Contemporary & Popular Music, BM

Bachelor’s Degree Requirements:

• Minimum 121 Credit Hours
• Writing Intensive Course
• Minimum Cumulative G.P.A.: 2.00
• 30 Credit Hours of Residency Courses
• 9 Credits of Upper-Level Major Residency Courses
• Minimum G.P.A. in the Major: 2.00

Program Major Requirements (83 Credit Hours):

• Bachelor’s Degree Audition
• MUS 100 - Recital Lab 0 CR - complete six semesters
• MUH 1xx complete any 100-level MUH course 3 CR
• MUS 101 - Music Theory and Practice I 4 CR
• MUS 181 - Piano Lab I 1 CR
• MUS 102 - Music Theory and Practice II 4 CR
• MUS 182 - Piano Lab II 1 CR
• MUS 203 - Music Theory and Practice III 4 CR
• MUS 204 - Music Theory and Practice IV 4 CR
• MUS 141 - Applied Music: Major Instrument, Voice or Composition 2 CR - complete four semesters 8 CR
• MUS 151 - Music Performance Ensemble(s) 1 CR - complete four semesters 4 CR
• MUS 219 - Audio Recording I 3 CR
• MUS 221 - Arranging I 3 CR
• MUS 270 - Music Business 3 CR
• MUS 271 - Music Notation Software 3 CR

Remaining General Education Requirements (31 Credit Hours):

This section is waived for those who hold a prior bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution.

• Complete any 100-level Communications course (3) 
• ENG 101 - College Writing 3 CR
• Complete any History course (3)
• MAT 100 - Mathematics and Its Applications 3 CR
• Complete any 100-level laboratory science course (4)

Complete one of the following Computer Information Systems courses (3):

• CIS 100 - Introduction to Computer Applications 3 CR
• CIS 101 - Introduction to Computer Science 3 CR

Complete one of the following Humanities electives (3):

• AME xxx any American Studies course
• ARH 105 - History of Art and Architecture I 3 CR
• ARH 106 - History of Art and Architecture II 3 CR
• ASL 1xx/2xx any 100- or 200-level ASL course
• DRA xxx any Drama course
• ENG xxx any English course (except ENG 100 , ENG 101 , ENG 210W , ENG 317W  or ENG 320W )
• FRE xxx any French course
• HGH xxx any Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide course
• HTY xxx any History course
• HUM xxx any Humanities course
• MUH xxx any Music History course
• PHI xxx any Philosophy course (except PHI 335 )
• SPA xxx any Spanish course
• WGS xxx any Women and Gender Studies course

Complete two of the following Social Science electives (6):

• ANT 1xx any 100-level Anthropology course
• ECO 1xx any 100-level Economics course
• ECO 201 - Macroeconomics 3 CR
• ECO 202 - Microeconomics 3 CR
• JUS 1xx any 100-level Justice Studies course
• POS 1xx any 100-level Political Science course
• PSY 1xx any 100-level Psychology course
• SOC 1xx any 100-level Sociology course
• SSC 1xx any 100-level Social Science course

General Electives (7 Credit Hours):

• Complete 7 general elective credits, enough to reach 121 total credits.

General Education:

It is the intention of the University of Maine at Augusta that every degree graduate will be prepared to function in our society as an effective and informed citizen.  To this end, the faculty has designed a set of minimum expectations that students are expected to satisfy.  The aspirations are defined by core skills, competencies, and abilities as well as knowledge based learning experiences that are the grounds for the General Education Requirements.  To learn more, visit  www.uma.edu/academics/general-education/