Music, B.A.

Overall Requirements

  • 120 credit hours, to include at least 36 credits at or above the 300 course level.

Degree Program Requirements

University Requirements
General Education Requirements - Minerva's Academic Curriculum (MAC)

Major Requirements 

Music Theory16
Introduction to Music Theory
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions II
Aural Skills I
Aural Skills II
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions III
Analysis of Western European Music and Related Traditions IV
Aural Skills III
Aural Skills IV
Musicology15
Speaking of Music
Writing Through Music
History of Western Music II
History of Western Music III
American Music
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology
Class Piano *3
Class Piano
Class Piano
Class Piano
Technology1
Technology for Musicians I
Music Electives3
Select one of the following:
Entrepreneurship in the Performing Arts
Piano Literature I
Jazz Arranging I
Jazz Arranging II
Song Literature I
History of Jazz
Selected Topics in Ethnomusicology
The Symphonic Tradition
Tonal Counterpoint
Advanced Analysis of Western European Tonal Music and Related Traditions
Music before 1600
Music from 1600 to 1800
Music of the Nineteenth Century
Music of the Twentieth Century
History of Opera
Capstone Experience3
Capstone Seminar in Music Studies
Senior Honors Project
Applied Studies **8
Performance Studies 1
Performance Studies 1
Performance Studies 1
Performance Studies 1
Performance Studies 1
Performance Studies 1
Performance Studies 1
Performance Studies 1
Class Voice
Beginning Guitar
Any ENS Course
*

May be exempted with demonstrated proficiency. Not required of keyboard principals.

**

Applied Studies

  • Students may take Music Performance courses from the Applied Studies list in the following types: applied music lessons, ensembles, or class performance study. This does not include Class Piano, which is a separate major requirement above.
  • Dance courses approved by the advisor that engage with music-making practice in a physical way may also satisfy this requirement.
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Students may also take any of the applied instrumental and vocal lessons on condition of acceptance through the audition process.

Electives

Electives sufficient to complete the 120 credit hours required for the degree.

College of Visual and Performing Arts Minor Requirement

Students pursuing a B.A. degree in the College of Visual and Performing Arts must also complete all requirements in a minor area of study that is different from their declared major field. Students may select minors in or outside the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and students are encouraged to seek advice from CVPA advisors when making this choice. Any B.A. student who is pursuing a double major is exempt from this requirement. See the Minor Requirement topic on the College of Visual and Performing Arts page for more information.

Disciplinary Honors in Music

Requirements

  • A minimum of 12 credit hours as defined below. 
  • A grade of A or B in all course work used to satisfy the Honors requirements in Music.
  • UNC Greensboro cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better or, for transfer students, cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better from all prior institutions.
Required9
Analysis of Western European Post-Tonal Music and Related Traditions *
History of Western Music III *
Senior Honors Project
Select 3 credits from the following:3
Any Contract Honors course in Music
Any Honors course (whether or not in Music)
*

Under certain circumstances, the Music Honors Panel may permit a graduate-level course to be taken in place of the listed required courses.

Recognition

Receive a Certificate of Disciplinary Honors in Music; have that accomplishment, along with the title of the Senior Honors Project, noted on the official transcript; and be recognized at a banquet held at the end of the spring semester.

Honors Advisor

Contact Alex Ezerman at abezerman@uncg.edu for further information and guidance about Honors in Music. To apply: http://honorscollege.uncg.edu/forms/disc-application.pdf