Mar 28, 2024  
2018-19 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-19 Undergraduate Bulletin ARCHIVED

Music, Performance, B.M.


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Curriculum (120 hours)


1. Core Curriculum Requirements (42 hours)


A. Communication/Component Area Option (12 hours)


B. Mathematics (three hours)


C. Life and Physical Science (six hours)


Select two from the following three-hour courses:

D. Language, Philosophy and Culture (three hours)


E. Creative Arts (three hours)


H. Social and Behavioral Science (three hours)


2. Major:


Seventy-eight credit hours of music are required. Programs require a minimum of 42 hours in-residence (on campus), of which 36 hours must be advanced (300-400 level)

3. Music Core - All Concentrations


Major Applied Medium (except keyboard pedagogy):


Four hours of MUP 119 , six hours of MUP 129  and 12 hours of MUP 329  to attain a proficiency level necessary to meet the graduation recital requirements. MUP 495  and MUP 496  are required.

Major Applied Medium Keyboard Pedagogy:


Eight hours of MUP 119 , four hours of MUP 319  and six hours of MUP 329  to attain a proficiency level necessary to meet the graduation recital requirements. MUP 495  is required.

Class Piano:


(orchestral instrument and voice concentrations only - unless waived by proficiency examination)

Recital Attendance:


  • seven semesters of MUP 100 .001 and subsequent semesters of MUP 100 .002

4. Major Ensemble:


Keyboard Concentrations:


Eight hours of:

Orchestral Instrument Concentration:


Eight different semesters chosen from:

Voice Concentration:


Eight different semesters of:

5. Additional Requirements:


Keyboard Concentration:


four hours of

Minor Applied Medium:

two hours of

Keyboard Pedagogy Concentration:


four hours of

two hours of

Minor Applied Medium:

two hours of

Orchestral Instrument Concentration:


minor ensemble:

four hours of small and/or chamber ensembles under

Diction:

four hours of

6. Two recitals


(MUP 495 , a half recital in the junior year and MUP 496 , a full recital in the senior year) are required in the major applied performance field.

7. A minimum grade


of C is required for the following courses in all programs:

This requirement applies to comparable transfer courses as well.

8. Enough additional music electives to total 120 degree hours.


9. A grade of at least C


in each freshman English course, a C average at SFA, a C average in work completed in the major and minor fields, considered separately, at SFA. These required averages are based on those courses in each category that are included in the student’s official degree plan.

10. All students


must satisfy provisions of the Texas Success Initiative program. See TSI information  elsewhere in this bulletin.

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