Bachelor of Arts in Music (Piano Performance)           1

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN MUSIC(PIANO PERFORMANCE)Total Semester Credit Hours (sch): 120   Major: 62 sch        MUSIC.BA            CIP Code: 50.0901.00

Degree RequirementsTexas Core Curriculum

Code Title SemesterCreditHours

ENG 1013 Composition I 3ENG 1023 Composition II 3Mathematics 3Life & Physical Sciences 6Language, Philosophy, & Culture 3Creative Arts 3HIST 1013 History of the United States, 1492-1865 3HIST 1023 History of the United States, 1865 to the Present 3GOV 2013 U.S. National Government 3GOV 2023 Texas Government 3Social & Behavioral Sciences 3CAO: Women's Studies 3CAO: First Year Seminar, Wellness or Mathematics 3

Total Semester Credit Hours 42

Courses Required for Major

Code Title SemesterCreditHours

MU 1521 Aural Skills I 1MU 1531 Aural Skills II 1MU 2521 Aural Skills III 1MU 2531 Aural Skills IV 1MU 1523 Music Theory I 3MU 1533 Music Theory II 3MU 2523 Music Theory III 3MU 2533 Music Theory IV 3MU 3313 Music History I 3MU 3323 Music History II 3MU 3401 Voice Class 1MU 3542 Conducting I 2MU 4512 Instrumental Arranging 2MU 4723 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint 3

Total Semester Credit Hours 30

Piano Performance

Special Requirement: A grade of "B" or higher for courses to be countedtoward the degree

Code Title SemesterCreditHours

Applied Lessons (10 sch advanced) 18Music Ensembles (advanced) 4MU 4913 Independent Study (Piano Pedagogy) 3MU 4913 Independent Study (Piano Literature) 3MU 4911 Independent Study (Accompanying / 4 semesters

required)4

Total Semester Credit Hours 32

Other Requirements

Code Title SemesterCreditHours

Foreign Language (6 hours in one language required) 6Performance Juries (8 juries completed)MU Electives 7MU 3713 Music and World Cultures (GP) 3

Total Semester Credit Hours 16

(GP) Satisfies global perspectives graduation requirement.

First YearFall TCCN Semester Credit

HoursMU 1112 Music and

Wellness2

MU 1521 Aural Skills I MUSI 1116, MUSI1216

1

MU 1523 Music Theory I MUSI 1211, MUSI1311

3

Large Ensemble 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument 2UNIV 1231 Learning

Frameworks:The First YearExperience

EDUC 1100,EDUC 1200,EDUC 1300

1

ENG 1013 Composition I ENGL 1301 3Elective 1

  Semester CreditHours

  14

Spring TCCNMU 1531 Aural Skills II MUSI 1117, MUSI

12171

MU 1533 Music Theory II MUSI 1212, MUSI1312

3

MU 3401 Voice Class 1Large Ensemble 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument 2ENG 1023 Composition II ENGL 1302 3Mathematics Core 3Elective 1

  Semester CreditHours

  15

2        Bachelor of Arts in Music (Piano Performance)

Second YearFall TCCNMU 2521 Aural Skills III MUSI 2116, MUSI

22161

MU 2523 Music Theory III MUSI 2211, MUSI2311

3

MU 4911 IndependentStudy

1

Large Ensemble 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument 2HIST 1013 History of the

United States,1492-1865

HIST 1301 3

Life & Physical Sciences Core 3Elective 1

  Semester CreditHours

  15

Spring TCCNMU 2531 Aural Skills IV MUSI 2117, MUSI

22171

MU 2533 Music Theory IV MUSI 2312 3MU 4911 Independent

Study1

Large Ensemble 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument 2HIST 1023 History of the

United States,1865 to thePresent

HIST 1302 3

Life & Physical Sciences Core 3

  Semester CreditHours

  14

Third YearFall TCCNMU 3542 Conducting I 2MU 3313 Music History I 3MU 3542 Conducting I 2MU 4512 Instrumental

Arranging2

MU 4911 IndependentStudy

1

Large Ensemble (upper level) 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument(upper level)

2

Language, Philosophy, & CultureCore

3

  Semester CreditHours

  16

Spring TCCNMU 3323 Music History II 3MU 4512 Instrumental

Arranging2

MU 4911 IndependentStudy

1

MU 4913 (PianoLiterature)

IndependentStudy

3

Large Ensemble 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument(upper level)

2

Social & Behavioral Sciences Core 3

  Semester CreditHours

  15

Fourth YearFall TCCNMU 3703 Women in Music 3MU 3713 (GP) Music and World

Cultures3

MU 4723 Seventeenth-and Eighteenth-CenturyCounterpoint

3

Large Ensemble 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument(upper level)

3

GOV 2013 U.S. NationalGovernment

GOVT 2305 3

  Semester CreditHours

  16

Spring TCCNMU 4913 (PianoPedagogy)

IndependentStudy

3

Large Ensemble 1Applied Music: Primary Instrument(upper level)

3

GOV 2023 TexasGovernment

GOVT 2306 3

Elective 3Elective 2

  Semester CreditHours

  15

  Total SemesterCredit Hours:

  120

(GP) courses satisfy global perspectives graduation requirement.