University Catalog

Curriculum in Music

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music

Instrumental Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Major		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 103	Class Piano	1	hour
††Music Elective		1	hour
††MUS 111	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2	hours
ENGL 101, or ENGL 121H, or ENGL 123HG,H	Freshman Composition Ancient Epic: Literature and Composition Topics in Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
PHYS 100G	Acoustics for Musicians	3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Major		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 112	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2	hours
MATH 151/161G	College Algebra with Fundamentals / College Algebra	3	hours
ENGL 102, or ENGL 122H, or ENGL 124HG,H	Critical Reading and Writing Modern Epic: Literature and Composition Topics in Reading and Research-Based Writing	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Major		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hours
††MUS 209	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 211G	Music Theory	3	hours
MATH 241G	Elementary Statistics	3	hours
ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232, or ENGL 210H, or ENGL 291H, or ENGL 292HG,H	World Literature English Literature American Literature Honors Studies in Literature Tragedy and Comedy Modern Fiction	3	hours
HIST 201, or HIST 101HG,H	American History to 1877 Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Major		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 210	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 212	Music Theory	3	hours
††Music Elective		1	hour
††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2	hours
ENGL 230, or ENGL 231, or ENGL 232, or ENGL 210H, or ENGL 291H, or ENGL 292H	World Literature English Literature American Literature Honors Studies in Literature Tragedy and Comedy Modern Fiction	3	hours
	Total:	13	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Major		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 440	Instrumental Techniques I	3	hours
††MUS 354	Music History I	3	hours
††MUS 371	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††MUS 381	Counterpoint	2	hours
COMM 211G,H	Introduction to Pubic Speaking	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Major		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 446	Instrumental Techniques 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
	Total:	13	hours

 

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		3	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††Music Elective1		3	hours
††MUS 414, or MUS 416, or MUS 417, or MUS 418	Percussion Pedagogy, Materials and Lab Brass Pedagogy, Materials and Lab Woodwind Pedagogy, Materials and Lab String Pedagogy, Materials and Lab	3	hours
GBIO 106 or  GBIO 151HG	Introduction to Biological Principles I General Biology I Honors	3	hours
Social Science Elective2,G		3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		3	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
Social Science Elective2,G		3	hours
Humanities Elective3		3	hours
	Total:	13	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, music research courses, or three semesters of applied piano 461. The piano faculty may require piano study beyond Music 210.
²To be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, 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. Student must enroll in Piano each semester until the Piano Proficiency Exam is passed (see Piano Proficiency Handbook posted on the departmental website.)