Nov 08, 2024  
College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
College Catalog 2024-2025

Piano, BM


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Bachelor of Music


The Bachelor of Music (B.M.) degree program is the principal undergraduate program in music, and nearly all of the undergraduate musicians are enrolled in it. It requires students to supplement their music studies with a prescribed number of courses in the Liberal Arts Department.

The B.M. degree program normally requires four years to complete. The minimum residency is two years for qualified and approved transfer students (three years for Voice majors). All requirements for the degree must be completed within seven years of a student’s original enrollment in the B.M. program. The curriculum outlines give the required distribution of credits for the B.M. degree.

First Year


Major Studies


Total Credits 1st Year: 33


Second Year


Major Studies


Specialized Studies


Liberal Arts


Total Credits 2nd Year: 42


Third Year


Major Studies


Performance Ensembles


  • Chamber Music* (CMENS 500-0) 4 credits (see Note below)

Music Departmental Studies


Specialized Studies


Liberal Arts


  • Liberal Arts Electives (LARTS 000-0) 6 credits

Total Credits 3rd Year: 42


Fourth Year


Major Studies


Performance Ensembles


  • Chamber Music* (CMENS 500-0) 4 credits (see Note below)

Music Departmental Studies


  • Music Theory Elective: (THMUS E500) 3 credits
  • Music History Elective (MHMUS 000) 3 credits

Specialized Studies


Liberal Arts


  • Liberal Arts Electives (LARTS 000-0) 6 credits

Total Credits 4th Year: 35


TOTAL CREDITS: 152


Note:


* 8 credits of Chamber Music required, and may include up to one year of duo chamber music, of which one semester may be duo piano (CMENS 561-562 ).

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