B.A. Major

Course requirements:

1. First-year theory courses: Music 30A/L, B/M, C/N (entrance requirement: Music Core Curriculum Placement Examination. Note: Students entering Music 30 with minimal keyboard skills will be required to enroll in class piano (Music 60) concurrently with Music 30.

2. Second-year theory courses: Music 100A,B,C

3. Music history courses: Music 101A,B,C,D

4. Music 180A or 180B: Studies in World Musics

5. One from: Music 120 (composition), 124 (Intermediate Electronic Sound Synthesis), or Music 130 (orchestration)

6. Music 197: Senior Exit Seminar

7. At least 6 quarters enrollment in private instrumental or vocal lessons. Note: All students should reach at least a lower-intermediate level on their instrument or voice by the Advisory Audition (at the end of Music 30A). Applied faculty (teachers of voice and instruments) are not required to accept a student with less than a lower-intermediate level on the Advisory Audition, even though that student has been accepted into Music 30.

All students must reach an upper-intermediate level on the Proficiency Audition (at the end of Music 100A) in order to continue in the major and fulfill graduation requirements. Students may petition the Music Curriculum Committee to request additional time to meet these requirements.

8. At least 6 quarters enrollment in Music Department ensembles, 3 quarters of which should be in large ensembles (Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, Orchestra, Gamelan, Latin American Ensembles, Large Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble). Students are urged to participate in ensembles every quarter. The sample schedule on p. 6 shows how the requirements can best be fulfilled.

Additional requirements:

1. Music Core Curriculum Placement Examination for placement in the core course sequence.

2. Advisory Audition before entering Music 30B.

3. Proficiency Audition before entering Music 100B.

4. Satisfactory Senior Comprehensive Examination.

Continuation in the Major:

A student majoring in music who fails twice to pass or receive a grade of "C" or better in any music core course (Music 30A/L, 30B/M, 30C/N, 100ABC, or 101ABCD) will not be allowed to continue in the music major. A student must attain at least the upper-intermediate level on the Proficiency Audition in order to continue in the B.A. degree program.