Department of Music Handbook

SUGGESTED FOUR-YEAR PLAN
FOR THE
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
WITH A MAJOR IN MUSIC

VOCAL

IMPORTANT NOTE:  In regard to all of the degree programs (B.A., B.M., B.M.E.), please note that some courses are offered only on a two-year rotation basis.  Scheduling must be flexible where these courses are concerned, and careful planning from the fall semester freshman year is of the utmost importance.  The following suggested four-year track will vary depending upon whether the first semester occurs during an even or odd fall year.  Upon entering Georgetown College, every music student should create an eight-semester course grid mapping out all required music courses to ensure that infrequently-offered courses are factored into one's even/odd-semester entrance. 

(Effective Fall 2002)
(Updated July 2009)

FRESHMAN:  SPRING SEMESTER
Course #	Course Name	Hours	Course Date
MUS112	Basic Musicianship II	4
MUS156	Class Piano (suggested as an elective)	1
MUS162	Applied Music	2
MUS200	Score Study and Styles	3
	Primary Ensemble	1
	General Education, minor/electives	5
TOTAL		16

SOPHOMORE:  FALL SEMESTER
Course #	Course Name	Hours	Course Date
MUS157	Class Piano (suggested as an elective)	1
MUS162	Applied Music	2
MUS211	Basic Musicianship III	4
	Primary Ensemble	1
	General Education, minor/electives	8
TOTAL		16

SOPHOMORE:  SPRING SEMESTER
Course #	Course Name	Hours	Course Date
MUS158	Class Piano (suggested as an elective)	1
MUS162	Applied Music	2
MUS204	Opera & MTL & P	2
MUS212	Basic Musicianship IV	4
	Primary Ensemble	1
	General Education, minor/electives	6
TOTAL		16

JUNIOR:  FALL SEMESTER
Course #	Course Name	Hours	Course Date
MUS302	Vocal Pedagogy (even falls)	2
MUS335	Fund. of Conducting	2
MUS362	Applied Music	2
	Primary Ensemble	1
	General Education, minor/electives	9
TOTAL		16

JUNIOR:  SPRING SEMESTER
Course #	Course Name	Hours	Course Date
MUS303	General Diction (even springs)	2
MUS336	Adv. Choral Cond. (odd springs)	2
MUS362	Applied Music	2
	Primary Ensemble	1
	General Education, minor/electives	8
TOTAL		16

SENIOR:  FALL SEMESTER
Course #	Course Name	Hours	Course Date
MUS362	Applied Music	(2)
MUS425	Music History to 1750	3
	Primary Ensemble	1
	General Education, minor/electives	10
	Senior Recital	0
TOTAL		16

SENIOR:  SPRING SEMESTER
Course #	Course Name	Hours	Course Date
MUS362	Applied Music	(2)
MUS426	Music History Since 1750	3
	Primary Ensemble	1
	General Education, minor/electives	10
	Written Field Test	0
TOTAL		16

Also, see Bachelor of Arts Degree Program.

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