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Dec 21, 2024
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2014-2015 Academic Catalog THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. LINKS MAY NO LONGER BE ACTIVE AND CONTENT MAY BE OUT OF DATE!
Music Major
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The Music Department offers various paths of study of music. Students may choose among three concentrations: 1. history, theory, composition; 2. ethnomusicology; and 3. performance. Each requires a culminating senior exercise detailed below:
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Requirements for the Major (three concentrations)
I. History, theory, or composition concentration
Performance Requirements
- Ensemble: Two semesters of ensemble (MUS 172A , MUS 172B , MUS 172C , MUS 172D - MUS 175A , MUS 175B , MUS 175C , MUS 175D ).
- Keyboard: Two semesters of applied keyboard study (MUS 085A , MUS 085B , MUS 085C , MUS 085D , MUS 171A , MUS 171B , MUS 171C , MUS 171D ).
II. Ethnomusicology concentration
Option 1 Course Requirements
Option 2 Course Requirements
- MUS 066 SC - Music Cultures of the World
- MUS 101 SC - Music Theory I
- MUS 102 SC - Music Theory II (prerequisite: MUS 101 or equivalent).
- MUS 110A SC - Music in Western Civilization or
- MUS 110B SC - Music in Western Civilization
- MUS 112 SC - Introduction to Ethnomusicology
- One music elective course (MUS 103 , MUS 104 , MUS 110A , MUS 110B , MUS 118 -MUS 132 , or other music course chosen in consultation with academic adviser).
- Ensemble: Two semesters of ensemble (MUS 172A , MUS 172B , MUS 172C , MUS 172D - MUS 175A , MUS 175B , MUS 175C , MUS 175D ; one semester may be MUS 131 if not chosen as the music elective course)
- ANTH 002 SC - Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology or
- ANTH 011 PZ - The World Since 1492
- ANTH 003 PZ - Language, Culture, and Society
- ANTH 105 PZ - Field Methods in Anthropology (prerequisite: ANTH 002 ; and MUS 066 or MUS 112 ).
- One additional elective course from music, anthropology, linguistics and cognitive science, sociology, or media studies.
III. Performance concentration
Prerequisite: approval of performance concentration status by full music faculty and teacher of performance area by the end of sophomore year. Course Requirements
Same as history, theory, composition above Performance Requirements
- Ensemble: Two semesters of ensemble (MUS 172A , MUS 172B , MUS 172C , MUS 172D - MUS 175A , MUS 175B , MUS 175C , MUS 175D )
- Keyboard: Two semesters of applied keyboard study (MUS 085A , MUS 085B , MUS 085C , MUS 085D , MUS 171A , MUS 171B , MUS 171C , MUS 171D ).
- Applied lessons during sophomore, junior, and senior years
- MUS 189 SC - Junior Recital 0.5 course credit
Senior Requirements in Music
(history, theory, composition; ethnomusicology; performance concentrations) - MUS 190 SC - Senior Music Colloquium (offered annually in the fall). 0.5 course credit.
- MUS 191 SC - Senior Thesis (Students will normally register for senior thesis in spring of their senior year), 1.0 course credit.
- Students on the history, theory, and the ethnomusicology paths complete a written thesis.
- Students on the composition path present a student recital of their works and submit a portfolio of their compositions.
- Students in the performance concentration present a senior recital with scholarly program notes in lieu of a written thesis.
Honors Program in Music (history, theory, composition, ethnomusicology, performance concentrations)
The Music Department confers honors in music on outstanding students who exhibit excellence in scholarly research/composition/performance. A student who wishes to be considered for honors should discuss it with the thesis adviser. |
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