Music (BA)
Admission
On-site audition and aural skills assessment. Consult the Department’s website for details: music.uconn.edu. All students are admitted to the Bachelor of Arts in Music and are subsequently considered for admission into the Music Education or Bachelor of Music programs upon enrollment at the University.
Requirements
Core Curriculum
All Bachelor of Arts students must complete the following courses:
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MUSI 1101 | Convocation, Concert and Recital Repertoire | 0 |
MUSI 1222 | Applied Music | 1-3 |
MUSI 1311 | Ear Training and Musicianship I | 1 |
MUSI 1312 | Ear Training and Musicianship II | 1 |
MUSI 1313 | Harmony I | 3 |
MUSI 1314 | Harmony II | 3 |
MUSI 3311 | Ear Training and Musicianship III | 1 |
MUSI 3313 | Harmony III | 3 |
MUSI 3404 | Culture and Context in Western Art Music | 3 |
MUSI 3405 | Exploring Worlds of Oral/Aural Music Traditions | 3 |
Students will participate in four performances in an elective recital or convocation that shall include two solo and two chamber performances.
Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts with no emphasis must complete piano proficiency equivalent to MUSI 1231 Class Instruction in Piano Class Piano Level 2. Students seeking any other music degree or concentration must complete piano proficiency equivalent to MUSI 1231 Class Instruction in Piano Class Piano Level 4. Students with a keyboard emphasis must complete four semesters of MUSI 1241 Applied Accompanying (B.S. keyboard students must complete four semesters of MUSI 1241 Applied Accompanying before promotion to 3000 level or above applied study).
Residency Requirement
The following courses are required each semester of a student's residency in music as a declared music major, subject to the exceptions below:
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MUSI 1101 | Convocation, Concert and Recital Repertoire | 0 |
MUSI 1222 | Applied Music | 1-3 |
or MUSI 3222 | Applied Music, Advanced Course | |
MUSI 1110 | Band | 1 |
or MUSI 1111 | Chorus | |
or MUSI 1112 | University Symphony Orchestra |
Exceptions
- Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts with no emphasis may reduce these residency requirements to six semesters, which need not be consecutive.
- Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts with voice as their primary instrument may substitute MUSI 1119 Opera Workshop for MUSI 1111 Chorus in the last two semesters of their residency.
- B.A. keyboard, guitar, and harp students need four semesters of ensemble.
- B.A. Jazz students substitute MUSI 1115 Jazz Ensembles for MUSI 1110/1111/1112 for the last four semesters of their degree.
- B.A. Jazz students take two credits of MUSI 1222 Applied Music for three semesters, consisting of one credit of classical and one credit of jazz lessons. A classical jury is required for 3 semesters. In the 4th semester, students take two credits of MUSI 1222 with the appropriate jazz professor, to focus on the promotional jury requirements. MUSI 3222 Applied Music, Advanced Course jazz lessons are taken in the last four semesters, upon promotion.
Additional Requirements
- Nine credits outside Music Department in addition to Common Curriculum requirements.
- Minimum of 42 credits of music courses, of which 14 must be at the 2000 level or above.
Emphasis
Jazz Emphasis
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MUSI 1601 | Introduction to Jazz Improvisation | 2 |
MUSI 3631 | Jazz Arranging I | 2 |
MUSI 3407W | History of Jazz | 3 |
Music History Emphasis
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Required Courses | ||
MUSI 3312 | Ear Training and Musicianship IV | 1 |
MUSI 3314 | Harmony IV | 3 |
MUSI 3409 | Masterpieces of Western Music in Historical Context, 1700-1930 | 3 |
Music History Courses | ||
MUSI 4489 | Procedures in Historical Research | 3 |
Select three courses of the following: 1 | 9 | |
Music, History, and Ideas | ||
Seminar: The Life and Works of Individual Composers | ||
Seminar: History of Musical Forms | ||
Music Theory Courses | ||
Select two courses of the following: | 6 | |
Form and Analysis I | ||
Form and Analysis II | ||
Counterpoint I | ||
Twentieth Century Theory and Analysis |
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One of these three courses must be MUSI 4471 Seminar: The Life and Works of Individual Composers or MUSI 4473 Seminar: History of Musical Forms, and one must be on a pre-1700 topic.
Writing and Information Literacy Requirements
The University’s Writing in the Major and Information Literacy requirement will be met through the following courses:
Course | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
MUSI 3322W | Form and Analysis II | 3 |
MUSI 3407W | History of Jazz | 3 |
MUSI 3410W | Music, History, and Ideas | 3 |
MUSI 3421W | Music, Culture, and Difference in Globalization | 3 |
University Common Curriculum Requirements
Every student must meet a set of core requirements to earn a baccalaureate degree, in addition to those required by the student's major course of study and other requirements set by the student's school or college. For more information about these requirements, please see Common Curriculum Requirements.
School of Fine Arts Degree Requirements
Students must meet a set of requirements established by the college in addition to the University's Common Curriculum requirements. For more information, see the School of Fine Arts section of this catalog.
Bachelor of Science in Music Education
Bachelor of Science in Music Education as a component of the five-year Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s degree, conferred by the Neag School of Education. Students seeking a degree in music education enter the University of Connecticut as “pre-teaching in music education” students in the Department of Music. Admission requires the same procedures as for other music degree programs, including an audition and aural skills assessment. During their second year music education students apply for admission to the teacher-education program in the Neag School of Education and, if accepted, subsequently enter that school. Upon completion of the teacher-education program, students graduate with three degrees: the Bachelor of Arts in Music, the Bachelor of Science in Music Education, and the Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction. See the Neag School of Education section of this catalog for details and degree requirements.
The department offers the M.A., M.Mus., D.M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. Consult the Graduate Catalog for details.