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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan below). Consult with your advisor for specific details.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: Depending On Placement Test MUSI 123 - MUSICIANSHIP I or MUSI 121 - MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS** (HRS 4)
- Major: Entrance Performance Evaluation (HRS 0)
- Major: Recommended: Music ensemble**** (HRS 2)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 104 - MATH FOR THE MODERN WORLD (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 209 - AURAL SKILLS (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 123 - MUSICIANSHIP I THEN TAKE MUSI 210 - MUSICIANSHIP II (HRS 4)
- Major: Recommended: Music ensemble**** (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Music & Culture Course (200 Level) (any semester)****
- Major: MUSI 255 - MUSIC, HISTORY AND CULTURE – WI (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course(s)*** (HRS up to 4)
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Applied Music 1 (HRS 1)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Music & Culture Course (200 Level) (any semester)****
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course(s)*** (HRS up to 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Applied Music 1 (HRS 1)
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Third Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: Music & Culture Course (300 Level) (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (3rd or 4th year, fall or spring)
- Applied Music 2
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course(s)*** (HRS up to 4)
- Major: Music & Culture Course (300 Level) (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (3rd or 4th year, fall or spring)
- Major/General Elective: Elective OR Music Ensemble (HRS 2-4)
- Applied Music 2
- Major: Independent Study: MUSI 300 - INDEPENDENT STUDY: MUSIC (Junior Recital) (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course*** (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (3rd or 4th year, fall or spring)
- Major: Capstone Seminar in Music: MUSI 450 - CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN MUSIC (Senior Recital) (HRS 2)
- Applied Music 3
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Spring Semester
- Major: Independent Study: MUSI 400 - INDEPENDENT STUDY: MUSIC (Senior Recital) (HRS 2)
- Major: MUSI 450 - CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN MUSIC – WI (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Interdisciplinary Upper Level Course – WI (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Performance Concentration Course*** (HRS 4)
- Applied Music 3
- Major: Optional: Music ensemble (HRS 2)
- Total: (HRS 16-18)*
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Social Science Inquiry (+W)
Scientific Reasoning
Historical Perspectives (+W)
Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)
Global Awareness (+W)
Distribution Category (Outside of CA)
Distribution Category
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
* Students may take 18 credits without additional tuition.
**Must take Musicianship placement test to determine appropriate placement. If a student scores 74 or below on this test, they will be required to take MUSI 120 – Music Fundamentals in their first term and proceed with the Musicianship sequence thereafter.
*** Courses from the Performance Concentration categories: Technique courses (4 cr.), performance courses (4 cr.), ensembles (2 cr.), elective category (4 cr.), Applied Music lessons (1 cr. twice), or Flexible (2 cr.).
**** First year students are strongly encouraged to take a minimum of one 2-credit performance course (ensemble) during fall and spring semesters.
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