Curriculum in Music

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music

Vocal Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR


First Semester

††MUS 129 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 172 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUS 115 Diction: English and Italian 1 hour
††MUS 103 Class Piano 1 hour
††MUS 111G 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
††MUSA 172 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUS 119 Diction: German 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 FundamentalsCollege 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: 16 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR


First Semester

††MUS 129 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 172 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUS 209 Class Piano 1 hour
††MUS 211 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
††MUSA 172 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUS 120 Diction: French 1 hour
††MUS 2104 Class Piano 1 hour
††MUS 212 Music Theory 3 hours
††MUS 357 Introduction to World Music                                             2 hours
COMM 211G,H Introduction to Public Speaking         3 hours
  Total: 13 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR


First Semester

††MUS 449 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 472 Applied Music Major                                                       2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUS 447 Choral Methods I 3 hours
††MUS 354 Music History I 3 hours
††MUS 381 Counterpoint 2 hours
ITAL 101 Elementary Italian I  3 hours
  Total: 14 hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 472 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUS 448 Choral Methods II 3 hours
††MUS 355 Music History II 3 hours
††MUS 372 Form and Analysis                                                                  2 hours
††MUSA 350 Junior Recital 0 hours
FREN 101 Elementary French I  3 hours
  Total: 14 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR


First Semester

††MUS 449 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 472 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUS 411 Voice Materials and Methods 3 hours
GERM 101 Elementary German I  3 hours
GBIO 106 or
GBIO 151HG,H
Introduction to Biological Principles I  
General Biology I Honors                                                   
3 hours
Social Science
Elective1,G
  3 hours
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449 Recital Hour 0 hours
††MUSA 472 Applied Music Major 2 hours
††Music
Ensemble5
  1 hour
††MUSA 450 Senior Recital 0 hours
††MUS 438 Song Literature 2 hours
Music
Elective2
  3 hours
GBIO 107G Introduction to Biological Principles II 3 hours
Social Science
Elective1,G
  3 hours
  Total: 14 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 Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.
2To 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.
3Extended Option: Secondary Education Certification. See the College of Education section of this catalog.
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).
5Ensemble assignments are directed by the needs of the department and will be assigned from: Chorus 131/431, Concert Choir 135/435, Orchestra 121/421, Jazz Ensemble 123/423, Varsity Band 125/425, or Chamber Ensemble 145/445.