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Dec 26, 2024
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2019-2020 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Music Major
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The major program in Music leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree and requires the completion of 46 semester credit hours of coursework. Music majors are required to have a GPA of at least 2.0 in departmental courses required for the Music major at graduation. No courses for the major in Music may be taken Credit/No Credit. Initial course placement is given by diagnostic exam only.
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Music History:
12 semester hours:
Music Performance:
12 semester hours on the student’s principal instrument or voice:
- 4 semester hours in MUSIC 110-119; and
- 7 semester hours in MUSIC 430-MUSIC 485; and
- 1 additional semester hour in MUSIC 110-119 or MUSIC 430-485
Musical Theory:
12 semester hours:
Note:
Placement into a Music Theory class will be determined by diagnostic exam. Students who place into MUSIC 201 must take an additional 4 semester hours of approved electives in music, excluding MUSIC 101 , MUSIC 188 , and MUSIC 200 .
Advanced Music Courses:
4 semester hours
MUSIC 580 Junior Seminar:
2 semester hours:
Additional Information:
Students who intend to pursue graduate studies in music are strongly advised to take applied lessons and ensembles on their principal instrument during all four years at Allegheny; one or two courses in French or German; Independent Studies (MUSIC 590 ) in special topics in Music Theory and Music History or conducting; and, for students whose principal instrument is not a keyboard instrument, two semesters of applied piano.
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