Instrument Performance, B.MUS.

Program Learning Outcomes

“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

1. Students present confident public performances that demonstrate acceptable technique, secure intonation, stylistic expression, and interpretive musicianship.

2. Develop future private teachers who possess the appropriate skills to teach a particular instrument effectively.

General Education Requirements - 41 Credit Hours

Music and Fine Arts majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements  as set out in the General Education Program .

• Fine Art Requirement: Music and Fine Arts majors fulfill the two-hour Fine Arts Elective through major study.
• Global Studies Requirement: MUS 3003 - World Music  is required as the Global Elective.
• Science Requirement: PHY 1063 - Acoustics of Music  is required as the Science Elective.

Required Bachelor of Music Core - 30 Credit Hours

• MUS 0110 - Recital Seminar (every semester with Applied Study)
• MUS 1113 - Music Theory I
• MUS 1123 - Music Theory II
• MUS 1131 - Aural Skills I
• MUS 1141 - Aural Skills II
• MUS 1213 - Computer Applications in Music
• MUS 1480 - Piano Proficiency Exam
• MUS 2113 - Music Theory III
• MUS 2131 - Aural Skills III
• MUS 2133 - Music Theory IV
• MUS 2141 - Aural Skills IV
• MUS 2480 - Studio Recital
• MUS 3253 - Music History I
• MUS 3263 - Music History II
• MUS 3273 - Music History III
• MUS 3480 - Junior Recital
• MUS 3552 - Fundamentals of Conducting
• MUS 4480 - Senior Recital/Project
• MUS 4980 - Recital Attendance Documentation

Major Courses - 6 Credit Hours

• MUS 3043 - Instrumental Literature
• MUS 4013 - Instrumental Pedagogy

Performance Requirements - 34 Credit Hours

• Instrument Major (14 Credit Hours)
• Class Piano or Applied Secondary Area (4 Credit Hours, minimum) Continuous piano study required until the piano proficiency exam is passed.
• PBA Symphony or Symphonic Band (8 Credit Hours)
• Chamber Ensemble (8 Credit Hours minimum) In addition to PBA Symphony or PBA Symphonic Band, all Instrument Performance majors are required to take an appropriate chamber ensemble each semester.

Elective Music Courses - 6 Credit Hours

Ensembles may not be used to fulfill elective course requirements

*Six additional required credit hours are needed to meet the 126 total and the 33 upper-level.

Sample Degree Plan

Instrument Performance B.Mus. Degree Plan