Music (MUS) Major

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David Reynolds
Department of Music
Lincoln Music Center 204
605-688-5187
e-mail: paul.reynolds@sdstate.edu

Requirements for Music Major - Bachelor of Arts in Arts and Science:

Freshman Year:

Applied Music Credits: 1
(Fall or Spring)
Music Organization Credits: 1
(Fall or Spring)
SGR Goal 3: Social Sciences Credits: 3
* (Fall or Spring)(G)
SGR Goal 5: Mathematics Credits: 3
* (Fall or Spring)
SGR Goal 6: Natural Sciences Credits: 3
* (Fall and Spring)
IGR Goal 2: Personal Wellness Credits: 2
** (Fall or Spring)

ENGL 101 - Composition I
* (Fall or Spring)
MUS 110 - Basic Music Theory I (COM)
(Fall)
MUS 110L - Basic Music Theory I Lab (COM)
(Fall)
MUS 111 - Basic Music Theory II (COM)
(Spring)
MUS 111L - Basic Music Theory II Lab (COM)
(Spring)
MUS 185 - Recital Attendance (COM)
(Fall and Spring)
SPCM 101 - Fundamentals of Speech (COM)
* (Fall or Spring)

Sophomore Year:

Applied Music Credits: 1
(Fall and Spring)
Music Organization Credits: 1
(Fall and Spring)
SGR Goal 3: Social Sciences Credits: 3
* (Fall or Spring)
SGR Goal 4: Humanities and Arts Modern Language (FREN, GER, SPAN, LAKL) Credits: 4
* (Fall and Spring)(G)

ENGL 201 - Composition II
* (Fall or Spring)
MUS 130 - Music Literature and History I
(Fall)
MUS 131 - Music Literature and History II
(Spring)
MUS 185 - Recital Attendance (COM)
(Fall and Spring)
MUS 210 - Advanced Music Theory I (COM)
(Fall)
MUS 210L - Advanced Music Theory I Lab (COM)
(Fall)
MUS 211 - Advanced Music Theory II (COM)
(Spring)
MUS 211L - Advanced Music Theory Lab II (COM)
(Spring)
MUS 360 - Conducting (COM)
(Fall)

Junior Year:

Modern Language Credits: 3
(Fall and Spring)
Applied Music Credits: 2
(Fall and Spring)
Music Organization Credits: 1
(Fall and Spring)
Music Electives Credits: 2
(Fall and Spring)
General Electives Credits: 3
(Fall and Spring)

MUS 185 - Recital Attendance (COM)
(Fall and Spring)
MUS 230 - Music Literature and History III
** (Fall)
MUS 231 - Music Literature and History IV
** (Spring)
MUS 313 - Form and Analysis (COM)
(Fall)

Senior Year:

Applied Music Credits: 2
(Fall and Spring)
Music Organization Credits: 1
(Fall and Spring)
SGR Goal 4: Humanities and Arts Credits: 3
* (Fall or Spring)
IGR Goal 1: Land and Natural Resources Credits: 3
** (Fall or Spring)
IGR Goal 3: Social Responsibility/Cultural and Aesthetic Awareness Credits: 3
** (Fall or Spring)
General Electives Credits: 5 in Fall, 8 in Spring

MUAP 483 - Public Recital (COM)
(Fall or Spring)
MUS 185 - Recital Attendance (COM)
(Fall and Spring)
MUS 433 - Twentieth Century Music Literature (AW)
(Fall)

Curriculum Notes:

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has an 8-9 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.