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Eight-Semester Plan for B.M., Commercial and Electronic Music Concentration (pre 2010)

Major Program Guide For: B.M. Degree in Music
Commercial & Electronic Music Concentration
Effective Fall 2007
Suggested Course Sequence

  • Total Hours for Degree:  128
  • Total Hours of Pre-requisites:  None, unless the musical aptitude placement exam requires the student to complete a leveling class in music theory (MUS 118, 3 hours) or aural skills (MUS 108, 1 hour). 
  • An audition is required for admission to the major.
  • Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.

Freshman Year

Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
*MUS 107 Applied Major 2 MUS 107 Applied Major 2
*MUS 148 Piano I 1 MUS 149 Piano II 1
MUS 171, 172, or 173 Major Ensemble 1 MUS 171, 172, or 173 Major Ensemble 1
MUS 358 Performance Lab 0 MUS 358 Performance Lab 0
MUS 175 Small Ensemble 1 *MUS 208 Aural Skills I 1
ENGL 101 Composition I 3 *MUS 218 Music Theory II 3
MATH 101 or higher Mathematics 3 MUS 181 Intro. MIDI/Synthesis 1
LS   1st Year Seminar 3 ENGL 102 Composition II 3
        CMHC 201 Intro. Speech 3
        C4   Wellness 3
Notes:
*PREQ: Audition or Placement Test
**An additional 1-4 hours may be needed if placed into MUS 108 (1) and/or 118 (3).

Sophomore Year

Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
*MUS 207 Applied Major 2 MUS 207 Applied Major 2
MUS 248 Piano III 1 MUS 249 Piano IV 1
MUS 171, 172, or 173 Major Ensemble 1 MUS 171, 172, or 173 Major Ensemble 1
MUS 182 Computer Appl. in Music 1 MUS 175 Small Ensemble 1
MUS 358 Performance Lab 0 MUS 358 Performance Lab 0
MUS 308 Aural Skills III 1 MUS 309 Aural Skills IV 1
MUS 318 Music Theory III 3 MUS 319 Music Theory IV 3
MUS Electives   (see program description) 1 MUS Electives   (see program description) 1
C5   Physical & Biological Sciences 3 C5   Physical & Biological Sciences 3
**P1   Social Sciences 3 **P5   Fine & Performing Arts 3

Notes:
*PREQ: Sophomore Qualifying Exam
**Upper Level Perspective (ULP):  An approved (non-Music) Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories (P1-P6).

Junior Year

Fall
Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
MUS 371, 372, or 373 Major Ensemble 1 MUS 371, 372, or 373 Major Ensemble 1
MUS 375 Small Ensemble 1 MUS 375 Small Ensemble 1
MUS 358 Performance Lab 0 MUS 358 Performance Lab 0
MUS 418 Music History I 3 MUS 419 Music History II 3
*MUS 320 Materials in Pop. Music & Jazz 3 MUS 470 Orchestration 2
MUS 378 Survey of Music Industry 3 MUS 426, 468, or 479 (as approved by advisor) 3
MUS 379 Intro. to Record. Arts 3 MUS 383 or 480 (as approved by advisor) 3
**MFL   Foreign Language 3 **MFL   Foreign Language 3
Notes:
*Fall of odd years only; in even years, take Liberal Studies P1 (3)
**3 hours of MFL may also be used to meet Liberal Studies P6.

Senior Year

Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
MUS Electives   (see program description) 3 MUS 329 Fundamentals of Conducting 2
MUS Electives   (see program description) 3 MUS 474 Senior Project 3
*P1   Social Sciences 3 MUS Electives   (see program description) 3
*P3   History 3 *P4   Humanities 3
**P6   World Cultures 3 General Electives     4
General Electives     1        

Notes:
*Upper Level Perspective (ULP):  An approved (non-Music) Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories (P1-P6).
**Substitute 3 hours of electives if MFL 101 or 102 was used for Liberal Studies P6.

  • Total Hours for Degree:  128
  • Total Hours of Pre-requisites:  None, unless the musical aptitude placement exam requires the student to complete a leveling class in music theory (MUS 118, 3 hours) or aural skills (MUS 108, 1 hour). 
  • An audition is required for admission to the major.
  • Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.

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