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Eight-Semester Plan for B.M., Performance Concentration

Major Program Guide For: B.M. Degree in Music
Performance Concentration
Effective Fall 2010
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 371, 372, or 373 Major Ensemble 1 MUS 371, 372, or 373 Major Ensemble 1
MUS 358 Performance Lab 0 MUS 358 Performance Lab 0
MUS 375 Small Ensemble 1 *MUS 208 Aural Skills II 1
***MUS 258 Diction I 1 *MUS 218 Music Theory II 3
ENGL 101 Composition I 3 ENGL 102 Composition II 3
MATH 101 or higher Mathematics 3 ***MUS 259 Diction II 2
LS   1st Year Seminar 3 MUS 181 Intro to MIDI/Synthesis 1
        CMHC 201 Intro. Speech 3
Notes:
*PREQ: Audition or Placement Test
**Vocalists take MUS 371 or 372; instrumentalists take MUS 373.
***Instrumentalists substitute an equal number of General Electives.
****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 371, 372, or 373 Major Ensemble 1 **MUS 371, 372, or 373 Major 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 375 Small Ensemble 1 MUS 480 Literature 1
MUS 182 Comp. App. in Music 1 C4   Wellness 3
C5   Physical & Biological Sciences 3 C5   Physical & Biological Sciences 3
***P5   Fine & Performing Arts 3        

Notes:
*PREQ: Freshman Exam
**Vocalists take MUS 371 or 372; instrumentalists take MUS 373.
***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 307 Applied Major 2 MUS 307 Applied Major 2
**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 378 Surv. of Mus. Industry 3 MUS 329 Fundamentals of Conducting 2
MUS 412 or 480 Pedagogy 1 MUS 305 Junior Recital 1
***P1   Social Sciences 3 MUS 303, 304, 420, or 425   3
****MFL   Foreign Language 3 ****MFL   Foreign Language 3
Notes:
*PREQ: Sophomore Exam
**Vocalists take MUS 371 or 372; instrumentalists take MUS 373.
***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).
****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 407 Applied Major 2 MUS 407 Applied Major 2
*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 470 Orchestration 2 MUS 405 Senior Recital 1
MUS 413 or 480 Improvisation 1 MUS 303, 304, 420, or 425   3
**MUS Electives   (see program description) 3 ***P1   Social Sciences 3
***P3   History 3 ***P4   Humanities 3
****P6   World Cultures 3 General Electives     2

Notes:
*Vocalists take MUS 371 or 372; instrumentalists take MUS 373.
**Vocalists take three hours of General Electives.
***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 to satisfy 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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