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Curriculum in Music
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music
Jazz Studies 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 Ensemble³		1
^††MUS 103	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 215	Fundamentals of Jazz Improvisation	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 Ensemble³		1
^††MUS 104	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 112	Music Theory	3
^††MUS 152	Introduction to Music Literature	2
^††MUS 314	Jazz Improvisation II	1
Mathematics^G		3
ENGL 102 or ENGL 102H^G	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		2
^††Music Ensemble³		1
^††MUS 209	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 211^G	Music Theory	3
PHYS 100^G	Acoustics for Musicians	3
ENGL 230 or ENGL 231 or ENGL 232^G	World Literature English Literature American Literature	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 Ensemble³		1
^††MUS 210⁴	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 212	Music Theory	3
^††MUS 251	History and Appreciation of Jazz	3
^††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2
Elective¹		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		3
^††Music Ensemble³		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 Ensemble³		1
^††MUS 458	Jazz Pedagogy	2
^††MUS 354	Music History I	3
^††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2
^††MUS 382	Counterpoint	2
^††MUS 345	Jazz Theory/Composition	2
^††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		3
^††Music Ensemble³		1
^††MUS 309	Basic Jazz Piano	1
^††MUS 433	Jazz Arranging I	1
GBIO 106^G	Introduction to Biological Principles I	3
Social Science Elective^2,G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††Applied Music		3
^††Music Ensemble³		1
^††MUSA 450	Senior Recital	0
^††MUS 434	Jazz Arranging II	1
GBIO 107^G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3
Social Science Elective^2,G		3
^††Music Elective		1
Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

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 course will not count for the General Elective courses.

²To be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.

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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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