Bachelor of Music – Violoncello

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BM Degree Total 125 credits

Music Course Total 83 credits General Education Course Total 30 credits Unrestricted Elective Credits6 12 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring		Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons1	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 5110 or MUS 5180		Orchestra or Chamber Ensemble2	1 1 2
MUS 1611	MUS 1612	Foundations of Music: Theory I & II	2 2 4
MUS 1621	MUS 1622	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills I & II	2 2 4
MUS 1631	MUS 1632	Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills I & II	2 2 4
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
FYS 1100		First Year Seminar4	3 - 3
	ENG 1200	Writing About...5	- 3 3
		General Education Requirement	- 3 3
Year One Total			14 16 30
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons1	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 5110 or MUS 5180		Orchestra or Chamber Ensemble2	1 1 2
MUS 2611	MUS 2612	Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV	2 2 4
MUS 2621	MUS 2622	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV	1 1 2
MUS 2631	MUS 2632	Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills III & IV	2 2 4
MUS 2711	MUS 2712	History of Musical Styles I & II	3 3 6
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
HUM 2101		Self, Society and Cosmos	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
Year Two Total			16 15 31
Year Three
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons1	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 5110 or MUS 5180		Orchestra or Chamber Ensemble2	1 1 2
MUS 3360	MUS 3360	Symphonic Repertoire: Violoncello	1 1 2
MUS 361X or MUS 362X		Theory Analysis Elective	2 - 2
MUS 371X or MUS 372X		Music History/Literature Electives (choose 2 courses)	2 2 4
MUS 3301	MUS 3302	Career Development Seminar I & II	1 1 2
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)	3 3 6
		General Education Requirement	- 3 3
Year Three Total			14 14 28
Year Four
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons1	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
	MUS 4080	Graduation Recital	- 1 1
MUS 5110 or MUS 5180		Orchestra or Chamber Ensemble2	1 1 2
		Music Electives (total of 8 credits)3	4 4 8
MUS 5599		Intensive Arts Projects	1 - 1
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)	3 3 6
Year Four Total			12 12 24
Unrestricted Elective Credits6			12

¹Lessons earn either 2 or 3 credits, determined by the concentration teacher with approval of the Dean of the School of Music (or designee).

²All music students must perform in ensembles as assigned, even beyond the minimum. Minimum requirement: 6 semesters of Orchestra (MUS 5110); 2 semesters of Chamber Ensemble (MUS 5180). Orchestra assignments are made by the orchestra director in consultation with the major teacher; Chamber Ensemble assignments are approved by the major teacher.

³Music Elective Credits may be fulfilled using any course offered through the School of Music except for ensemble courses.

⁴FYS 1100: First Year Seminar may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁵ENG 1200: Writing About… may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁶Unrestricted Elective Credits may be fulfilled at any time during the four years of the program using any course offered on the UNCSA campus. Courses offered by an Arts School other than Music must receive approval of both the Dean of the School of Music (or designee) and the Dean (or designee) of the Arts School offering the course.