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Curriculum in Music
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Music
Vocal 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
^††MUSA 172	Applied Music Major	2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 115	Diction: English and Italian	1
^††MUS 103	Class Piano	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
^††MUSA 172	Applied Music Major	2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 119	Diction: German	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: 16

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 129	Recital Hour	0
^††MUSA 172	Applied Music Major	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
^††MUSA 172	Applied Music Major	2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 120	Diction: French	1
^††MUS 210³	Class Piano	1
^††MUS 212	Music Theory	3
^††MUS 357	Introduction to World Music	2
COMM 211^G	Introduction to Public Speaking	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††MUSA 472	Applied Music Major	2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 329	Choral Conducting I	2
^††MUS 355	Music History II	3
^††MUS 381	Counterpoint	2
ITAL 101	Elementary Italian I	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††MUSA 472	Applied Music Major	2
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 330	Choral Conducting II	2
^††MUS 354	Music History I	3
^††MUS 372	Form and Analysis	2
^††MUSA 350	Junior Recital	0
FREN 101	Elementary French I	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††MUSA 473	Applied Music Major	3
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUS 411	Voice Materials and Methods	3
GERM 101	Elementary German I	3
GBIO 106 or GBIO 151H^G	Introduction to Biological Principles I General Biology I Honors	3
Social Science Elective^1,G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
^††MUS 449	Recital Hour	0
^††MUSA 473	Applied Music Major	3
^††Music Ensemble⁴		1
^††MUSA 450	Senior Recital	0
^††MUS 438	Song Literature	2
Music Elective²		3
GBIO 107^G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	3
Social Science Elective^1,G		3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

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.
¹To be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology.
²To 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 MUS 210.
³Piano Proficiency must be demonstrated as a graduation requirement. Students must enroll in Piano each semester until the Piano Proficiency Exam is passed (see Piano Proficiency Handbook, posted on the departmental website).
⁴Ensemble assignments are dictated by the needs of the department and will be assigned from: Music Theatre Performance 105/405, Chorus 131/431, Concert Choir 135/435, Women’s Chorale 137/437, or Chamber Ensemble 145/445.

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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