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General Degree Requirements

  • Full-time music majors and minors must participate in an assigned ensemble in their primary applied area each semester. (Ensembles may be taken for 0 credit if the student’s total semester load is 18 credits or more.) Music scholarship recipients have additional ensemble participation requirements.

Large Ensembles

MUS 289Orchestra

0-1
MUS 290Spartan Band

0-1
MUS 291Wind Ensemble

0-1
MUS 292Jazz Ensemble

0-1
MUS 293Chamber Singers

0-1
MUS 295Women's Glee Club

0-1
MUS 297Men's Glee Club

0-1
MUS 307Opera Workshop

0-1

Small Ensembles

MUS 192World Music Drumming Ensemble

0-1
MUS 245Special Project in Music

1
MUS 246Camerata

0-1
MUS 294Opus

0-1
MUS 301Interactive Arts Ensemble

0-1
MUS 302Jazz Combo

0-1
MUS 303Studio Production Ensemble

0-1
MUS 309Performance Class

0-1
MUS 310String Ensemble

0-1
MUS 311Classical Guitar Ensemble

0-1
MUS 312Woodwind Ensemble

0-1
MUS 313Brass Ensemble

0-1
MUS 314Percussion Ensemble

0-1

MUS 245: May count as an ensemble when described as an ensemble course.

  • All music majors and minors must take the Music Theory & Aural Skills Placement Exam before beginning the Music Theory & Aural Skills sequence.  The results of this exam will determine whether the student needs to enroll in MUS 100 before beginning the Music Theory & Aural Skills sequence.
  • All music degree candidates must pass a comprehensive exit exam in Music History and Music Theory.
  • All music degree candidates must receive a grade of “C” or better for any MUS course, in order for it to be counted towards their Music degree requirements.
  • All music majors must pass MUS 269 Recital/Concert Attendance based on the number of semesters they are in residency at UT as a music major:
    • 8+ semesters at UT = 6 semesters of passing MUS 269
    • 7 semesters at UT = 5 semesters of passing MUS 269
    • 6 semesters at UT = 4 semesters of passing MUS 269
    • 5 semesters at UT = 3 semesters of passing MUS 269
    • 4 semesters at UT = 2 semesters of passing MUS 269
    • 3 semesters at UT = 1 semesters of passing MUS 269
    • 2 semesters at UT = 1 semester of passing MUS 269
  • Bachelor of Music degree candidates must pass the Piano Proficiency Exam.
  • Bachelor of Music in Music Performance candidates whose primary applied area is voice are required to take courses in two different foreign languages selected from German, Italian or French. These courses may also be counted towards Baccalaureate Experience requirements.
  • All music majors who are studying voice for their primary applied area must take MUS 124 Vocal Diction and Literature and MUS 135 Alexander Technique for Musicians.
  • Bachelor of Music in Music Performance candidates must take all 4 credits of their secondary applied music requirement in one applied music area.