Music Major, BM - Studio Music and Jazz Concentration

Campus

Knoxville

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• Music Performance (100-level) 2 Credit Hours

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• MUCO 350 - History of Jazz 3 Credit Hours
• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 130 - Jazz Piano I 1 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUTH 110 - Theory I 3 Credit Hours
• MUTH 130 - Ear Training I 1 Credit Hours

Term 2

• Music Performance (100-level) 2 Credit Hours
• ¹ Oral Communication (OC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 110 - Jazz Theory 2 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 140 - Jazz Piano II 1 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUTH 120 - Theory II 3 Credit Hours
• MUTH 140 - Ear Training II 1 Credit Hours

Term 3

• Music Performance (200-level) 2 Credit Hours
• ¹ Social Sciences (SS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• MUCO 220 - History of Western Music, Classical to the Present 3 Credit Hours *
• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 210 - Jazz Improvisation I 2 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUTH 210 - Theory III 3 Credit Hours *
• MUTH 230 - Advanced Ear Training III 1 Credit Hours

Term 4

• Music Performance (200-level) 2 Credit Hours

• MUCO 210 - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque 3 Credit Hours *
• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 120 - Analysis of Jazz Styles 2 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 220 - Jazz Improvisation II 2 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUTC 340 - Introduction to Computer Music Transcription 3 Credit Hours
• MUTH 220 - Theory IV 3 Credit Hours *
• MUTH 240 - Advanced Ear Training IV 1 Credit Hours

Term 5

• Music Performance (300-level) 2 Credit Hours
• ¹ Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ² Professional Skills Courses 3 Credit Hours
• ³ Upper-Level Music Theory 300 or 400 3 Credit Hours

• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 310 - Jazz Composition and Arranging 2 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUSC 315 - A Musician’s Life I 2 Credit Hours

Term 6

• Music Performance (300-level) 2 Credit Hours
• ¹ Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective w/Lab 4 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• MUCO 380 - Music in World Cultures 3 Credit Hours *
• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 320 - Jazz Band Arranging 2 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUSC 301 - Junior Recital 0 Credit Hours
• MUSC 320 - A Musician’s Life II 2 Credit Hours

Term 7

• Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Music Performance (400-level) 2 Credit Hours
• ² Professional Skills Elective 3 Credit Hours

• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 410 - Advanced Improvisation 3 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUTC 290 - Sound Recording Techniques 3 Credit Hours *

Term 8

• ¹ Applied Oral Communication (AOC)  Elective 1-3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Music Performance (400-level) 2 Credit Hours
• ² Professional Skills Elective 3 Credit Hours

• MUEN 303 - Small Jazz Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• MUJZ 420 - Jazz Pedagogy 1 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUSC 401 - Senior Recital 0 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 124

Footnotes

1. See Volunteer Core  list.
2. Selected from BUAD 202 *, ENT 350 , MUED 310 *, MUED 320 , +MUSC 305 , MUSC 322 , +MUTC 320 , MUTC 325 , MUTC 330 , MUTC 390 , PYED 237 , PYED 254 , THEA 220 .
   + denotes instructor permission required.
   Maximum of 4 credits from MUEN courses.
3. Three credit hours to be selected from MUTH 305 *, MUTH 420 , MUTH 450 , MUTH 451  

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.