Music: Music Production
This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.Ìý This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required.Ìý If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer. Three writing intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core (examples are marked by WI designation in the plan below). Consult with your advisor for specific details.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2021-2022 academic year.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2021-2022 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 123 - MUSICIANSHIP I* (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING – MATH 104 - MATH FOR THE MODERN WORLD (recommended) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known asÌýSTUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIESÌý AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 120 - MUSIC PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 210 - MUSICIANSHIP II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: SCIENTIFIC REASONING – PHYS 101 - PHYSICS FOR NON-SCIENTSTS (recommended) Ìý(HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 255 - MUSIC, HISTORY AND CULTURE WI (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 261 - RECORDING ARTS IÌý(HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or VALUES AND ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 223 - ELECTRONIC & COMPUTER MUSIC I (HRS 4)
- Major: Music and Culture Course (200 Level) HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH CA3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): CULTURE AND CREATIVITY; SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; or VALUES AND ETHICS (Must be outside of CA) (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Production Concentration Course (1 of 2) (HRS 4)
- Major: MUSI 316 - MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIAÌý(HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Music Production Concentration Course (2 of 2) (HRS 4)
- Major: Music Production Concentration Elective (HRS 4)
- Group Performance (Total of 4 credits required) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CNTP 388 - CO-OP/INTERNSHIP CONTEMPORARY ARTS (HRS 4)
- Major: Music & Culture Course (300 Level) (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: MUSI 450 - CAPSTONE SEMINAR IN MUSIC WI (HRS 4)
- School Core: CA Upper Level Interdisciplinary Course WI (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
*Must take Musicianship placement test to determine appropriate placement. If a student scores 74 or below on this test, they will be required to take MUSI 121 – Music Fundamentals in their first term and proceed with the Musicianship sequence thereafter.
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