Requirements

Core Curriculum

All Bachelor of Arts students must complete the following courses:

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:

Exceptions

1. Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts with no emphasis may reduce these residency requirements to six semesters, which need not be consecutive.
2. 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.
3. B.A. keyboard, guitar, and harp students need four semesters of ensemble.
4. B.A. Jazz students substitute MUSI 1115 Jazz Ensembles for MUSI 1110/1111/1112 for the last four semesters of their degree.
5. 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

1. Nine credits outside Music Department in addition to Common Curriculum requirements.
2. Minimum of 42 credits of music courses, of which 14 must be at the 2000 level or above.

Emphasis

Jazz Emphasis

Music History Emphasis

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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:

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.