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Piano Accompanying Option
DEGREE CORE PROGRAM: 30 units
14 courses required:

MUSC 101 Theory I 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: Knowledge of the fundamentals of music and its notation to be determined by diagnostic exam. Concurrent enrollment in MUSC 103. Required for majors, recommended for minors: keyboard proficiency or concurrent enrollment in MUSC 105.

MUSC 102 Theory II 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUSC 101 with a minimum grade of C-. Concurrent enrollment in MUSC 104. Required for majors, recommended for minors: keyboard proficiency or concurrent enrollment in MUSC 106.

MUSC 103 Aural Musicianship 1.0 FA
Prerequisites: To be taken concurrently with MUSC 101.

MUSC 104 Aural Musicianship 1.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUSC 103 with a minimum grade of C-. To be taken concurrently with MUSC 102.

MUSC 105 Beginning Piano 1.0 FA
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.

MUSC 106 Beginning Piano 1.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUSC 105 with a minimum grade of C-, faculty permission.

MUSC 107 Listening with Understanding 1.0 FA

MUSC 108 Computer Literacy for Musicians 1.0 FS

MUSC 201 Theory III 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: MUSC 102 with a minimum grade of C-.

MUSC 202 Theory IV 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUSC 201 with a minimum grade of C-.

MUSC 203 Music History (Antiquity-1750) 3.0 FA

MUSC 302 Music History (1750-1900) 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.

MUSC 303 Music History (1900-the Present) 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: MUSC 202, MUSC 204, and faculty permission.

MUSC 304 Music From a Global Perspective 3.0 SP NW
Prerequisites: MUSC 102.

Option Requirements: 31 units


4 units required:

MUS 011F Studio Instruction: Piano 1.0 FS

4 units required:

MUS 111K Studio Instruction: Piano Accomp 1.0 FS

5 units required:

MUS 003 Large Ensembles 1.0 Inq

MUS 203 Large Ensembles 1.0 Inq

MUS 009 Vocal Performance 1.0 Inq

MUS 209 Vocal Performance 1.0 Inq
All of the courses above may be repeated for credit. See No. 4 under “Special Music Requirements” below.

6 courses required:

MUS 028 Introduction to Accompanying 1.0 FA
Prerequisites: Moderate piano and sight reading skills; audition or faculty permission required.
This course is the same as MUS 228 and MUS 328 which may be substituted.

MUS 132A Vocal Diction and Literature 3.0 FA
Prerequisites: One or more semesters of studio instruction or faculty permission.

MUS 132B Vocal Diction and Literature 3.0 SP
Prerequisites: One or more semesters of studio instruction or faculty permission.

MUS 228A Vocal Accompanying Repertoire 1.0 FA
Prerequisites: MUS 028 or faculty permission.

MUS 228B Instrumntl Accompany Repertoire 1.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUS 028 or faculty permission.

MUS 212 Senior Recital 2.0 FS
Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in MUS 111, faculty permission.

2 courses selected from:

MUS 140 Fundamentals of Conducting 2.0 FA

MUS 240 Advanced Choral Conducting 2.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUS 140, faculty permission.

MUS 245 Adv Instrumental Conducting 2.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUS 140, faculty permission.

3 units selected from:

MUS 005Y Mixed Ensembles 1.0 FS
This course is the same as MUS 205Y and MUS 305Y which may be substituted.

MUS 060 Jazz Improvisation 1.0 FS
Prerequisites: A basic technique and facility on any band, orchestral, or show band instrument. Must be able to read music with some knowledge of scale-chord relationship. A course from the MUS 053 series is recommended.
This course is the same as MUS 160 which may be substituted.

MUS 205Y Mixed Ensembles 1.0 FS
This course is the same as MUS 005Y and MUS 305Y which may be substituted.

MUS 160 Jazz Improvisation 1.0 FS
Prerequisites: A basic technique and facility on any band, orchestral, or show band instrument. Must be able to read music with some knowledge of scale-chord relationship. A course from the MUS 053 series is recommended.
This course is the same as MUS 060 which may be substituted.

MUS 140 Fundamentals of Conducting 2.0 FA

MUS 215 Adv Functional Keyboard Studies 1.0 Inq
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.

MUS 225 Service Playing Church Organist 2.0 Inq
Prerequisites: Studio instruction in organ or faculty permission.

MUS 226A Keyboard Pedagogy 2.0 FA
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.

MUS 240 Advanced Choral Conducting 2.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUS 140, faculty permission.

MUS 245 Adv Instrumental Conducting 2.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUS 140, faculty permission.

NOTE: With the permission of the adviser, these elective units may be replaced with additional units in the following:

MUS 111F Studio Instruction: Piano 1.0 FS

MUS 203 Large Ensembles 1.0 Inq

MUS 303 Large Ensemble 1.0 Inq

MUS 205 Small Ensembles 1.0 Inq

MUS 226B Keyboard Pedagogy 2.0 SP
Prerequisites: Faculty permission.

MUS 305 Small Ensemble 1.0 Inq

MUS 209 Vocal Performance 1.0 Inq

MUS 309 Vocal Performance 1.0 Inq

MUS 228A Vocal Accompanying Repertoire 1.0 FA
Prerequisites: MUS 028 or faculty permission.

MUS 228B Instrumntl Accompany Repertoire 1.0 SP
Prerequisites: MUS 028 or faculty permission

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