Bachelor of Music – Voice

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BM Degree Total 120 credits

Music Course Total 74 credits General Education Course Total4 30 credits Foreign Language & Unrestricted Electives5 16 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring		Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	3 3 6
MUS 5260	MUS 5260	Cantata Singers	1 1 2
MUS 1463		Dance/Movement for Singers I	1 - 1
	MUS 1461	Introduction to Vocal Diction	- 2 2
MUS 1301		Introduction to Recording & Music Technology Skills	2 - 2
MUS 1613	MUS 1614	Foundations of Music: Theory I & II	2 2 4
MUS 1623	MUS 1624	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
FYS 1100		First Year Seminar2	3 - 3
	ENG 1200	Writing About...3	- 3 3
Year One Total			16 15 31
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	3 3 6
MUS 5260	MUS 5260	Cantata Singers	1 1 2
MUS 2461		Acting for Singers I	2 - 2
MUS 2301		Professional Pathways for Musicians	1 - 1
	MUS 2311	Introduction to Music Pedagogy	- 1 1
MUS 2613	MUS 2614	Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV	2 2 4
MUS 2623	MUS 2624	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV	1 1 2
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues	3 - 3
	HUM 21XX	Paths to the Present (choose one course)	- 3 3
ITA 1101	ITA 1102	Elementary Italian I & II4	3 3 6
Year Two Total			16 14 30
Year Three
Fall	Spring
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	3 3 6
MUS 5260	MUS 5260	Cantata Singers	1 1 2
MUS 3463	MUS 3464	Vocal Literature I & II	2 2 4
MUS 2615		Foundations of Music: Theory V	2 - 2
MUS 2625		Foundations of Music: Aural Skills V	1 - 1
MUS 2711	MUS 2712	History of Musical Styles I & II	3 3 6
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
GER 1101		Elementary German I	3 - 3
		General Education Requirement5	- 3 3
		Unrestricted Elective Credits1	- 3 3
Year Three Total			15 15 30
Year Four
Fall	Spring
MUS 3020	MUS 3020	Major Applied Study: Lessons & Studio Classes	3 3 6
	MUS 4080	Graduation Recital	- 0 0
MUS 5260	MUS 5260	Cantata Singers	1 1 2
MUS 3462		Vocal Diction	2 - 2
FRE 1101		Elementary French I	3 - 3
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)5	3 3 6
		General Education Requirement5	- 3 3
		Unrestricted Elective Credits1	3 4 7
Year Four Total			15 14 29

¹ 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 Art 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 Art School offering the course.

² FYS 1100: First Year Seminar may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

³ ENG 1200: Writing About... may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁴ Elementary Italian I & II fulfill two required General Education courses.

⁵ General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

3 credits FYS 1100: First Year Seminar
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About …
3 credits HUM 2100: Critical Dialogues
3 credits HUM 2102-2112: Paths to the Present

3 credits Social or Behavioral Sciences
(Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)

3 credits Language, Literature, and Culture
(Writing, Literature, English, Foreign Language, Communication)

3 credits Humanities
(History, Humanities, Art History, Philosophy, Theater History)

3 credits Math or Science (Math, Science)

6 credits General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student’s major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).