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Xavier University Catalog 2021-2022 
    
Xavier University Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music, B.A. with Music Performance concentration


Requirements for the Music Major - Music Performance concentration


Core Curriculum Requirements:


42 credit hours in addition to the requirements for the major (see Undergraduate Core Curriculum  in the Catalog).

Major Requirements:


36 credit hours, as follows

6 hours of Private Lessons from:


Additional Requirements:


  • Pass applied music examination at the end of each semester of private lessons.

Note(s):


TOTAL Minimum Hours Required for Degree: 120 Semester Hours


B.A. Music


This block serves as a guideline for progress toward a degree. See your academic advisor.

Freshman Year


 

First Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199 - Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 200 - Music Theory I
  • MUSC 201 - Aural Skills I
  • MUSC 208 - Keyboard Skills I
  • Private Lesson
  • Large Ensemble
  • CORE 100 - First-Year Seminar
  • CORE 101 - First-Year Co-Curricular Passport
  • ENGL 101 - English Composition or ENGL 115 - Rhetoric
  • Foreign Language Elective 1

Total (16)

Second Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199 - Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 202 - Music Theory II
  • MUSC 203 - Aural Skills II
  • MUSC 209 - Keyboard Skills II 
  • Private lesson
  • Large Ensemble
  • CORE 102 - First-Year Co-Curricular Passport
  • PHIL 100 - Ethics as Intro to Philosophy
  • THEO 111 - Theological Foundations
  • Foreign Language Elective 2

Total (16)

Sophomore Year


 

First Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 210: Music History I
  • MUSC 300: Music Theory III
  • MUSC 301: Aural Skills III
  • Private Lesson 
  • Large Ensemble 
  • Scientific Perspectives
  • ERS Elective

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 211: Music History II
  • MUSC 303: Aural Skills IV
  • Private Lesson 
  • Large Ensemble 
  • Mathematical Perspectives
  • Natural Science Elective
  • Oral Communication Flag

Total (15)

Junior Year


 

First Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 102, 105, 113, 114, or 117
  • Private Lesson 
  • Large Ensemble 
  • Theological Perspectives
  • ENGL/CLAS/SPAN 205:  Literature & Moral Imagination
  • Free Elective

Total (14)

Second Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • Private Lesson 
  • Large Ensemble 
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective

Total (14)

Senior Year


 

First Semester


  • Philosophical Perspectives (PHIL 200)
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • Historical Perspectives
  • Social Science Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective

Total (15)