Jazz Performance, BMUS

The Language Requirement may be satisfied by successfully completing a third-semester college-level course in a language other than English; successful completion, in high school, of the third year of a language other than English; or demonstrating proficiency at the third-semester level in a language proficiency examination approved by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the appropriate department.

Six hours of general education requirements in the Humanities and the Arts are met by courses required in the BMUS degree (MUS 313 and MUS 314).

Completion of both MUS 313 and MUS 314 meets the general education Humanities and the Arts requirement. 

Of the eight semesters of applied music, two semesters (4 hours) must be in classical applied study.

All music majors are required to enroll in at least one approved performance ensemble each semester in residence. Jazz Performance majors register for at least one Jazz ensemble each semester. For a listing of approved ensembles, please refer to the Undergraduate Music Handbook.

All students must demonstrate keyboard competency by examination when they matriculate or by enrolling in MUS 172 and/or MUS 173. For students with no keyboard skills, MUS 172 and MUS 173 taken in the first year, followed by Jazz Keyboard I and II in the second year will satisfy the secondary applied instrument requirement. For students whose principal instrument is piano, a secondary instrument or jazz voice may be chosen as a substitute for MUS 172, MUS 173 and Jazz Keyboard I and II, in consultation with the advisor. 

 MUS 436 now replaces MUS 499 (Proseminar in Music).