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(see footnotes at bottom)
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.)
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