Year 1 Fall SpringBenchmark 1 Requirements

4 credits of lessons MUSP 109 MUSP 110

2 credits of large ensemble MUSC 229 or 329 MUSC 229 or 329

Must be completed by the end of two semesters MUSC 150 MUSC 151

MUSC 102 MUSC 103

MUSC 099 MUSC 099

History/Social Sciences (HS)** MATH (MA)*

ENGL 101 (AW)* Natural Science Lab (NL)**

ARHU 158

*Must attempt by 30 cr.

Year 2

Benchmark 2 Requirements

MUSC 150 MUSP 207 MUSP 208

MUSC 151 MUSC 229 or 329 MUSC 229 or 329

Must be completed by the end of four semesters MUSC 310 MUSC 320

MUSC 250 MUSC 251

MUSC 099 MUSC 099

MUSC 220 (HU & UP) Scholarship in Practice (SP) #1**

Analytical Reasoning (AR) Elective 1xx-4xx

Year 3

Benchmark 3 Requirements

MUSC 250 MUSP 305 MUSC 460

MUSC 251 MUSC 229 or 329 MUSC 48x (Music History Elective)

Must be completed by the end of six semesters MUSC 450 MUSC 099

MUSC 330 Natural Sciences (NS)**

MUSC 099 Humanities (HU)**

MUSC 463 Elective 1xx-4xx

Oral Communication (OC)

Year 4 MUSC 4xx (Theory Elective #1) MUSC 4xx (Theory Elective #3)

MUSC 4xx (Theory Elective #2) MUSC 461

MUSC 464 MUSC Elective (1 credit)

MUSC 490 History/Social Sciences (HS)**

Scholarship in Practice (SP) #2 ** Professional Writing (PW)

Total Credits for Degree: 120

Note: Some courses for the major may also count toward the General Education requirements.

**All students must complete two Distributive Studies courses that are approved for I-series courses. The Understanding Plural Societies and Cultural Competence courses may also fulfill Distributive Studies categories.

Music - Bachelor of Music - Theory Four Year Academic Plan

Requirements: 15 credits/5 courses Course Credits Grade 4 credits of lessonsAcademic Writing (AW) ENGL 101 2 credits of large ensembleProfessional Writing (PW)Oral Comm. (OC) MUSC 150Math (MA) MUSC 151Analytic Reasoning (AR)

MUSC 250Requirements: 25 credits/8 courses Course Credits Grade MUSC 251Natural Science Lab (NL)Natural Sciences (NS)History/Social Sciences (HS)History/Social Sciences (HS) Requirements Credits GradeHumanities (HU) MUET 220Humanities (HU) MUSP 109 Scholarship in Practice (SP) MUSP 110 Scholarship in Practice (SP) non major MUSP 207

MUSP 208 MUSC 102

Requirements: 6 credits/2 courses Course Credits Grade MUSC 103 I-Series (IS) MUSC 150 I-Series (IS) MUSC 151

MUSC 229 or 329 (1 cr. x 5 semesters) MUSC 250

Requirements: 4-6 credits/2 courses Course Credits Grade MUSC 251 Understanding Plural Soc. (UP) MUET 220 MUSC 220 (HU & UP)Understanding Plural Soc. (UP) or Cultural Competency (CC) MUSP 305

MUSC 310 MUSC 320

Requirements: 0-3 credits Course Credits Grade MUSC 330

MUSP 450 Students must earn a minimum of 120 credits to complete a degree. MUSP 460 University Requirements for Graduation: MUSC 461 At least 30 credits must be earned at UMD MUSC 463 15 of the final 30 credits must be earned at the 300-400 level MUSC 464 12 upper level major credits must be earned at UMD MUSC 490ARHU Requirements for Graduation: MUSC 48x (Music Hist) ARHU 158 or equivalent (if applicable) MUSC 4xx-- Music Theory Electives (9 cr.)

MUSC 1xx-4xx Students must take six semesters of MUSC 099

General Education Requirements Benchmark RequirementsFundamental Studies

Distributive Studies

Music - Bachelor of Music Theory

III. Advanced

IV. Electives (1 credit)

(overlap permitted with other requirements/courses)

Year 1 - Benchmark Requirements

Year 2 - Benchmark Requirements

Year 3 - Benchmark Requirements

Major Requirements

I. Foundation Level

II. Intermediate

I-Series

Diversity

Experiential Learning- optional

Normally double counted with Distributive Studies

(overlap permitted with Distributive Studies and/or I-series)

Cumulative average of major requirements must be at least a 2.0