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Requirements

All students selecting a music major (B.M.) must complete the course requirements (below) and emphasis course and ensemble requirements.

Students also have additional requirements to complete within the School of Music, including recital attendance and performance.

Courses

Course Legend:
F = Offered every fall, S = Offered every spring
Fr = Freshman, So = Sophomore, Jr = Junior, Sr = Senior

Music Major (B.M.) Course Requirements73-101 units
School of Music Requirements for All Majors42-57 units
Piano Proficiency Courses (if needed)0–6 units
Music (B.A.), Music and Worship (B.M.), and Music Performance (B.M.) majors need 0–4 units; Music Composition (B.M.) and Commercial Music (B.M.) majors need 0–6 units.
MUS 103
Beginning Piano Class		1
MUS 104
Elementary Piano Class		1
MUS 105
Intermediate Piano Class		1
MUS 106
Advanced – Intermediate Piano Class		1
MUS 107
Advanced – Intermediate Piano Class		1
MUS 108
Advanced Piano Class		1
MUS 121
Music Theory I* (F) (Fr, So)		3
MUS 122
Music Theory II (S) (Fr, So)		3
MUS 133
Practical Musicianship I (F) (Fr, So)		1
MUS 134
Practical Musicianship II (S) (Fr, So)		1
MUS 210
Performance Forum (F/S) (all years)
(Eight semesters continuous enrollment required)		0
MUS 217
Practical Musicianship III (F) (Fr, So)		1
MUS 220
Practical Musicianship IV (S) (Fr, So)		1
MUS 221
Music Theory III (F) (Fr, So)		3
MUS 222
Music Theory IV (S) (Fr, So)		3
MUS 296
Introduction to Music Technology (F/S) (Fr)		2
MUS 352
Baroque, Classical, and Early Romantic Music Literature**/*** (F/S) (Jr)		3
MUS 361
Introduction to Conducting (F) (Jr)		2
MUS 441
Music in Worship^ (F/S) (Jr,Sr)		3
MUS 455
Late Romantic and 20th-Century Music Literature**/^ (S) (Sr)		3
MUS 101
Beginning Voice Class^^^		1
- or -
MUS 102
Intermediate Voice Class^^^		1
MUS 350
History and Literature of Commercial Music** (F) (Jr)
(for B.M. in Commercial Music only)		3
- or -
MUS 351
Ancient, Renaissance, and World Music Literature** (F) (Jr)		3
MUS 362
Choral Conducting^ (S) (Jr)		2
- or -
MUS 363
Instrumental Conducting^ (S) (Sr)		2
Applied Music
(each semester, 1 unit; must be in one area)
(F/S) (all years)		8^^ units
Ensemble Requirement4–8 units

In each of eight semesters as a music major, a student must meet the designated performance requirements as listed per emphasis (see specific chart on emphasis pages). Transfer students must participate each semester until they graduate or accumulate eight semesters. Membership in multiple ensembles in a given semester counts as only one semester toward the ensemble requirement.

Emphases26–46 units
Students must select one of the following emphases:

General Studies Options

There are specific General Studies options and requirements for the music major (B.M.), and these vary between the composition, commercial music, music and worship, and performance emphases. Please contact the School of Music at (626) 815-3848 or schoolofmusic@apu.edu.

Performance Forum

Music majors must be continuously enrolled in MUS 210 Performance Forum (may discontinue after eight semesters). Transfer students must enroll in MUS 210 and an approved ensemble every semester in attendance, up to eight semesters.

*Meets a General Studies core (or elective) requirement.
**Meets a General Studies elective requirement.
***Meets the Upper-division Writing Intensive requirement.
^Not required for Commercial Music emphasis
^^12 units (minimum 8 in one area) required for Commercial Music emphasis
^^^Waived for Commercial Music emphasis, Vocal Performance Track

Note: This information is current for the 2012–13 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.