Music in Jazz Studies (Bachelor of Music)

Major Requirements:

• MUSIC R101 Recital Attendance  (minimum 8 semesters)
• MUSIC 101 One-Hour Private Lesson (on primary instrument)  
• MUSIC 102 One-Hour Private Lesson (on primary instrument)  
• MUSIC 110 Intro to Software   
• MUSIC 120 Introduction to Music and Listening  
• MUSIC 124 World Music Lab: Asian  
• MUSIC 125 World Music Lab: Caribbean  
• MUSIC 126 World Music Lab: South American  
• MUSIC 127 World Music Lab: West African  
• Ensembles: (minimum1 Major & 1 Minor each semester)
• MUSIC 131 Musicianship I  ***
• MUSIC 132 Audiation I  ***
• MUSIC 133 Musicianship II  ***
• MUSIC 134 Audiation II  ***
• MUSIC 181 Class Keyboard I  
• MUSIC 182 Class Keyboard II  
• MUSIC 201P One-Hour Performance Lesson  *
• MUSIC 202P One-Hour Performance Lesson  *
• MUSIC 235 American Pop Music/Jazz Theory I  
• MUSIC 236 American Pop Music/Jazz Applied Lab I  
• MUSIC 237 American Pop Music/Jazz Theory II  
• MUSIC 238 American Pop Music/Jazz Applied Lab II  
• MUSIC 257 Introduction to Conducting  
• MUSIC 261 Jazz Improvisation I  
• MUSIC 262 Jazz Improvisation II  
• MUSIC 288 Class Jazz/Contemporary Keyboard I  
• MUSIC 289 Class Jazz/Contemporary Keyboard II  
• MUSIC 301P One-Hour Performance Lesson  *
• MUSIC 302P One-Hour Performance Lesson  *
• MUSIC 321 History of Western Music I  
• MUSIC 322 History of Western Music II  
• MUSIC 361 Jazz Styles and Analysis  
• MUSIC 362 Beginning Jazz Arranging  
• MUSIC 363 Introduction to Advanced Jazz Arranging  
• MUSIC 367 Jazz Composition  
• MUSIC R399 Half Recital  
• MUSIC 401P One-Hr. Performance Lesson  *
• MUSIC 402P One-Hr. Performance Lesson  *
• MUSIC 423 History of Jazz and Popular Music  *
• MUSIC R498 16 Programs  
• MUSIC R499 Full Recital  
• Electives (minimum 12 credit hours)

Signature Learning for Bachelor of Music Majors Requirements:

Signature Learning Requirements for Music Majors:

• First Year Seminar (MUSIC 120 Introduction to Music and Listening  for all music majors)
• Reading and Writing 
• Oral Communication  
• Ethics   
• Quantitative Reasoning *
• Religion
• Fine Arts - (Requirement waived for Bachelor of Music majors)
• Social Science *
• Cultural Pluralism *
• Natural Science (Students must take a minimum of six (6) credit hours of Natural Science and the laboratory science requirement) *
• Humanities
• Global Systems

*See Signature Learning  Pathways for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses.

Footnotes:

Footnotes:

* Attainment of 301P Level required; one semester of study using traditional literature required.

***Minimum grade of C required