Music Major, BA - Applied Music 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

• ^{​​​​​​​1} Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours (200-level)
• ² Music Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• Music Performance 1 Credit Hours (100-level)
• Any MUCO 100-level 3 Credit Hours * ​​​​​​​

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUTH 110 - Theory I 3 Credit Hours
• MUTH 130 - Ear Training I 1 Credit Hours
• MUKB 110 - Class Piano I 1 Credit Hours

Term 2

• ¹ Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours * (200-level) 
• ^{​​​​​​​2} Music Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• Music Performance 1 Credit Hours (100-level)
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• MUTH 120 - Theory II 3 Credit Hours
• MUTH 140 - Ear Training II 1 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours

Term 3

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

• MUTH 210 - Theory III 3 Credit Hours *
• MUTH 230 - Advanced Ear Training III 1 Credit Hours
• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours

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• Any two courses from:

• MUCO 210 - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 220 - History of Western Music, Classical to the Present 3 Credit Hours *
• MUCO 290 - Soundscapes: Exploring Music in a Changing World 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ² Music Ensemble 1 Credit Hours
• Music Performance  2 Credit Hours (200-level or above)
• Oral Communication  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁴ Electives 4 Credit Hours

• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUTH 240 - Advanced Ear Training IV 1 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• MUTH 220 - Theory IV 3 Credit Hours *
• MUJZ 110 - Jazz Theory 2 Credit Hours

Term 5

• Music Performance  2 Credit Hours (300-level)
• Natural Sciences  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Global Citizenship - International  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Any 300 or 400-level MUTH 3 Credit Hours *

• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUSC 315 - A Musician’s Life I 2 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• MUCO 330 - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 380 - Music in World Cultures 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 410 - Special Topics in Musicology 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 411 - Music of Appalachia 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 412 - Gender, Performance Art, and the Avant Garde 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 413 - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 414 - Music and Media 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 416 - Global Soundtracks 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 421 - Music of Bali, Indonesia 2-3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 423 - Musics of Latin America 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• Applied Oral Communication  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Natural Sciences  Elective w/Lab 4 Credit Hours *
• Music Performance  2 Credit Hours (300-level)
• ⁴ Elective 5 Credit Hours 

• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours
• MUSC 320 - A Musician’s Life II 2 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ³ Capstone Music Elective 0 - 3 Credit Hours 
• ⁴ Electives 13 Credit Hours 

• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ⁴ Electives 8 Credit Hours
• ⁵ Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Discovery Module  Requirement 6 Credit Hours

• MUSC 200 - Studio Class 0 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Languages selected from:
   • Any 200-level foreign language sequence, or 
   • Any two COSC courses
2. For Music Ensembles, MUEN 309 *, MUEN 312 *, MUEN 330 *, MUEN 340 *, MUEN 350 *, MUEN 352 *, MUEN 353 *, MUEN 370 *, MUEN 380 *, MUEN 383 *, and MUEN 389 * count towards Applied Arts and Humanities (AAH)  credits.
   
   Ensemble requirements:
   
   Brass major: select 4 hours from MUEN 303 , MUEN 304 , MUEN 306 , MUEN 309 , MUEN 313 , MUEN 314 , MUEN 315 , MUEN 330 *, MUEN 350 *, MUEN 352 *, MUEN 353 *, MUEN 370 *, MUEN 383 *, MUEN 389 *.
   
   Composition major: any MUEN course.
   
   Piano/Organ major: (a) select 2-4 hours from MUEN 330 *, MUEN 380 *, MUEN 383 *, MUEN 389 *, and/or (b) select 1-2 hours from MUEN 399 .
   
   String major: 4 hours of MUEN 370 *.
   
   Voice major: (a) select 2-4 hours from MUEN 330 *, MUEN 380 *, MUEN 383 *, MUEN 389 *, and/or (b) 1-2 hours of MUEN 340 *.
   
   Woodwind major: select 4 hours from MUEN 303 , MUEN 304 , MUEN 350 *, MUEN 352 *, MUEN 353 *, MUEN 370 *.
   
   Percussion major: select 4 hours from MUEN 303 , MUEN 304 , MUEN 309 , MUEN 311 , MUEN 350 *, MUEN 352 *, MUEN 353 *, MUEN 370 *.
    
3. Select 0-3 hours from the following: MUCO 493 , MUIN 493 , MUSC 301 , MUSC 411 , MUSC 493 , MUTH 493 .
4. The BA in Applied Music has a flexible design to encourage curricular exploration. Students will engage in secondary areas of interst such as second major, a minor, or study abroad in the Fourth Year of this showcase.
5. See Natalie L. Haslam College of Music Discovery Module  Requirement
   
   * Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.