General Education		Semester Hours
ACAD 101	Principles of the Learning Academy	1
Shared Skills and Proficiencies
Writing and Critical Thinking
WRIT 101	Composition	3
HMXP 102	Human Experience	3
CRTW 201	Critical Reading, Thinking & Writing	3
Oral Communication	See approved list	3
Technology	See approved list	3
Intensive Writing	Met in major with MUST 306	0
Constitution Requirement	See approved list; may be met with another requirement	0-3
Physical Activity	See approved list;	1
Thinking Critically Across Disciplines
Global Perspectives	Met in major with MUST 307	0
Historical Perspectives	Met in major with MUST 305	0
Introducing Students to Broad Disciplinary Perspectives
Social Science	See approved list; must include 2 designators	6
Humanities and Arts	See approved list; must include 2 designators (cannot use Music courses)	6
Quantitative Skills and Natural Science	(3 courses)	9-12
Quantitative Skills	See approved list	(3-8)
Natural Science	See approved list; must include one lab science. [If 2 courses taken, must be in 2 different groups: Life, Physical ,Earth]	(3-8)
Subtotal		38-44
Music Core — Applied		30**
MUSA 111, 112, 211, 212, 311, 312, 411, 412	Private Lessons in the Major Instrument	16
MUSA 151 or152 (guitar, piano, organ,voice majors), MUSA 156 or 157 (wind/percussion majors), or MUSA 161 (string majors)	Major Ensemble (guitar majors may substitute up to 5 hours of MUSA 168)	8
MUSA 14, 15 or 16_	Small Ensemble Requirement	2
MUSA 181, 182, 281, 282	Piano Class I-IV	4
Music Core — Theoretical		52-54**
MUST 111, 112, 211, 212	Music Theory I-IV	12
MUST 113, 114, 213, 214	Aural Skills I-IV	4
MUST 121	Introduction to Music Technology	1
MUST 235, 236	Diction for Singers: English/Italian, German/French (Voice majors only)	0-2
MUST 305, 306, 307	Music History Sequence	9
MUST 317, 411	Beginning Conducting, Form and Analysis	6
MUSA/MUST Electives	Any courses above 299 except MUST 315 *voice majors must include MUST 319 (Advanced Vocal Ped), and MUST 321&322 (Opera Workshop)	11
MUST 5___	Pedagogy/Literature course appropriate for performance medium: piano majors must include MUST 501 (Piano Lit) and 520 (Piano Ped); percussion majors must include MUST 517 (Percussion Lit); voice majors must include MUST 505 (Opera Lit) or 506 (Choral Lit); instrumental majors must include MUST525 (Instrumental Ped and Lit)	3-6
MUST 5___	500-level MUST electives.	3-6
Other Music Requirements
MUSR 282	Keyboard Proficiency	0
MUSR 212	Sophomore Performance Review	0
MUSR 312	Junior Recital: Performance	0
MUSR 412	Senior Recital: Performance	0
MUSR 498	Recital Attendance Requirement	0
Total		120-122

**C or better must be earned in each course and cannot be taken on the S/U basis.

Additional Requirements

A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 is required for all courses taken at Winthrop.
A minimum of 21 hours of MUSA/MUST courses in residence at Winthrop.

BM-MUSC-MPER - Bachelor of Music in Music Performance

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