Music Major, BA - Music and Culture 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

• Electives 3 Credit Hours 
  
  

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)
• MUEN 312 - Balinese Gamelan 1 Credit Hours *
• MUKB 110 - Class Piano I 1 Credit Hours
• MUTH 110 - Theory I 3 Credit Hours

• Any 100-level MUCO course

• MUTH 130 - Ear Training I 1 Credit Hours

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Term 2

• Electives 3 Credit Hours 

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• MUTH 120 - Theory II 3 Credit Hours
• MUTH 140 - Ear Training II 1 Credit Hours
• MUEN 312 - Balinese Gamelan 1 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• ANTH 130 - Cultural Anthropology 3 Credit Hours *
• GEOG 101 - World Geography 3 Credit Hours *
• GEOG 121 - Sustainable Human Geographies 3 Credit Hours *
• POLS 102 - Introduction to Political Science 3 Credit Hours *
• SOCI 110 - Social Problems and Social Justice 3 Credit Hours *
• SOCI 120 - Introduction to Sociology 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ¹ Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours 
• Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Natural Sciences Elective 3 Credit Hours * 

• MUCO 210 - History of Western Music, Ancient to the Baroque 3 Credit Hours *
• MUTH 210 - Theory III 3 Credit Hours *
• MUTH 230 - Advanced Ear Training III 1 Credit Hours

Term 4

• ¹ Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours * (intermediate level)
• Natural Sciences Elective w/Lab 4 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 *

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• Select one course:

• MUTH 220 - Theory IV 3 Credit Hours *
• MUSC 115 - Analysis and Public Discourse of Taylor Swift’s Music 3 Credit Hours
• MUTH 306 - Popular Music Style and Analysis 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• ² Interdisciplinary/InterCultural Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ³ Music Ensemble - Global/Popular (300-level) 1 Credit Hours
• Engaged Inquiries Elective* 3 Credit Hours
• Electives (including additional Quantitative Reasoning elective if needed) 3 Credit Hours
• ^{​​​​​​​5} Connections 3 Credit Hours

• MUCO 380 - Music in World Cultures 3 Credit Hours *

Term 6

• ² Interdisciplinary/InterCultural Elective* 3 Credit Hours
• ³ Music Ensemble - Global/Popular (300-level) 1 Credit Hours
• Applied Oral Communication Elective* 3 Credit Hours
• Electives 7 Credit Hours (Including Quantitative Reasoning *, if needed)

Term 7

• ⁴ Additional Music Ensemble Electives 1 Credit Hours
• Electives 6 Credit Hours
• ⁵ Connections 3 Credit Hours

• Any two courses from:

• MUCO 330 - Music, Gender, and Sexuality 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 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 422 - Global Currents in Music Festivals 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 423 - Musics of Latin America 3 Credit Hours
• MUCO 424 - Jazz Spiritualities 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• Applied Oral Communication (AOC)  1 Credit Hours
  
• ⁴ Additional Music Ensemble Electives 1 Credit Hours
• Oral Communication Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Electives 3 Credit Hours
• Connections 3 Credit Hours
  

• MUCO 413 - Music and the African Diaspora 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120-121

Footnotes

1. Completion of appropriate sequence through one of: ARAB 222 ; ASL 212 ; ASST 262 ; CHIN 232 ; FREN 212 , FREN 218  (honors), FREN 223  (intensive); GERM 212 , GERM 223  (intensive); CLAS 264  (Greek), CLAS 252  (Latin); HEBR 242 ; ITAL 212 ; JAPA 252 ; PORT 212 ; REST 222  (Biblical Hebrew); RUSS 202 ; SPAN 212 , SPAN 218  (honors), SPAN 223  (intensive).
   
   Students with previous language experience may demonstrate competence via a departmental placement or proficiency examination, or by AP or CLEP credit.
   
   Students whose native language is not English may satisfy the requirement with ENGL 131  AND ENGL 132 , plus any two of the following courses: AFST 225 *, AFST 226 *, AFST 233 *; CLAS 253 *; ENGL 201 *, ENGL 202 *, ENGL 206 *, ENGL 207 *, ENGL 208 *, ENGL 209 *, ENGL 221 *, ENGL 222 *, ENGL 225 *, ENGL 226 *, ENGL 231 *, ENGL 232 *, ENGL 233 *, ENGL 237 *, ENGL 238 *, ENGL 247 *, ENGL 248 *, ENGL 251 *, ENGL 252 *, ENGL 253 *, ENGL 254 *, ENGL 258 *; ITAL 401 *; JAPA 313 , JAPA 314 ; JST 312 *; LAC 315 ; MRST 261 , MRST 262 , MRST 401 ; PORT 315 ; REST 312 *; RUSS 221 *, RUSS 222 *; WLC 300 *.
2. Select from AFST 201 *, AFST 202 *, AFST 225 *, AFST 226 *, AFST 235 *, AFST 236 *, AFST 335 *, AFST 336 *; CLAS 384 *; ENGL 225 *, ENGL 226 *, ENGL 335 *, ENGL 336 *; GEOG 320 *, GEOG 372 *, GEOG 374 *, GEOG 375 *, GEOG 445 *; GLBS 250 *; HILA 255 *, HILA 256 *; HIME 366 *, HIME 369 *; LAC 430 *, LAC 456 *; PUBH 201 *; REST 101 *, REST 222 *, REST 232 *, REST 280 *, REST 320 *; SOCI 260 *, SOCI 344 *, SOCI 345 *, SOCI 350* *, SOCI 353 *, SOCI 360 *, SOCI 453 *, SOCI 456 *, SOCI 465 *; SOWK 200 *, SOWK 250 *.
3. Select from MUEN 303  (Small Jazz), MUEN 304  (Jazz), MUEN 311  (African Diasporic Percussion), MUEN 312  (Balinese Gamelan); MUEN 316  (Electro Acoustic), MUEN 322  (Gospel Choir); MUEN 323  (UT Appalachian Strings); MUEN 326  (R&B)
4. Select from MUEN 303 , MUEN 310 , MUEN 311 , MUEN 312 *, MUEN 315 , MUEN 316 , MUEN 320 , MUEN 322 , MUEN 323 , MUEN 326 , MUEN 330 *, MUEN 340 *, MUEN 350 *, MUEN 352 *, MUEN 353 *, MUEN 370 *, MUEN 380 *, MUEN 383 *, MUEN 389 *
5. Students may satisfy the Connections requirement in one of four ways: 
   • Completion of nine credit hours of study abroad coursework or six credit hours of study abroad coursework and completing one additional upper level course from the approved Global Citizenship-International (GCI) list. These hours may, if appropriate, be applied to non-Connections degree requirements. 
   • Completion of a minor, a second concentration, or a second major. The minor or second major may be in the College of Music or in another college.
   • Completion of nine credit hours drawn from a Connections Package. The nine credit hours must be drawn from at least two different departments. Three of the nine credit hours may be applied toward a student’s major requirements. Connections Packages are topically oriented collections of upper-division courses that have been designed by faculty to focus students’ attention on questions that have substantial multidisciplinary character.
   • Completion of all Air Force or Army ROTC program requirements.

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.