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Music Department
The Department of Music offers a two-year Associate of Science
degree and two four-year curricula leading to the Bachelor of Music
and Bachelor of Science degrees. Emphasis in the Bachelor of Music
degree may be in Music Education or in Performance.
Entrance Requirements
Students in the B.Mus. programs must take a functional keyboard
facility examination the first quarter in residence. Unsatisfactory
perfomance mandates enrollment in MUSP 121 each quarter in residence
until the examination is passed. Students must pass this test before
they may receive upper-division credit in their primary area of
performance.
General Performance Requirements
Study in the major performance area is required each quarter of
residence for Bachelor of Music majors. Performance emphasis majors
must take an additional 6 hours of secondary performance credit.
Secondary performance studies are usually permitted only after the
student has reached upper-division status in the major performance
area. Credit is based upon a half-hour lesson and four hours of
practice per week for each credit hour earned.
All new or transfer music majors must perform before a jury the
first quarter of residence. In addition, juried performances are
required periodically of all majors to evaluate progress and to
determine eligibility for upper-division credit. A student preparing
a required recital must perform the program for a faculty audition
committee one month prior to the projected recital date. Specific
year-by-year requirements in the various performance areas and details
regarding jury evaluations are available at the Music department
office and in the Music Department Student Handbook.
Ensemble
All majors are required to register for ensemble credit each quarter
in residence except while doing student teaching.
Recital Attendance
Attendance at a minimum number of concerts and recitals is required
of all music majors during each quarter of residence. Details are
available at the Music department office and in the Music Department
Student Handbook.
Required Recitals
Performance emphasis majors present a half-hour recital (MUSP 390)
during the junior year and a one-hour recital (MUSP 490) the senior
year.
Music education emphasis majors present a half-hour recital (MUSP
489) in the senior year. Bachelor of Science majors present a half-hour
recital (MUSP 489) the senior year or complete a special project
(MUED 489) in an area of particular interest. The topic is chosen
in consultation with the department chair and a teacher in the area
of the project, and with the approval of the music faculty.
All majors must periodically perform in general student recitals.
For details, see the Music Department Student Handbook.
The Major Field Achievement Test in music is required of all seniors
during their final quarter before graduation. In addition, all music
majors are required to take examinations prepared by departmental
faculty during their first and last quarters in residence.
Certificate of Achievement
To encourage excellence in performance, the department may award
the Certificate of Achievement to any outstanding music major who
presents a recital or is soloist in a major performance of particularly
high quality during each of the four years in resi-dence. The student
must apply to the music faculty for this award after giving the
final recital.
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