Program: Music in Performance-Instrumental Emphasis (Bachelor of Music) - Capital University

Major Requirements:

Ensembles - (minimum 8 credits of major ensembles on primary instrument)
Ensembles - (minimum 2 credits of minor ensembles on primary instrument)
Ensembles/lessons - (minimum 3.5 credits of choice of lessons [099 or 100] on secondary instrument, with instructor permission, or ensembles (major or minor) on primary or secondary instrument.)

MUSIC 131 Musicianship I ***
MUSIC 132 Audiation I ***
MUSIC 133 Musicianship II ***
MUSIC 134 Audiation II ***
MUSIC 145 Class Voice
MUSIC 181 Class Keyboard I
MUSIC 182 Class Keyboard II
MUSIC 201P One-Hour Performance Lesson
MUSIC 202P One-Hour Performance Lesson
MUSIC 231 Musicianship III ***
MUSIC 232 Audiation III ***
MUSIC 233 Musicianship IV
MUSIC 234 Audiation IV
MUSIC 261 Jazz Improvisation I
MUSIC 281 Class Keyboard III
MUSIC 301P One-Hour Performance Lesson
MUSIC 302P One-Hour Performance Lesson
MUSIC 320G Primary Instrument Literature
MUSIC 321 History of Western Music I
MUSIC 322 History of Western Music II
MUSIC 356 Instrumental Conducting I
MUSIC 380 Music Pedagogy
MUSIC 401P One-Hour Performance Lesson *
MUSIC 402P One-Hour Performance Lesson *
MUSIC 456 Instrumental Conducting II
MUSIC R399 Half Recital
MUSIC R498 16 Programs
MUSIC R499 Full Recital
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES - (minimum 9 credits)
RECOMMENDED SELECTIVE COURSES - (minimum 11 credits, lessons or ensembles exempt)
RECOMMENDED COURSES: any 4-hour studio art course (example: ART 120), BUS 101 (Introduction to Business), BUS 210 (Personal Finance), BUS 242 (Organizational Behavior), BUS 246 (Business Law), BUS 315 (Entrepreneurship), COMM film courses (141, 241, 341, 342, 343, 344), ENGL 204 (Creative Writing), ENGL 301 (Poetry Writing), ENGL 302 (Fiction Writing), ENGL 303 (Creative Non-Fiction and Literary Journalism), FMP 138 (Media and the Creative Process), FMP 232 (Media Writing), FMP 333 (Video Production), FMP 336 (Broadcast Sound Production), FMP 346 (Myth and Cinema), HSPTS 101 (Basic PE Activity), HSPTS 230 (Human Nutrition), Theatre courses involving creative works (example: TH 126)
RECOMMENDED COURSES IN MUSIC:
Education: 245 (Percussion Methods), 344 (Woodwind Methods), 345 (Brass Methods), 445 (String Methods), 495 (Teaching Assistant Internship Experience)
History: 225 (History & Style Rock & Roll), 226 (20th Century Music Lit), 329 (Hist. of Musical Theatre); 423 (History of Jazz & Popular Music)
Industry: 215 (Intro to Web Development), 364 (Music Industry Survey), 365 (Music Entrepreneurship), 495 (Internship)
Technology: 113 (intro to Music Tech), 112 (Intro to Audio and Live Sound Production), 212 (Intermediate Recording Techniques), 211 (History and Production of Electronic), 213 (Sound Reinforcement Practicum)
Theory: 262 (Jazz Improvisation II), 331 (Counterpoint), 332 (Instrumentation/ Orchestration), 333 (Form and Analysis), 335 (Choral Arranging), 361 (Jazz Styles and Analysis), 362 (Beginning Jazz Arranging), 363 (Introduction to Advanced Jazz Arranging)

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:

* Minimum 8 semesters of Primary Lessons and passing the MUSIC-401P level.

** Minimum participation in one improvisatory ensemble such as a jazz ensemble or ensemble NOW.

*** Minimum grade of C required