Housed in the School of Music (beginning Fall 2024)
Provides students a path to degree completion in the Bachelor of Arts curriculum with an emphasis
| Core Curriculum Courses | ||
| See the Core Curriculum Requirements | 42 | |
| Minor (non-music area) = 18 hours (9 hours must be upper division courses) | 18 | |
| World Music | ||
| Foreign Language | 6 | |
| MUS 100 | Ensemble ( ) | 6 |
| or MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | |
| or MUS 100C | Chorale | |
| or MUS 100S | Chamber Singers | |
| or MUS 100W | GLB/Wind Ensemble | |
| MUS 1116 | Ear Training I | 1 |
| MUS 1311 | Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 1117 | Ear Training II | 1 |
| MUS 1312 | Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 152 | Principal Applied | 8 |
| MUS 352 | Principal Applied | 2 |
| MUS 2311 | Theory III | 3 |
| MUS 2116 | Ear Training III | 1 |
| MUS 236 | Class Piano C | 1 |
| MUS 310 | Music Technology | 3 |
| MUS 313 | Fundamentals of Conducting | 2 |
| MUS 323 | Music History: Early-1750 | 3 |
| MUS 324 | Music History: 1750-Present | 3 |
| MUS 416 | Orchestration I | 2 |
| Music Electives (must be upper division hours) | 6 | |
| Non-Music Electives (must be upper division hours) | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
A grade of “C” or higher must be earned in all courses in this Major.
All incoming students must audition for acceptance as a music major (BA or BM). Music majors are expected to complete Freshmen Success Seminar Course MUS 110 Freshman Success In addition, each music major must (1) enroll for a major ensemble each semester until all music degree requirements are met; (2) pass six semester of recital attendance (MUS 100R Recital) (3) meet the keyboard competency requirement; (4) pass the barrier examination in applied music study, and (5) present one or more public recital(s).
Requirements for keyboard skills vary according to the major. Instrumental majors may demonstrate keyboard competency through proficiency examination or by completion of MUS 236 Class Piano C. Vocalists must pass two proficiency exams: the first to move from MUS 151 Minor Applied to MUS 351 Minor Applied , and the second to complete study at the upper division level (MUS 351 Minor Applied ). All students must demonstrate keyboard competency before conferral of their degrees.
A barrier exam is required of all music majors to achieve advanced standing on their principal applied instrument before registering for upper division applied study. The examination is administered at the end of the fourth semester of study, but may be taken earlier upon the recommendation of the applied teacher. (Regardless, all students must complete the required total number of semester hours in applied music as specified on the various degree plans.) Students who do not satisfactorily pass the initial exam have, at the discretion of the principal applied professor, one additional long semester to complete the exam requirement. Students who do not satisfactorily pass the second attempt at the barrier exam will be dismissed from the A&M-Commerce music program. Upper division applied credit (MUS 352 Principal Applied) must be completed at A&M-Commerce to be counted toward a music degree.
