Music B.A.
Milledgeville, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 46,410 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
Providing One-on-One Guidance from Expert Artists to Achieve Your Musical Dreams
The Bachelor of Arts in Music at GCSU provides a flexible program that can help any student achieve their dreams. With our music education minor, you can launch a career as a music educator. With our creative music media minor, you can become a composer of work in music technology. In addition, the BA in Music can lead to careers as a performer, music industry specialist, and so much more! All of this is made easier by the one-on-one attention from our expert faculty.
Key Benefits of this Degree
- Our curriculum is a multidisciplinary approach that embraces performance, academic areas of music, music technology, and more.
- The BA in Music can lead to careers as a performer, music industry specialist, and so much more!
- Receive one-on-one guidance by nationally-recognized faculty.
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Curriculum
Core Areas A-E
Satisfactorily complete core Areas A-E, as listed in the Core Curriculum section of this catalog.
Core Curriculum
Georgia College, in cooperation with other institutions of the University System of Georgia, has adopted a core curriculum to allow the transfer of credit from one University System institution to another without penalty to the student. The University System's core curriculum is comprised of five areas: Areas A - E.
Students successfully completing an Area A-E course at one University System institution will receive full credit in Areas A-E for the course upon transfer to another System institution, even if the area has not been completed, as long as the course is within the area hour limitations of either the sending institution or the receiving institution and the student does not change from a non-science major to a science major.
Georgia College's approved core curriculum courses for Areas A, B, C, D, and E are listed below. Courses not listed here are not approved for these areas.
In this section
- Area A: Communication Skills
- Area A2: Quantitative Skills
- Area B: Institutional Options
- Area C1: Humanities and Ethics
- Area C2: Fine Arts
- Area D: Natural Sciences, Math, and Technology for Non-Science Majors
- Area D: Natural Sciences, Math, and Technology for Science Majors
- Area D: Natural Sciences, Math, and Technology for Health Professions Majors
- Area E: Social Sciences
- Area F: Courses Appropriate to the Student's Major Field
Total Credit Hours: 42
Area F
Satisfactorily complete the following courses:
- MUAP 11xx Lower-Level Applied Study (2 hours of the same course)
- MUSC 1500 Music Theory I
- MUSC 1501 Aural Skills I
- MUSC 1510 Music Theory II
- MUSC 1511 Aural Skills II
- MUSC 2500 Music Theory III
- MUSC 2501 Aural Skills III
- MUSC 2510 Music Theory IV
- MUSC 2511 Aural Skills IV
Total Credit Hours: 18
Cognate Area
- MUAP 11xx Lower-Level Applied Study (2 hours of the same course)
- MUEN 1000 Lower-Level Large Ensemble
- MUSC 1210 Class Instruction in Piano I
- MUSC 1220 Class Instruction in Piano II
- MUSC 1990 Recital Attendance
- Courses on the 2000-4000 level appropriate to the student's interest
Total Credit Hours: 12
Major Requirements
- MUAP 31xx Upper-Level Applied Study (4 hours of the same course)
- MUEN 3xxx Upper-Level Large Ensemble
- MUSC 3600 Music History I
- MUSC 3610 Music History II
- MUSC 3400 Introduction to Conducting
- MUSC 4990 Senior Project
- MUSC 4 hours of 3000-4000 MUSC electives
- Choose one of the following courses:
- MUSC 3650 Jazz History
- MUSC 3660 American Music
- MUSC 4800 Studies in World Music
- MUSC 3650 Jazz History
- MUSC 3660 American Music
- MUSC 4800 Studies in World Music
Total Credit Hours: 24
Foreign Language Requirement
Demonstrate competence in one foreign language at the level of the fourth university course (2002).
Total Credit Hours: 3-12
Electives
Students are strongly encouraged to use their elective hours to develop a minor concentration in another field related to their career aspirations, or to choose a secondary area in music (theory, history, composition, second instrument).
For students who must take the 1001, 1002, and/or 2001 foreign language courses, these courses will be applied to electives and will reduce the total number of elective credits available.
Total Credit Hours: 12-21
Additional Degree Requirements
- Satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements listed in the academic policies section of this catalog.
- Music majors must also follow all requirements included in the Department Handbook.
Total Credit Hours: 120