Bachelor of Music in Performance (Jazz)

Curriculum

General Education Curriculum:

• First-Year Seminar
• Expository Writing
• One course in Mathematics
• Science I
• Cultural Heritage I and II — fulfilled by taking Music 321 and Music 324 or 326
• Health Dynamics
• Basic Studies in Religion plus one upper level course in Religion
• Second Language — one course at the second semester level
• Social Science — one 4-credit course from the Departments of Communication, Psychology, Sociology, or the Departments of Economics, Management and Accounting, or Political Science
• Senior Seminar (IDS 400-level course)
  

Basic Musicianship:

• Concert Attendance, eight semesters (Music 080)
• Perspectives in Music (Music 102)
• World Music (104)
• Theory I, II, III and IV (Music 111, 112, 211, 212)
• Aural Skills I, II (Music 113, 114)
• Eurhythmics (Music 201, 202)
• Keyboard Skills (Music 197, 198)
• History and Literature of the Symphony (Music 324) or History and Literature of Opera (Music 326)
• Jazz Literature and Pedagogy (Music 365)
• Seminar in Music (Music 491)

Performance:

• 24 credits in Applied Major Area (choose one jaz instrument from Music 164, 167, 168, 171, 176, 179, 180, 181)
• 4 credits in ensembles (choose from Music 135 and 160) — Students are required to participate in an ensemble each semester.

Jazz Studies:

• Survey of Jazz (Music 105)
• 6 credits of Jazz Piano (Music 179)
• Jazz Theory and Improvisation I (Music 361)
• Jazz Styles and Analysis (Music 363)
• Jazz Composition and Arranging (Music 366)

Electives: 14 credits chosen from the following courses

• Counterpoint (Music 315)
• Music Literature before 1700 (Music 321)
• Orchestration (Music 341)
• Conducting Techniques (Music 345)
• Jazz Theory and Improvisation II (Music 362)
• Jazz Composition and Arranging II (Music 367)
• Recording Arts and Techniques (Music 368)

TOTAL CREDITS = 132 credits