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 | ||
| 6sch of foreign language | 6 | |
| 6sch of Ensemble | 6 | |
| MUS 100 | Ensemble ( ) | |
| or MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | |
| or MUS 100C | Chorale | |
| or MUS 100S | Chamber Singers | |
| or MUS 100W | Wind Ensemble | |
| MUS 110 | Freshman Success | 1 |
| MUS 1116 | Ear Training I | 1 |
| MUS 1311 | Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 1117 | Ear Training II | 1 |
| MUS 1312 | Theory II | 3 |
| 10sch of Principle Applied | 10 | |
| Principal Applied-Lower Division | ||
| Principal Applied-Upper Division | ||
| 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 |
| MUS 441 | Entrepreneurship in Music | 2 |
| Music Electives (must be upper division hours) | 6 | |
| Non-Music Electives (must be upper division hours) | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Counts toward Core Curriculum Requirements
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.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| MUS 110 | Freshman Success | 1 |
| MUS 100R | Recital | 1 |
| MUS 1311 | Theory I | 3 |
| MUS 1116 | Ear Training I | 1 |
| MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | 1 |
| MUS 152 | Principal Applied | 2 |
| ENG 1301 | College Reading & Writing | 3 |
| Pass Piano Proficiency or MUS 136 Recommended | 0-1 | |
| MATH 1332 | Contemporary Mathematics | 3 |
| Hours | 15-16 | |
| Spring | ||
| MUS 100R | Recital | 1 |
| MUS 1312 | Theory II | 3 |
| MUS 1117 | Ear Training II | 1 |
| MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | 1 |
| MUS 152 | Principal Applied | 2 |
| ENG 1302 | Written Argument/Research | 3 |
| Pass Piano Proficiency or MUS 140 Recommended | 0-1 | |
| PSCI 2306 | Texas Government and Politics | 3 |
| Pass Piano Proficiency or MUS 140 Recommended | 0-1 | |
| Signature Course | 3 | |
| Hours | 17-19 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MUS 100R | Recital | 0-2 |
| MUS 2311 | Theory III | 3 |
| MUS 2116 | Ear Training III | 1 |
| MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | 1 |
| MUS 152 | Principal Applied | 1-4 |
| MUS 236 | Class Piano C | 1 |
| HIST 1301 | History of the United States through Reconstruction | 3 |
| Language, History and Culture | 3 | |
| Course in Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 16-21 | |
| Spring | ||
| MUS 100R | Recital | 0-2 |
| MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | 1 |
| MUS 152 | Principal Applied | 1-4 |
| MUS 1315 | World Music | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | History of the United States Since Reconstruction | 3 |
| Social and Behavioral Science | 3 | |
| Course in Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 14-19 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MUS 100R | Recital | 0-2 |
| MUS 352 | Principal Applied | 1-4 |
| MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | 1 |
| MUS 323 | Music History: Early-1750 | 3 |
| MUS 416 | Orchestration I | 2 |
| MUS 313 | Fundamentals of Conducting | 2 |
| Non-Science Life Physical Science | 3 | |
| Course in Minor | 3 | |
| Hours | 15-20 | |
| Spring | ||
| MUS 100R | Recital | 0-2 |
| MUS 100B | Symphonic Band | 1 |
| MUS 324 | Music History: 1750-Present | 3 |
| MUS 310 | Music Technology | 3 |
| Upper Level Music Elective | 3 | |
| Course in Minor | 3 | |
| Non-Science Life and Physical Science | 3 | |
| Hours | 16-18 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Course in Minor | 3 | |
| Degree Pathway | 3 | |
| Foreign Language I | 3 | |
| Upper Level Music Elective | 3 | |
| PSCI 2305 | United States Government and Politics | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Course in Minor | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Foreign Language II | 3 | |
| Upper Level Music Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 120-140 | |
