2018-19 degree plan music (jazz studies...

2018-19 Degree PlanMusic (Jazz Studies Concentration),BMCollege of Fine Arts: Department of Music (4 Year Plan)Term 1 Hours Towards Degree: 15 Hours Minimum Grade Notes

MUS 101: Concert Music 0 CR

MUS 150: Music Theory I 2 C

MUS 150L: Aural Lab I 2 C

APMS 119: Principal Instrument 2 C

MUS 111: Group Piano I 1 C

Major Ensemble (see UNM Catalog) 1 C

MUS 236: Intro to Improvisation 1 C

ENGL 110: Accelerated Composition or ENGL 111: Composition I and ENGL 112:Composition II or ENGL 113: Enhanced Composition

3 C

MATH Core Course 3 C

Term Hours: 15

Term 2 Hours Towards Degree: 30 Hours Minimum Grade Notes


MUS 152: Music Theory II 2 C

MUS 152L: Aural Lab II 2 C

MUS 172: Jazz History 3 C


MUS 112: Group Piano II 1 C

Major Ensemble 1 C

ENGL 120: Composition III 3 C

MUS 237: Jazz Improvisation I 1 C

Term Hours: 15



MUS 250: Music Theory III 2 C

MUS 250L: Aural Lab III 2 C


MUS 211: Group Piano III 1 C

Major Ensemble 1 C

MUS 234: Jazz Band 1 C

MUS 336: Jazz Improvisation II 1 C

Humanities 3 C

Foreign Language 3 C

Term Hours: 16



MUS 252: Music Theory IV 2 C

MUS 252L: Aural Lab IV 2 C


MUS 212: Group Piano IV 1 CR

MUS 214: Piano Proficiency 0 C

Major Ensemble 1 C


MUS 337: Jazz Improvisation III 1 C

Humanities 3 C

Physical & Natural Science 4 C

Term Hours: 17




MUS 231: Jazz Combo 1 C


MUS 238: Jazz Theory/Keyboard II 2 C

MUS 361: History of Music I 3 C

MUSE 317: Jazz Methods 1 C

ENGL 220: Expository Writing 3 C

Physical and Natural Science 3 C

Term Hours: 16




APMS 391: Junior Recital 0 CR



MUS 338: Jazz Arranging 2 C

MUS 362: History of Music II 3 C

Social & Behavioral Science 3 C

Fine Arts outside the major 3 D-

Term Hours: 15


MUS 343: Selected Topics in Jazz Studies 3 C




MUS 309 or MUS 325 or MUS 405 or MUS 406 or MUS 439 or MUS 453 2 C

Music Technology Requirement 2 C

Social & Behavioral Science 3 C

Fine Arts outside the major 3 D-

Term Hours: 17



APMS 491: Senior Recital 0 CR



MUS 309 or MUS 325 or MUS 405 or MUS 406 or MUS 439 or MUS 453 2 C

Ethnomusicology Requirement 3 C

Elective outside the major department 3 D-



Term Hours: 17

Degree Plan Notes

Students must earn C or better in all their major courses provided that their cumulative grade point average in the major is 2.75 or higher. Additionally, students may need to earn a C or betterto meet prerequisite requirements.

Students may choose to satisfy the 42 hour upper division with courses in the major, electives, and fine arts outside the major.

MUS 309 or MUS 325 or MUS 405 or MUS 406 or MUS 439 or MUS 453s

MUS 309: Form and Analysis

MUS 325: Post-Tonal Theory

MUS 405: 16th-Century Counterpoint

MUS 406: 18th-Century Counterpoint

MUS 439: ST:Music Theory

MUS 453: Orchestration

Crucial course: (A crucial course is a predictor for success in obtaining this degree. It should be taken in the term indicated in order to ensure timely progress to graduation.)

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