A total of fifty (50) credits as follows:
- Performance Courses (14 credits)
a. 6 semesters of applied music lessons (MUSC 160-180 = 1 credit each)
b. 6 semesters of ensemble performance (1 credit each)
• MUSC 181: Rhodes Orchestra
• MUSC 184: Rhodes Jazz Ensemble
• MUSC 185: Rhodes Pep Band
• MUSC 187: Archipelago Ensemble
• MUSC 190: Rhodes Singers
• MUSC 390: Rhodes Choral Collaborative
• Other ensembles may count with departmental approval.
c. MUSC 414: Conducting I (2 credits)
- Music Electives (8 credits)
MUSC 101 does not fulfill this requirement.
- Music Theory Courses (12 credits) -- See Music Theory Placement Information
a. MUSC 204: Understanding Musicianship [F5]* – offered in Fall semesters
b. Two 300-level music theory courses (306-313)
*If placement test determines this course is redundant,
choose three (3) 300-level music theory courses.
- Music History & Literature Courses (12 credits)
a. MUSC 267: The Cultural Study of Music [F9] – offered in Spring semesters
b. Two 200-level music history courses selected from MUSC 227-229 [F3]
- Senior Experience (4 credits)
a. MUSC 485-486: Senior Seminar & Presentation (4 credits)**
**Co-requisite of applied music lessons (if choosing a performance project) OR
Co-requisite of applied composition lessons MUSC 320 (if choosing a composition project).
Once declared, Music majors will have the Applied Music fees waived for up to eight (8) credits of their principal applied instrument. Music majors taking more than eight (8) credits of Applied Music and lessons taken prior to declaration of the major will be charged the applied fee for those credits.
NOTE: Fine Arts Scholarship waivers for Applied Music fees are outlined in the award letter which supersedes music major and minor fee waivers outlined here.