Music - Major (BA)

Core Curriculum Requirements

All Nazareth students complete Core Curriculum coursework as part of their degree requirements. The Core provides a foundation in the liberal arts and sciences while guiding students to pose and explore their own intellectual questions. See Academic Policies and Procedures  for specific core curriculum requirements. 

Music Core

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music must take the following:

• MUX 019 - Concert Attendance Credits: 0  4 Semesters
• MUX 099 - Music Department Orientation Credits: 0
• MUP 1_ - Weekly, one hour private lessons  8 Semesters
• ENS 0_ - Major Ensemble  8 Semesters
• MUX 49_ - Senior Recital/Project

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music must take the following (in addition to the courses listed above).

• MUS.Q 104 - Introduction to World Music Credits: 3
• MUS 123 - Music Theory I Credits: 3
• MUS 124 - Music Theory II Credits: 3
• MUS 125 - Aural Skills I Credits: 1
• MUS 126 - Aural Skills II Credits: 1
• MUS 211 - The History of Western Music I: Antiquity to 1600 Credits: 3
• MUS 212 - The History of Western Music II: 1600 To the Late Nineteenth Century Credits: 3
• MUS 223 - Music Theory III Credits: 3
• MUS 224 - Music Theory IV Credits: 3
• MUS 225 - Aural Skills III Credits: 1
• MUS 226 - Aural Skills IV Credits: 1
• MUS 317 - The History of Western Music III: Music Since 1900 Credits: 3
• Music Theory or Music History course (300 or 400 level) Credits: 3

Upper Division Music Electives

Elective Requirements by Program

• Bachelor of Arts in Music - complete one upper division music elective from either Music Theory or Music History
• Bachelor of Music in Composition - complete three upper division music electives
• Bachelor of Music in Music Education - complete one upper division music elective from either Music Theory or Music History
• Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy - complete one upper division music elective from either Music Theory or Music History
• Bachelor of Music in Music Performance (Voice) - complete one upper division music electives in Music Theory and one upper division elective in Music History
• Bachelor of Music in Music Performance (Piano, Instrumental) - complete four upper division music electives; at least one must be in Music Theory and one must be in Music History

• Upper Division Music Theory Electives

• MUS 321 - Orchestration and Composition Credits: 3
• MUS 323 - Modal and Tonal Counterpoint Credits: 3
• MUS 423 - Form and Analysis I Credits: 3
• MUS 424 - Form and Analysis II Credits: 3

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  Upper Division Music History Electives

• MUS 411 - Topics in Medieval/Renaissance Music History Credits: 3
• MUS 412 - Topics in Baroque Music History Credits: 3
• MUS 413 - Topics in Classical Era Music History Credits: 3
• MUS 414 - Topics in Romantic Era Music History Credits: 3
• MUS 415 - Topics in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Music History Credits: 3
• MUS 470 - Musical Borrowing Credits: 3
• MUS 471 - Music and Magic in Western Culture Credits: 3

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  Upper Division Music Electives - General

• MUS 303 - Jazz History Credits: 3
• MUS 322 - Jazz Theory Credits: 3
• MUS 416 - Special Topics in Music History Credits: 3
• MUS 417 - Special Topics in Music Theory Credits: 3
• MUS 418 - Special Topics in Jazz Credits: 3
• MUS 485 - Independent Study Credits: 1 to 3
• MUS 486 - Independent Study Credits: 3

Music Senior Experience

The culminating senior course for the BA in Music is the Senior Recital/Project, an experiential learning course engaging students in demonstrating the practical application of knowledge and skills acquired in the study of applied music, music history, music theory and the liberal arts.

• MUX 49_ Senior Recital/Project Credits: 0

Sample Program for the Music Major (Bachelor of Arts Degree)