Music B.M., Voice Performance Concentration

Eight Semester Degree Program

Students wishing to follow the eight-semester degree plan should see the Eight-Semester Degree Policy for university requirements of the program, and should consult with their music adviser about the requirements in their concentration’s eight-semester plan.  Music core requirement hours may vary, based on placement and previous credit granted.  If a music core requirement is met without taking a class, students will substitute an elective for the core class.

First YearUnits
FallSpring
ENGL 1013 Composition I (ACTS Equivalency = ENGL 1013) (Satisfies General Education Outcome 1.1)3  
Satisfies General Education Outcome 2.1:
MATH 1313 Quantitative Reasoning (ACTS Equivalency = MATH 1113)
or MATH 1203 College Algebra (ACTS Equivalency = MATH 1103)
3  
or any MATH course numbered higher than MATH 1203
1013 Elementary II world language course3  
MUTH 1003 Basic Musicianship (if required)0-3  
MUAP 110V Applied Major Voice/Instrument I3  
MUAC 1121 English and Italian Diction for Singers1  
MUEN Music Ensemble I (see adviser)1  
ENGL 1023 Composition II (ACTS Equivalency = ENGL 1023) (Satisfies General Education Outcome 1.1)  3
MLIT 1013 Music and Society (Satisfies General Education Outcomes 1.2 and 3.1)  3
MUTH 1603 Music Theory I  3
MUTH 1621 Aural Perception I  1
MUAC 1221 Piano Class for Music Majors I  1
MUAP 110V Applied Major Voice/Instrument I  3
MUAC 1141 German and French Diction for Singers  1
MUEN Music Ensemble I (see adviser)  1
Year Total: 14 16
 
Second YearUnits
FallSpring
HIST 1113 Institutions and Ideas of World Civilizations I (ACTS Equivalency = HIST 1113) (Satisfies General Education Outcomes 3.2, 3.3, and 4.1)3  
MUTH 2603 Music Theory II13  
MUTH 1631 Aural Perception II1  
MUAC 1231 Piano Class for Music Majors II1  
MUAC 2112 Music Technology2  
MUAP 210V Applied Major Voice/Instrument II3  
MUEN Music Ensemble II (see adviser)1  
World Language3  
HIST 1123 Institutions and Ideas of World Civilizations II (ACTS Equivalency = HIST 1123) (Satisfies General Education Outcomes 3.2, 3.3, and 4.1)  3
World Language  3
Select one of the following:2  3
MUTH 3603 18th Century Counterpoint
or MUTH 3623
or MUTH 3723 Jazz Analysis
or MUTH 477V Special Topics in Music Theory
MUTH 2621 Aural Perception III1  1
MUAC 2221 Piano Class for Music Majors III  1
MUAP 210V Applied Major Voice/Instrument II  3
MUEN Music Ensemble II (see adviser)  1
Year Total: 17 15
 
Third YearUnits
FallSpring
MUTH 3613 Form and 20th Century Techniques23  
MUTH 2631 Aural Perception IV11  
MUHS 3703 Music in Western Civilization23  
MUHS 4763 Survey of Vocal Literature I (or University Core, U.S. History)23  
MUAC 2231 Piano Class for Music Major IV1  
MUAP 310V Applied Major Voice/Instrument III23  
MUEN Ensemble III (see adviser)21  
MUPD 3801 Conducting I21  
Satisfies General Education Outcome 4.1:
MUSY 2003 Music in World Cultures
or WLIT 1113 World Literature: Beginnings to 1650 CE (ACTS Equivalency = ENGL 2113)
  3
Select one of the following not selected previously2  3
MUTH 3603 18th Century Counterpoint
or MUTH 3623
or MUTH 3723 Jazz Analysis
or MUTH 477V Special Topics in Music Theory
MUHS 3713 Topics in Musicology2  3
MUHS 4773 Survey of Vocal Literature II2
or MUPD 477V Special Topics in Pedagogy
  2-3
MUAP 310V Applied Major Voice/Instrument III2  2
MUAP 3201 Applied Recital I2  1
MUEN Music Ensemble III (see adviser)2  1
Year Total: 16 16
 
Fourth YearUnits
FallSpring
U.S. History or Government Course State Minimum Core, U.S. History) (Satisfies General Education Outcome 4.2) or MUHS 4763 Survey of Vocal Literature I3  
Science Lecture/Lab State Minimum Core (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.4)4  
MUHS 4253 Capstone Project Seminar (Satisfies General Education Outcome 6.1)23  
MUAP 410V Applied Major Voice/Instrument IV23  
MUEN Music Ensemble IV (see adviser)1  
Social Sciences Course State Minimum Core (Satisfies General Education Outcomes 3.3 and 5.1)3  3
Science Lecture/Lab State Minimum Core (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.4)  4
MUAP 410V Applied Major Voice/Instrument IV2  2
MUAP 4201 Applied Recital II2  1
MUPD 477V Special Topics in Pedagogy (Vocal Pedagogy)2
or MUHS 4773 Survey of Vocal Literature II
  2-3
Year Total: 14 12
 
Total Units in Sequence:  120
1

 Meets 40-hour advanced credit hour requirement.

2

Meets 24-hour rule (24 hours of 3000-4000 level courses in Fulbright College), in addition to meeting the 40-hour rule.

3

The Social Sciences Elective that satisfies General Education Outcomes 3.3 and 5.1 include:  CLST 1003, CLST 1003H, CLST 1013, HUMN 1124H, PHIL 2003PHIL 2003CPHIL 2003H, PHIL 2103, or PHIL 2103C.