Four-Year Plan: Music Performance

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Year One
Fall Semester	Semester Hrs	Grade	Spring Semester	Semester Hrs
Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2		Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2
Ensemble (1 semester hour)	1		Distributional Study #2	3
GEN 110 - Composition I: Academic Writing (4 semester hours)	4		Ensemble (1 semester hour)	1
GEN 130 - First Year Seminar I	3		GEN 112 - Composition II: Argumentation and Research	3
MUS 113 - Aural Skills I (1 semester hour)	1		MAT 120 - Quantitative Reasoning	3
MUS 120 - Music in History and Culture (DS #1) OR MUS 121 - World Music Traditions OR MUS 221 - Jazz History	3		MUS 111 - Music Theory I	3
			MUS 114 - Aural Skills II (1 semester hour)	1
*Total Hours*	14		*Total Hours*	16
Summer Semester (Optional)
Elective Course	3		Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3		Elective Course	3
Year Two
Fall Semester	Semester Hrs	Grade	Spring Semester	Semester Hrs
Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2		Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2
Distributional Study #2	3		Distributional Study #3	3
Ensemble (1 semester hour)	1		Distributional Study #4	3
GEN 3XX - Seminar II	3		Ensemble (1 semester hour)	1
MUS 149 - Class Piano I (2 semester hours)	2		MUS 159 - Class Piano II (2 semester hours)	2
MUS 206 - Music Theory II	3		MUS 207 - Music Theory III	3
MUS 213 - Aural Skills III (1 semester hour)	1		MUS 214 - Aural Skills IV (1 semester hour)	1
*Total Hours*	15		*Total Hours*	15
Summer Semester (Optional)
Elective Course	3		Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3		Elective Course	3
Year Three
Fall Semester	Semester Hrs	Grade	Spring Semester	Semester Hrs
Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2		Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2
Distributional Study #6	3		Elective Course	3
Ensemble (1 semester hour)	1		Ensemble (1 semester hour)	1
GEN 4XX - Seminar III (WI)	3		MUS 259 - Class Piano IV (2 semester hours)	2
MUS 249 - Class Piano III (2 semester hours)	2		MUS 312 - Music History and Literature II (WI)	3
MUS 311 - Music History and Literature I	3		MUS 463 - Recital (0 semester hours)	0
			Primary Specialization Group^	3
*Total Hours*	14		*Total Hours*	14
Summer Semester (Optional)
Elective Course	3		Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3		Elective Course	3
Year Four
Fall Semester	Semester Hrs	Grade	Spring Semester	Semester Hrs
Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2		Applied Lessons (2 semester hours)	2
Elective Course	3		Distributional Study #7	3
Elective Course	3		Elective Course	3
Elective Course	3		Elective Course
Ensemble (1 semester hour)	1		Elective Course	3
MUS 303 - Music Entrepreneurship (2 semester hours)	2		Ensemble (1 semester hour)	3
MUS 351 - Conducting (2 semester hours)	2		MUS 301 - Improvisation (1 semester hour)	1
MUS 382 - Orchestration and Arranging (1 semester hour)	1		MUS 463 - Recital (0 semester hours)	0
*Total Hours*	17		*Total Hours*	16
Total Semester Hours for Graduation = 121
*Notes:* *^ Music Performance Majors must complete three (3) semester hours from:* (Based upon primary music specialization group) *Piano/Keyboard:* MUS 258 - Collaborative Piano (0-1 semester hour) MUS 367 - Piano Pedagogy and Literature (2 semester hours) *Voice:* MUS 300 - Vocal Techniques (1 semester hour) MUS 330 - Vocal Diction (2 semester hours)		*Notes continued:* *Winds/Strings/Percussion:* MUS 2XX/3XX - course based on primary instrument (1 semester hour) MUS 275 - String Instrument Techniques (1 semester hour) MUS 285 - Woodwind Instrument Techniques (1 semester hour) MUS 295 - Brass Instrument Techniques (1 semester hour) MUS 305 - Percussion Instrument Techniques (1 semester hour)