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

Music, B.A. with Music Production concentration


Requirements for the Music Major - Music Production 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

12 hours from:


4 hours of Private Lessons from:


  • MUSC 278-299 (Refer to Course Descriptions.)

Additional Requirements:


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

Notes


  • A 2.000 cumulative average must be attained in these music courses.
  • For the Student Handbook see https://www.xavier.edu/music-department/documents/student-handbook.pdf

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.

The downloadable engagement plan for this degree includes the schedule below in tabular form.

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 127 - GarageBand, Logic & More
  • Private Lesson
  • Large Ensemble
  • Scientific Perspectives
  • ERS Elective
  • Free Elective

Total (14)

Second Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • DIFT 340 - Audio Production
  • MUSC 211: Music History II
  • Private Lesson
  • Large Ensemble
  • Mathematical Perspectives
  • Natural Science Elective

Total (14)

Junior Year


First Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199 - Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 102, 105, 113, 114, or 117
  • MUSC 342 - Studio Production
  • Theological Perspectives
  • Humanities Elective
  • ENGL/CLAS/SPAN 205: Literature & Moral Imagination

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • MUSC 198 - Studio Class
  • MUSC 199 - Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 405 - Internship
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective

Total (15)

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)