Bachelor of Music – Guitar

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BM Degree Total 120 credits

Music Course Total 70 credits General Education Course Total 30 credits Unrestricted Elective Credits1 20 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring	Course Title	Credits per Semester |  Total Credits
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 1381		Guitar Foundations	1 - 1
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 1000		Making & Reflecting	3 - 3
	ENG 1200	Writing About...	- 3 3
		General Education Requirement2	- 3 3
Year One Total			16 16 32
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 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 2711	MUS 2712	History of Musical Styles I & II	3 3 6
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues	3 - 3
	HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	- 3 3
Year Two Total			14 14 28
Year Three
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
MUS 3483	MUS 3484	Guitar Pedagogy 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 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0 0 0
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)2	3 3 6
		General Education Requirement2	- 3 3
		Unrestricted Elective Credits1	3 3 6
Year Three Total			15 15 30
Year Four
Fall	Spring
MUS 3010	MUS 3010	Lessons	3 3 6
MUS 3011	MUS 3011	Master Class	1 1 2
	MUS 4080	Graduation Recital	- 0 0
MUS 3481	MUS 3482	Guitar History and Literature I & II	1 1 2
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)2	3 3 6
		Unrestricted Elective Credits1	7 7 14
Year Four Total			15 15 30

¹ 1Unrestricted 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 General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

3 credits FYS 1000: Making & Reflecting
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About …
3 credits HUM 2100: Critical Dialogues
3 credits HUM 2200: 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).