University Catalog

Curriculum in Music
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music
Instrumental Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 103	Class Piano	1	hour
††Music Elective		1	hour
††MUS 111G	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2	hours
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	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 Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 104	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 112	Music Theory	3	hours
††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2	hours
MathematicsG		3	hours
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hours
††MUS 209	Class Piano	1	hour
††MUS 211	Music Theory	3	hours
PHYS 100G	Acoustics for Musicians	3	hours
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232 or ENGL 210H or ENGL 291H or ENGL 292HG	World Literature English Literature American Literature Honors Studies in Literature                               Tragedy and Comedy Modern Fiction	3	hours
History ElectiveG		3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		2	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 2105	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

First Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		3	hours
††Music Ensemble4		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:	16	hours

 

Second Semester

††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0	hours
††Applied Music		3	hours
††Music Ensemble4		1	hour
††MUS 311	Instrumental Conducting II	2	hours
††MUS 354	Music History I	3	hours
††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2	hours
††MUS 382	Counterpoint	2	hours
††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0
	Total:	13	hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

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
††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:	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, 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.

⁴Ensemble 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 Band 127/427, Symphonic Band 143/443, Chamber Ensemble 145/445, or Contemporary Music Ensemble 154/454.

⁵Piano 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.)