinary Studies Track (15-18 SH)
- CMUS 201 Topics: World Music - 2
- Music elective courses - 4
- Three upper level courses from another university department, chosen in consultation with advisor - 6-9
- MUPS 491 Senior Project - 3
These courses for the interdisciplinary studies track in music must be passed with a grade of C or better.
Performance Track (17 SH)
- *CMUS 412 The Compleat Musician - 4
- MUPS Private studies (Private studies in the major area will be registered for 2 SH each semester after admission to the performance concentration.)
- *MUED 412, 413, OR 415 Pedagogy in the performance area - 2
- MUES 333 Chamber Ensemble (two semesters) - 1 + 1
- MUPS 390 Junior Recital - 1
- MUPS 490 Senior Recital Project - 3
- Piano Proficiency class is required until piano proficiency is met.
These courses for the performance track in music must be passed with a grade of C or better.
Musical Theater Track (22 SH)
- Select two music courses that align with the student's interests. May include:
- CMUS 202 Folk-Rock to Hip-Hop - 2
- CMUS 203 Listening to Film - 2
- CMUS 204 Introduction to Music Technology - 2
- CMUS 201 World Music - 2
- THR 200 Survey of World Theater History - 2
- CMUS 202 Folk-Rock to Hip-Hop - 2
- Select two theater courses from the following:
- THR 100 Acting for the Stage and Screen - 2
- THR 210 Technical Theater - 2
- THR 230-235 Theater Topics - 2
- THR 300 Directing for the Theater - 2
- THR 360 Playwriting - 2
OR *THR 361 Screenwriting - 2
- THR 100 Acting for the Stage and Screen - 2
- Select 3 SH from THR 281, 350, 351, 352, and/or 353 Theater Practicum
- THR 200 Survey of World Theater History - 2
- MUPS 491 Senior Project - 3
These courses for the musical theater track in music must be passed with a grade of C or better.