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BACHELOR OF ARTS or BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
in MUSIC ( Jazz Studies Concentration)

General Education Requirements
Fine Arts electives must be outside of the Music discipline 54 credits of upper division courses are required including 6 credit hours outside of the Music discipline.
At least 12 credit hours must come from Writing Intensive courses.
B.A. Requirements
Complete any upper division Spanish course, or one of the following:
SPAN 202, SPAN 214, or SPAN 252
B.S. Requirements (6 credit hours)

Complete an additional six credit hours in Math, and/or Computer Science,
and/or GEOG/SOC 323 Social Statistics beyond the General Education requirements.
Music Core Requirements (77 credit hours)

Applied Music (24 credit hours)

MUSC 100 Applied Music - Major Instrument (2 per semester) 8
MUSC 300 Applied Music - Major Instrument (2 per semester) 8
MUSC 300R Applied Music - Improvisation (2 per semester) 8
MUSC 102/302 Applied Music Lab (8 semesters) 0
Major Ensemble (8 credit hours)  
MUSC 171/371 Jazz Ensemble (8 semesters) 8
Music Theory (29 credit hours)  
MUSC 121/123 Music Theory I & lab 4
MUSC 122/124 Music Theory II & lab 4
MUSC 221/223 Music Theory III & lab 4
MUSC 222/224 Music Theory IV & lab 4
MUSC 321 Counterpoint 3
MUSC 372 Jazz Theory and Arranging I 3
MUSC 373 Jazz Theory and Arranging II 3
MUSC 422 Musical Form 2
MUSC 461 Instrumentation and Arranging 2
  Conducting (4 credit hours)  
MUSC 362 Conducting I 2
MUSC 363 Conducting II 2
  Music History (12 credit hours)  
MUSC 112 History of Rock and Roll 3
MUSC 213 Survey of Jazz Styles 3
MUSC 411 History of Music I 3
MUSC 412 History of Music II 3
  Piano Proficiency (see department for information)  
  Senior Recital (see department for information) 0
  Total credit hours 77

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