Music BS

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Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Please refer to the MEIS Student Handbook at http://cam.ucdenver.edu/meis for additional guidelines and information.

Students complete the 54 semester hours of music foundation and then select one of the emphasis areas. Students must pass a musical audition as part of application process and pass varying levels of performance proficiency. All courses within the major must be completed with a C (2.0) or better.

Music Foundation Courses

MUS 2470 - Music Applications on the Computer. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 2540 - Audio Production I. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 2700 - Introduction to Music Business. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 4720 - Music Management. Semester Hours: 3 or
MUS 4750 - Music and Entertainment Marketing. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS 1023 - Piano Class. Semester Hours: 1 Level I
PMUS 1023 - Piano Class.
Level II
PMUS 1023 - Piano Class.
Level III
PMUS 1023 - Piano Class.
Level IV
PMUS 1100 - Music Theory I. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS 1110 - Ear Training and Sight Singing I. Semester Hours: 1
PMUS 1200 - Music Theory II. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS 1210 - Ear Training and Sight Singing II. Semester Hours: 1
PMUS 1500 - General Recital. Semester Hours: 0
PMUS 1500 - General Recital.
PMUS 1500 - General Recital.
PMUS 1500 - General Recital.
PMUS 1 ____ - Applied Music (2 semester hours)
PMUS 1 ____ - Applied Music (2 semester hours)
PMUS 1 ____ - Applied Music (2 semester hours)
PMUS 1 ____ - Applied Music (2 semester hours)
PMUS 2000 - Music Ensembles. Semester Hours: 1
PMUS 2000 - Music Ensembles.
PMUS 2000 - Music Ensembles.
PMUS 2000 - Music Ensembles.
PMUS 2000 - Music Ensembles.
or
PMUS 4000 - Music Ensembles. Semester Hours: 1
PMUS 2000 - Music Ensembles.
or
PMUS 4000 - Music Ensembles.
PMUS 2100 - Music Theory III. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS 2110 - Ear Training and Sight Singing III. Semester Hours: 1
PMUS 2200 - Contemporary Styles. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS 3830 - History and Literature of Music I. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS 3831 - History and Literature of Music II. Semester Hours: 3
PMUS ____ - UD Music History Elective* (3 semester hours)

Total: 54 Hours

* UD = upper division (3000- or 4000- level course)

Performance Emphasis Courses

PMUS 1500 - General Recital. Semester Hours: 0
PMUS 1500 - General Recital.
PMUS 1500 - General Recital.
PMUS 1500 - General Recital.
PMUS 3300 - Advanced Sight Reading and Improvisation. Semester Hours: 2
PMUS 3 ____ - Applied Music (3 semester hours)
PMUS 3 ____ - Applied Music (3 semester hours)
PMUS 3 ____ - Applied Music (3 semester hours)
PMUS 3 ____ - Applied Music (3 semester hours)
PMUS 4000 - Music Ensembles. Semester Hours: 1
PMUS 4000 - Music Ensembles.
PMUS 4200 - Senior Recital. Semester Hours: 2

Total: 22 Hours

Music Business Emphasis Courses

MUS 2560 - Audio Production II. Semester Hours: 4
MUS 3720 - Law and the Music Industry. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 4501 - Music Business Senior Seminar. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 4720 - Music Management. Semester Hours: 3 or
MUS 4750 - Music and Entertainment Marketing. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 4740 - Music Business Analysis. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 4770 - Concert Promotion, Tour and Venue Management. Semester Hours: 3
MUS ____ - UD Music Business Elective (6 semester hours)

Total: 25 Hours

Recording Emphasis Courses

Students must be accepted into the recording arts emphasis before being able to take any of the upper-division courses in this area. Please consult a CAM advisor for details.

MUS 2560 - Audio Production II. Semester Hours: 4
MUS 3540 - Recording Studio Maintenance and Calibration. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 3550 - Critical Listening for Recording Arts. Semester Hours: 3
MUS 4505 - Audio Sweetening. Semester Hours: 4 or
MUS 4575 - Surround Sound. Semester Hours: 4
MUS 4550 - Audio Production III. Semester Hours: 4
MUS 4580 - Audio Production Seminar. Semester Hours: 3 (Junior Project)
MUS 4580 - Audio Production Seminar.
(Senior Project)
MUS ____ - Recording Arts Elective (1 semester hours)
PHYS 3620 - Sound and Music. Semester Hours: 3

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