Bachelor of Music – Piano

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BM Degree Total 120 credits

Music Course Total 79 credits General Education Course Total 30 credits Unrestricted Elective Credits5 11 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 5240	MUS 5240	Collaborative Piano Class	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 1641	MUS 1642	Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills I & II for Pianists and Organists	1 1 2
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
FYS 1100		First Year Seminar3	3 - 3
	ENG 1200	Writing About...4	- 3 3
		General Education Requirement	- 3 3
Year One Total			12 15 27
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons1	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 5180 or MUS 5240	MUS 5180 or MUS 5240	Chamber Ensemble or Collaborative Piano Class	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 2641	MUS 2642	Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills III & IV for Pianists and Organists	1 1 2
MUS 2711	MUS 2712	History of Musical Styles I & II	3 3 6
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
HUM 2101		Self, Society and Cosmos	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
Year Two Total			14 14 28
Year Three
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons1	2 2 4
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 5180	MUS 5180	Chamber Ensemble	1 1 2
MUS 3541	MUS 3542	Piano Literature I & II	2 2 4
MUS 361X		Theory Analysis Elective	2 - 2
MUS 371X	MUS 371X	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
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)	3 3 6
		General Education Requirement	- 3 3
Year Three Total			14 15 29
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 3543		Piano Literature III	2 - 2
	MUS 3544	Piano Pedagogy	- 2 2
		Music Electives (total of 8 credits)2	4 4 8
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)	3 3 6
Year Four Total			12 13 25
Unrestricted Elective Credits5			11

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

² Music Elective Credits may be fulfilled using any course offered through the School of Music except for ensemble courses.

³ FYS 1100: First Year Seminar may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁴ ENG 1200: Writing About… may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁵ Unrestricted 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.