University Catalog

Curriculum in Music

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music

Jazz Studies Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hour
††MUS 103	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 215	Fundamentals of Jazz Improvisation	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	Freshman Composition Ancient Epic: Literature and Composition Topics in Critical Reading and Writing	3	hours
MathematicsG		3	hours
SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2	hours
	Total:	18	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hour
††MUS 104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 112	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2	hours
††MUS 314	Jazz Improvisation II	1	hour
MathematicsG		3	hours
ENGL 102 or ENGL 122H or ENGL 124HG	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
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hours
††MUS 209	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 211G	Music Theory	3	hours
PHYS 100G	Acoustics for Musicians	3	hours
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	3	hours
History ElectiveG		3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hour
††MUS 2104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 212	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 251	History and Appreciation of Jazz	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
	Total:	15	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hour
††MUS 310	Instrumental Conducting I	2	hours
††MUS 355	Music History II	3	hours
††MUS 371	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††MUS 381	Counterpoint	2	hours
COMM 211G	Introduction to Pubic Speaking	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hour
††MUS 458	Jazz Pedagogy	2	hours
††MUS 354	Music History I	3	hours
††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††MUS 382	Counterpoint	2	hours
††MUS 345	Jazz Theory/Composition	2	hours
††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0	hours
	Total:	14	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		3	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hour
††MUS 309	Basic Jazz Piano	1	hour
††MUS 433	Jazz Arranging I	1	hour
GBIO 106G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3	hours
Social Science Elective1,G		3	hours
	Total:	12	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		3	hours
††Music Ensemble3		1	hour
††MUSA 450	Senior Recital	0	hours
††MUS 434	Jazz Arranging II	1	hour
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3	hours
Social Science Elective1,G		3	hours
Humanities Elective2		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 200-level or higher Foreign Language, Mythology, Philosophy, History, Speech Communication, or Literature course work.

³Ensemble assignments are dictated by the needs of the department and will be assigned from: Music Theatre Performance 105/405, Orchestra 121/421, Jazz Ensemble 123/423, Wind Symphony 125/425, Athletic Bands 127/427, Symphonic Band 143/443, Chamber Ensemble 145/445, or Contemporary Music Ensemble 154/454.

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 department website.)