Sep 18, 2024  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Xavier University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2024-2025

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

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  [Quantitative]
  • MUSC 201: Aural Skills I
  • MUSC 208: Keyboard Skills I
  • Private Lesson 1
  • Large Ensemble 1
  • CORE 100: First-Year Seminar
  • CORE 101: First-Year Co-Curricular Passport
  • ENGL 101 or ENGL 115
  • 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 2
  • Large Ensemble 2
  • CORE 102: First-Year Co-Curricular Passport
  • Foreign Language Elective 2
  • PHIL 100: Ethics as Intro to Philosophy
  • THEO 111: Theological Foundations

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 3
  • Large Ensemble 3
  • Scientific Perspectives
  • ERS Elective

Total (15)

Second Semester


  • MUSC 198: Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • MUSC 211: Music History II  [Writing]
  • MUSC 303: Aural Skills IV
  • Private Lesson 4
  • Large Ensemble 4
  • Mathematical Perspectives
  • Natural Science Elective
  • Oral Communication Flag

Total (15)

Junior Year


First Semester


  • MUSC 127: GarageBand, Logic & More
  • MUSC 198: Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • Private Lesson 5
  • Large Ensemble 5
  • Theological Perspectives
  • ENGL/CLAS/SPAN 205: Lit. & Moral Im.
  • Free Elective

Total (14)

Second Semester


  • MUSC 198: Studio Class
  • MUSC 199: Recital Attendance
  • Private Lesson 6
  • Large Ensemble 6
  • Diversity Flag
  • 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)