Music in Jazz Studies (Bachelor of Music)

A minimum of 124 semester hours is required for all undergraduate degrees for graduation. Some majors may require more than 124 credits.

Major Requirements:

MUSIC R101 - Recital Attendance (Minimum 8 semesters)
MUSIC 101 - One-Credit Private Lesson (Take two times on primary instrument)
MUSIC 110 - Introduction to Music Software
MUSIC 120 - Introduction to Music and Listening
MUSIC 123 - Music Cultures of the World
MUSIC 128 - Foundations of Audiation
MUSIC 129 - Foundations of Musicianship
MUSIC 131 - Musicianship I (C or better required)
MUSIC 132 - Audiation I (C or better required)
MUSIC 133 - Musicianship II (C or better required)
MUSIC 134 - Audiation II (C or better required)
MUSIC 181 - Class Keyboard I
MUSIC 182 - Class Keyboard II
MUSIC 201P - Two-Credit Performance Lesson * (Take two times on primary instrument)
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 - Two-Credit Performance Lesson * (Take two times on primary instrument)
MUSIC 321 - History of Western Music I
MUSIC 322 - History of Western Music II
MUSIC 361 - Jazz Styles and Analysis
MUSIC 362 - Jazz Arranging I
MUSIC 363 - Jazz Arranging II
MUSIC 367 - Jazz Composition
MUSIC R399 - Half Recital
MUSIC 401P - Two-Credit Performance Lesson * (Take two times on primary instrument)
MUSIC 423 - History of Jazz and Popular Music *
MUSIC R499 - Full Recital

Additional requirements to complete:

Minimum 8 credits Major 1.0 credit ensembles
Minimum 4 credits of .5 credit ensembles

Signature Learning for Bachelor of Music Majors Requirements:

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.