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

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 103	Class Piano	1
^††Music Elective		1
^††MUS 111^G	Music Theory	3
^††MUS 217	Computer Applications for Music Majors	2
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101H^G	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3
Mathematics^G		3
*SE 101	Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern	2
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 104	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 112	Music Theory	3
^††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2
Mathematics^G		3
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102H^G	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 210⁵	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 212	Music Theory	3
^††Music Elective		1
^††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2
Elective¹		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		3
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 310	Instrumental Conducting I	2
^††MUS 355	Music History II	3
^††MUS 371	Form and Analysis	2
^††MUS 381	Counterpoint	2
COMM 211^G	Introduction to Pubic Speaking	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		3
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 311	Instrumental Conducting II	2
^††MUS 354	Music History I	3
^††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2
^††MUS 382	Counterpoint	2
^††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		3
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††Music Elective²		3
^††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
GBIO 106 or GBIO 151H^G	Introduction to Biological Principles I General Biology I Honors	3
Social Science Elective^3,G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		3
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUSA 450	Senior Recital	0
GBIO 107^G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3
Social Science Elective^3,G		3
Elective¹		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 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.

¹Ensembles and primary instrument applied music courses will not count for General Elective Courses.

²To be selected from 200 level or higher music or applied music courses. Can not be ensembles or primary instrument applied music courses.
³To be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.

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.)

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FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Second Semester

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120