May 19, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Guitar Performance Concentration

General Education Core

	Credit Hours
see General Education	41
University-Wide Freshman Seminar Requirement	1

Major Requirements that Satisfy General Education

MUS 1970 - Introduction to Music Literature 3
This course will substitute for a Humanities course for Music Performance Majors.

Major Core Requirements

Lower Division Courses

MUS 1060 - Recital Attendance 0 (pass or fail) - 8 semesters required
MUS 1057 - Music Theory I 3
MUS 1058 - Ear Training I 1
MUS 1155 - Music Theory II 3
MUS 1156 - Ear Training II 1
MUS 2055 - Music Theory III 3
MUS 2056 - Ear Training III 1
MUS 2155 - Music Theory IV 3
MUS 2156 - Ear Training IV 1

Total Hours 16

Upper Division Courses

Total Hours 12

Concentration Requirements

Lower Division Courses

MUS 1XXX - Applied Music-Individual Instruction 8 (four semesters of 2-credit lessons)
MUS 1XXX - Ensemble 4 (four semesters of 1-credit ensemble offerings)
MUS 1500 - University Choir 1 (taken twice for a total of 2 credit hours)
Select one (1) of the piano courses from the list below (additional instruction may be needed in order to satisfy piano proficiency requirement)
MUS 1027 - Class Piano I 1
MUS 1100 - Applied Piano LD 1
MUS 1109 - Applied Piano 1/2 Hour 1

Total Hours 15

Upper Division Courses

MUS 3XXX - Applied Music - Individual Instruction 8 (four semesters of 2-credit lessons)
MUS 3XXX - Ensemble 4 (four semesters of 1-credit ensemble offerings)
MUS 3101 - Guitar Styles I 3
MUS 3102 - Guitar Styles II 3
MUS 3860 - Guitar Pedagogy 3
MUS 3950 - Junior Recital 1
MUS 4110 - Music Analysis 1 3
MUS 4120 - Music Analysis 2 3
MUS 4950 - Senior Recital 1
MUS 4320 - Guitar Literature 3
Select one (1) course from the list below
MUS 3550 - Applied Composition UD 2
MUS 4900 - Directed Study 3

Total Hours 33-34

Free Electives

Students must complete one to two hours of elective credit.

Total Program Hours 120