University Catalog

Curriculum in Music

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music in Music

Piano Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 162	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 131, or MUS 135	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††MUS 111G	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2	hours
ENGL 101G	Freshman Composition	3	hours
PHYS 100G	Acoustics for Musicians	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 163	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 131, or MUS 135	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††MUS 112	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2	hours
MATH 161G	College Algebra	3	hours
ENGL 102G	Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
	Total:	14	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 162	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 131, or MUS 135	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††MUS 211	Music Theory	3	hours
MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
HIST 201, or HIST 101HG	American History to 1877 Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 162	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 131, or MUS 135	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††MUS 212	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2	hours
ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
COMM 211G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3	hours
	Total:	14	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 462	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 431, or MUS 435	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††MUS 440, or MUS 447	Instrumental Techniques I Choral Methods I	3	hours
††MUS 354	Music History I	3	hours
††MUS 371	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††MUS 381	Counterpoint	2	hours
††MUS 4304	Keyboard Skills for Pianists	1	hour
††Music Elective		1	hour
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 462	Applied Music Major	2	hours
††MUS 431, or MUS 435	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††MUS 446, or MUS 448	Instrumental Techniques II                             Choral Methods II	3	hours
††MUS 355	Music History II	3	hours
††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††MUS 382	Counterpoint	2	hours
††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0	hours
††MUS 445	Chamber Ensemble	1	hour
	Total:	14	hours

 

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 463	Applied Music Major	3	hours
††MUS 431, or MUS 435	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††Music Elective1		3	hours
††MUS 403	Piano Literature and Pedagogy	2	hours
††MUS 445	Chamber Ensemble	1	hour
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
Social Science Elective2,G		3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††MUSA 463	Applied Music Major	3	hours
††MUS 431, or MUS 435	Chorus Concert Choir	1	hour
††MUS 429	Piano Literature	3	hours
††MUSA 450	Senior Recital	0	hours
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
Social Science Elective2,G		3	hours
Humanities Elective3		3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

^GGeneral Education Courses

^††Major courses requiring a grade of "C" or better.
¹To be selected from 300 and 400 level theory, music history, or music research courses.
²To be selected from Anthropology, Economics, Criminal Justice, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.
³To be selected from 200-level or higher Foreign Language, Mythology, Philosophy, History, Speech Communication, or Literature course work.
⁴Piano Proficiency must be demonstrated as a graduation requirement. Students must enroll in Piano each semester until the Piano Proficiency Exam is passed (see Piano Proficiency Handbook, posted on the departmental website).