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2016-2017 General Catalog

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Music: Wind and Percussion Performance - BM

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Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.
Admitted students must meet with an advisor. Current students should also meet with an advisor and log-on to DegreeWorks to check student-specific program progress.

Minimum University Requirements
Total Credits	120	Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)	2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better	100	Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)	40
Total USU Credits	30	Upper-division USU Credits	20
USU Credits within the Major	10	Credits in Minor (if required)	12
Credits in Major	see below	Credits in American Institutions	3
General Education Requirements	see link	University Studies Depth Requirements	see link
NOTES: *All Music courses must be passed with a C- or better. Music requires 3.0 GPA in music classes and 2.75 GPA overall for admission as transfer student and for scholarship eligibility.*

Admissions Requirements for this Program

New freshmen

Admitted to USU in Good Standing

MUST PASS ENTRANCE AUDITION ON PRIMARY INSTRUMENT

Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU

MUST PASS ENTRANCE AUDITION ON PRIMARY INSTRUMENT

2.75 GPA

First Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
ENGL 1010: Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)	3	Communications Literacy (CL1)	MUSC 1110: Music Theory I (BCA)	3	Music core course Breadth Creative Arts or Breadth Exploration
MUSC 1105: Fundamentals for Music Majors (BCA) *	3	Music core course Breadth Creative Arts	MUSC 1130: Aural Skills I	1	Music core course
MUSC 1170: Keyboard Harmony I	1	Music core course	MUSC 1180: Keyboard Harmony II	1	Music core course
MUSC 1800: Percussion Techniques	1	Emphasis course	MUSC 1190: World Music	3	Music core course Students should take this course for 3 credits
MUSC 2180: Computer Applications in Music	1	Music core course	MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum
MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum	MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate
MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate	ENGL 2010: Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)	3	Communications Literacy (CL2)
Wind Technique Course	1	Emphasis course One Woodwind or Brass techniques course is required	Breadth Humanities (BHU) or Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) or Breadth American Institutions (BAI)	3	General Education Breadth Course Click on link for available courses
Breadth Humanities (BHU) or Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) or Breadth American Institutions (BAI)	3	General Education Breadth Course Click on link for available courses
Total	15		Total	15
^_Comments ^_*In order to ensure that music students are sufficiently prepared for the Music Theory sequence required in all music degrees (education, performance, and therapy), MUSC 1105: Fundamentals for Music Majors (BCA) for Music Majors was established as a prerequisite for MUSC 1110: Music Theory I (BCA) . All incoming music students will have an opportunity to try to test out of MUSC 1105 . Because this test is administered in part through Canvas, all incoming pre-program music majors should register for MUSC 1105 regardless of whether they expect to remain in the class. Those who do not pass the test must pass MUSC 1105 with a C- or better before taking MUSC 1110 . As this course is considered remedial work, the 3 credits earned in MUSC 1105 do not count towards the 120 credits required for any music major. Those students who pass the test will resume the Music Theory sequence with MUSC 1110 the following spring semester.			^_Comments Must pass Level 1 Jury and earn at least a C- in Music Theory I, Aural Skills I and satisfy Basic Piano Proficiency requirement. Students in this program must complete a jury or recital hearing, take private instruction, and participate in at least one large ensemble each semester they are in residence.

Second Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
MUSC 1120: Music Theory II	3	Music core course	MUSC 2110: Music Theory III	3	Music core course
MUSC 1140: Aural Skills II	1	Music core course	MUSC 2130: Aural Skills III	1	Music core course
MUSC 3110: Music History I: Origins through Baroque	3	Music core course	MUSC 3120: Music History II: Classical and Romantic Periods	3	Music core course
MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum	MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum
MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate	2000 level or higher- Private instruction 2nd instrument	1	Emphasis course
2000 level or higher- Private instruction 2nd instrument	1	Emphasis course	MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate
Breadth Humanities (BHU) or Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) or Breadth American Institutions (BAI)	3	General Education Breadth Course Click on link for available courses	Breadth Humanities (BHU) or Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) or Breadth American Institutions (BAI)	3	General Education Breadth Course Click on link for available courses
Breadth Humanities (BHU) or Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) or Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) or Breadth American Institutions (BAI)	3	General Education Breadth Course Click on link for available courses
Total	16		Total	13
^_Comments Students in this program must complete a jury or recital hearing, take private instruction, and participate in at least one large ensemble each semester they are in residence.			_^Comments Students in this program must complete a jury or recital hearing, take private instruction, and participate in at least one large ensemble each semester they are in residence.

Third Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
MUSC 2120: Music Theory IV	3	Music core course	MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum
MUSC 2350: Conducting	2	Emphasis course	MUSC 3900: Improvisation I	2	Emphasis course
MUSC 3190: Music History III: Music of the Twentieth Century (CI)	3	Music core course Communications Intensive (CI)	MUSC 4920: Individual Recital	1	Emphasis course Students should register for 1 credit of junior recital
MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum	3000 level or higher small ensemble	1	Emphasis course
3000 level or higher small ensemble	1	Emphasis course	MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate
MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate	Electives	6
Electives	3		Quantitative Intensive (QI)	3	Quantitative Intensive (QI)
Math or Statistics	3	Quantitative Literacy (QL) Math Placement
Total	17		Total	15
^_Comments Students in this program must complete a jury or recital hearing, take private instruction, and participate in at least one large ensemble each semester they are in residence.			_^Comments Students in this program must complete a jury or recital hearing, take private instruction, and participate in at least one large ensemble each semester they are in residence.

Fourth Year
_{Fall Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}	_{Spring Semester}	_Credits	_{General Education Info and Notes:}
MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum	MUSC 3180: Orchestration	2	Emphasis course
MUSC 3240 Instrumental Methods and Materials or MUSC 4730: Directed Project in Instrumental Pedagogy and Literature (CI) or MUSC 4930: Readings and Conference	2 or 3 or 1-6	Emphasis course See Comment Below MUSC 4930 2 credit minimum	MUSC 3500: Symphony Orchestra (DHA) or MUSC 3790: Symphonic Band (DHA) or MUSC 4700: Wind Orchestra (DHA)	1 or 1 or 1	Emphasis course 8 credits minimum
3000 level or higher small ensemble	1	Emphasis course	MUSC 4920: Individual Recital	2	Emphasis course Students should register for 2 credits for senior recital
MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate	MUSC 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instrument	1	Emphasis course Students need 8 total credits to graduate
Depth Social Sciences (DSS)	3	Depth course Depth Social Sciences (DSS)	3000 level or higher small ensemble	1	Emphasis course
Music Elective	4		Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC)	3	Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC)
General Elective (CI if 4730 is not taken some previous summer term.)	3	(CI if 4730 is not taken)	Electives	3-4
Total	13-16		Total	13-14
^_Comments Students in this program must complete a jury or recital hearing, take private instruction, and participate in at least one large ensemble each semester they are in residence. MUSC 4730 Directed Project in Instrumental Pedagogy and Literature (CI) is an option to satisfy this requirement. It is traditionally offered summer semester.			_^Comments Students in this program must complete a jury or recital hearing, take private instruction, and participate in at least one large ensemble each semester they are in residence.

Music Performance Core

MUSC 1105 - Fundamentals for Music Majors (BCA) 3
MUSC 1110 - Music Theory I (BCA) 3
MUSC 1120 - Music Theory II 3
MUSC 1130 - Aural Skills I 1
MUSC 1140 - Aural Skills II 1
MUSC 1170 - Keyboard Harmony I 1
MUSC 1180 - Keyboard Harmony II 1
MUSC 1190 - World Music 3
MUSC 2110 - Music Theory III 3
MUSC 2120 - Music Theory IV 3
MUSC 2130 - Aural Skills III 1
MUSC 3110 - Music History I: Origins through Baroque 3
MUSC 3120 - Music History II: Classical and Romantic Periods 3
MUSC 3190 - Music History III: Music of the Twentieth Century (CI) 3
MUSC 4920 - Individual Recital 1-2 (3 credits total, 1 credit Junior recital, 2 credits Senior recital)

Wind Technique Courses

One woodwind or brass techniques course is required

Music 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instruments (8 credits minimum)

Wind and Percussion Required

MUSC 3/4XXX Small Ensemble - 4 credits
Music Electives - 4 credits
Electives - 15-16 credits

MUSC 1800 - Percussion Techniques 1
MUSC 2180 - Computer Applications in Music 1
MUSC 2350 - Conducting 2
MUSC 3500 - Symphony Orchestra (DHA) 1
or
MUSC 3790 - Symphonic Band (DHA) 1
or
MUSC 4700 - Wind Orchestra (DHA) 1
(8 credits minimum of large ensemble, any combination of these three courses satisfy requirements)
MUSC 3180 - Orchestration 2
MUSC 3900 - Improvisation I 2
MUSC 3240 - Instrumental Methods and Materials 2
or
MUSC 4730 - Directed Project in Instrumental Pedagogy and Literature (CI) 3
or
MUSC 4930 - Readings and Conference 1-6 (2 credit minimum)

Music: Wind and Percussion Performance - BM

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Wind Technique Courses

Music 37/38XX Individual Instruction on Major Instruments (8 credits minimum)

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