Music, BA (with Specialized Music Emphases)
Degree candidates need 6 credits of major ensemble for graduation but are also required to be in a major ensemble every semester while at SMSU.
Courses
- MUS 101 — Survey of World Music
- MUS 102 — American Music
- MUS 104 — Popular Music
- MUS 110 — Public Performance Studies
- MUS 160 — Piano Competency, Minor Level
- MUS 170 — Foundations of Aural Theory
- MUS 172 — Music Theory I
- MUS 174 — Music Theory II
- MUS 174L — Music Theory Lab II
- MUS 251 — Applied Voice, Lower Division
- MUS 260 — Piano Competency, Major Level
- MUS 261 — Applied Piano, Lower Division
- MUS 263 — Applied Harpsichord, Lower Division
- MUS 272 — Music Theory III
- MUS 272L — Music Theory Lab III
- MUS 274 — Chromatic, Post-Tonal, & 20th Century Theory
- MUS 274L — Chromatic, Post-Tonal, & 20th Century Theory Lab
- MUS 300 — Junior Proficiency Exam, Vocal
- MUS 301 — Junior Proficiency Exam, Instrumental
- MUS 302 — Junior Proficiency Exam, Composition
- MUS 303 — Junior Proficiency Exam, Keyboard
- MUS 318 — Applied Brass Methods
- MUS 327 — Applied Improvisation
- MUS 328 — Applied Woodwind Methods
- MUS 330 — Applied Percussion Methods
- MUS 333 — Jazz Band
- MUS 335 — Symphonic Chamber Winds
- MUS 337 — Southwest Minnesota Orchestra
- MUS 348 — Applied String Methods
- MUS 351 — Applied Voice, Upper Division
- MUS 355 — Chorale
- MUS 361 — Applied Piano, Upper Division
- MUS 366 — Conducting
- MUS 370 — Form and Analysis
- MUS 373 — Applied Counterpoint
- MUS 375 — Applied Composition
- MUS 377 — Orchestration & Choral Arranging
- MUS 381 — Music History: Medieval through Baroque
- MUS 382 — Music History: Classic-20th Century
- MUS 392 — Elementary School Music Methods and Materials
- MUS 396 — Junior Vocal Recital
- MUS 397 — Junior Instrumental Recital
- MUS 399 — Junior Keyboard Recital
- MUS 454 — Vocal Pedagogy
- MUS 455 — Vocal Diction for Singers
- MUS 456 — Choral and Vocal Literature
- MUS 460 — Applied Piano Teaching Methods
- MUS 462 — Piano Laboratory Methods
- MUS 466 — Applied Piano Literature
- MUS 468 — Piano Pedagogy Workshop
- MUS 494 — Independent Study
- MUS 496 — Senior Vocal Recital
- MUS 497 — Senior Instrumental Recital
- MUS 498 — Senior Composition Recital
- MUS 499 — Senior Keyboard Recital