Music, Music Business, Recording and Production, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate:

I. Formal Understanding: Students will hear, identify, and symbolically analyze the formal rudiments of music, including rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, and form.

II. Historical Understanding: Students will identify and describe the characteristic features of various musical styles and practices and the ways these shaped and were shaped by broader historical and social contexts.

III. Communication: Students will critically evaluate, develop (including research), and defend arguments about music in both formal and informal settings.

IV. Difference and Power: Students will critically identify and articulate the ways that difference and power shape musical practice and values in specific socio-historical contexts.

V. Performance: Students will demonstrate technical, interpretive, and collaborative aspects of music performance on their primary instrument or voice.

General Education Requirements (30-40 Credits)

Prerequisite coursework may be required to satisfy certain General Education courses and will count as elective credit.

Basic Requirements for all Music Options (18 Credits)

• Foundations in Music and Musicianship:

• MUSC 189 - Elements of Music Theory Credit(s): 3
• MUSC 256 - Elements of Diatonic Harmony and Polyphony Credit(s): 3
• MUSC 315 - Music Analysis Credit(s): 3
• MUSC 327 - Thinking Through Music Credit(s): 3

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  Select one from Elements of Musicology:

• MUSC 217 - Jazz in America Credit(s): 3
• MUSC 226 - History of Western Music I from 1500-1800 Credit(s): 3
• MUSC 227 - History of Western Music II from 1800-2000 Credit(s): 3
• MUSC 231 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology Credit(s): 3
• MUSC 232 - Folk Music in America Credit(s): 3

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  Select one seminar in Musicology or Ethnomusicology from:

• MUSC 331 - Studies in Keyboard Literature: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 or
• MUSC 333 - Studies in Vocal Literature: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 or
• MUSC 334 - Music and Film: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 or
• MUSC 335 - Studies in Instrumental Literature: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 or
• MUSC 336 - Music, Gender, and Sexuality: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 or
• MUSC 337 - Music, Race, and Ethnicity: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3 or
• MUSC 338 - Folk Music in New York State Credit(s): 3 or
• MUSC 339 - Folk and Popular Music Studies: (subtitle) Credit(s): 3

Option Requirements: Music Business, Recording and Production (24 Credits)

Departmental Writing Requirement

Program Writing Requirement: As part of their degree requirements, Music BA students must complete a writing portfolio consisting of two short writing samples and a reflective statement. Writing samples should represent two different genres of musicological writing (history, ethnography, score analysis, criticism) and should illustrate an understanding of the generic conventions of musicological writing, including an understanding of the sorts of claims appropriate to each genre and the types of evidence necessary to support those claims. At least one writing sample should include a significant analytical example.

Sample Course Map

For students who matriculated prior to Fall 2022: please select the bulletin year in which you entered the college (matriculated) at the top right of this page.

Curriculum Map  

• First Year 
  • Fall - 15 Credits
    • MUSC 160/165 
    • MUSC 189
    • WRTG 105
    • World Language 101
    • Natural Science with lab
  • Spring - 16 Credits
    • MUSC 256
    • MUSC 227 (Counts for Global Society DPP and WCV)
    • World Language 102
    • Global Society: CAI
    • Global Society: CGC
• Second Year
  • Fall - 15 Credits
    • MUSC 102
    • MUSC 315 
    • Global Society: SST
    • Math/Quantitative
    • Elective
  • Spring - 16 Credits
    • MUSC 202
    • MUSC 327
    • Electives (9 credits)
• Third Year
  • Fall - 15 Credits
    • ACCT 102 or ECON 110
    • MUSC 303
    • Electives (9 credits)
  • Spring -  14-15 Credits
    • MUSC 302
    • MUSC 395 Internship (satisfies Integrative and Applied Learning)
    • MUSC - Critical Histories and Methods Elective 
    • Electives (6 credits)
• Fourth Year
  • Fall - 15 Credits
    • MUSC 303
    • Electives (12)
  • Spring - 15 Credits
    • Electives 

Total Credit Hours: 120

* Prospective majors are strongly encouraged to take MUSC 139  and MUSC 140  in their first year of study and in conjunction with MUSC 189 .

Note: Variation in the order of courses is possible, depending upon prerequisites. Consult course information in the bulletin or your academic advisor to customize your eight semester plan.  

KEY - Participation in a Global Society (PGS)

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