Music Option
Bachelor of Arts
FAH BA 4104
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern
language. Students coming to campus having met the admission requirements taking effect in
1997 will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school
language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this
requirement for intermediate or advanced courses.
- Major Option = 37
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the
unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 112
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 13
- Minimum total hours required for BA in Music = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. Music Core Requirements (27 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- MUS 140*, Piano Techniques I - 1 hour
- MUS 141*, Piano Techniques II - 1 hour
- MUS 198, Sight Singing and Ear Training I - 1 hour
- MUS 199, Sight Singing and Ear Training II - 1 hour
- MUS 200, Theory I - 3 hours
- MUS 201, Theory II - 3 hours
- MUS 240*, Piano Techniques III - 1 hour
- MUS 337, Sight Singing and Ear Training III - 1 hour
- MUS 338, Sight Singing and Ear Training IV - 1 hour
- MUS 339, Theory III - 3 hours
- MUS 340, Theory IV - 3 hours
- MUS 365, Form and Analysis - 2 hours
- MUS 447, Music History and Literature I - 3 hours
- MUS 448, Music History and Literature II - 3 hours
- *Requirements may be met through proficiency examination; hours to be replaced by
Music Electives
-
- B. Music Private Instruction (8 hours required)
- Take 3-5 hours in one area (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument) from:
- MUS 150, Private Instruction, Primary Instrument - 1
hour
- Take 3-5 hours in one area (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument) from:
- MUS 350, Advanced Private Instruction - 1 hour
- Take 0-2 hours in one area (voice, piano or single band/orchestral instrument) from:
- MUS 149, Private Instruction, Secondary Instrument - 1
hour
-
- C. Music Ensembles (2 hours required)
- Take 2 hours from:
- MUS 103, University Band - 1 hour
- MUS 104, Symphonic Band - 1 hour
- MUS 105, Wind Ensemble - 1 hour
- MUS 173, Choraleers - 1 hour
- MUS 174, University Men's Chorus - 1 hour
- MUS 176, University Women's Chorus - 1 hour
- MUS 220, Kearney Area Symphony Orchestra - 1 hour
16 May 2005
