Performance: Instrumental Music Major, B.M.

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Required Courses

University Core Curriculum: 22 Credits

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General Education Requirements: 16-20 Credits

World Languages (4-8)*
(through 102 or higher)
- Select from: French, German, Italian, or Spanish
Physical Activity (2)

Mathematics or Natural Science: 4 Credits

(choose one)

MATH 110 - Contemporary Mathematics (4)
MATH 150 - Precalculus (4)
MATH 210 - Elementary Statistics (4)
MATH 240 - Calculus I (4)
Four credits in Natural/Comp Science (4) See University Core Curriculum and General Education Requirements

Fine Arts: 2 Credits

(select one course)

ART 200 - Art Appreciation (2)
THEA 200 - Theatre Appreciation (2)

Humanities or Social Science: 4 Credits

(choose one area below and complete four credits)

Humanities (4)
Social Sciences (4)

Performance-Instrumental Music Major: 86-90 Credits

MUSC 0999 - Music Seminar/Recital Attendance (0)
MUSC 1200 - Basic Conducting (2)
MUSC 1510 - Theory I: The Syntax of Music (3)
MUSC 1511 - Theory Lab I (1)
MUSC 1520 - Theory II: Diatonic Harmonic Idioms (3)
MUSC 1521 - Theory Lab II (1)
MUSC 2400 - Introduction to Music Literature (2)
MUSC 2412 - Musicology I: Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (2)
MUSC 2500 - Introduction to Music Technology (2)
MUSC 2530 - Theory III: Formal and Chromatic Expansion (3)
MUSC 2531 - Theory Lab III (1)
MUSC 2540 - Theory IV: Analysis and Formal Structures (3)
MUSC 2541 - Theory Lab IV (1)
MUSC 2649 - Piano Proficiency (0) **
MUSC 3230 - Instrumental Conducting (2)
MUSC 3423 - Musicology II: Music of the Baroque and Classic Eras (3)
MUSC 3433 - Musicology III: Music of the 19th Century to the Present (3)
MUSC 3560 - Theory V: Post-Tonality to the Present (3)
MUSC 4430 - Survey of Symphonic Literature (2)
MUSC 4499 - Senior Seminar in Music (2)
MUSC 4630 - Instrumental Pedagogy (1)
MUSC 4698 - Degree Recital (0)
MUSC 4699 - Performance Recital (0)
Performance Area Principal: First Year (6), Second Year (6), Third Year (6), and Fourth Year (6) (24)
Secondary (4)**
Major Ensembles (8)***
Chamber Ensembles (MUSC 1732 ) (2)***
Music Electives (6-10)

Orchestration/Arranging (2)

(select one course)

MUSC 3520 - Choral Arranging (2)
MUSC 3530 - Orchestration (2)
MUSC 3531 - Instrumental Arranging (2)

Total Required Credits: 128

* Language Requirement: A placement exam alone cannot satisfy this requirement. At least one course must be completed at Samford.

** If the principal instrument is not piano, the student will register for class piano until proficiency requirements are completed.

*** A total of 10 ensemble credits are required. All required ensembles must be in the instrumental area. See Ensemble Requirements by Major in the Music Division section for more information.

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