Requirements

136 credits

Curriculum

Year 1 - Fall (17 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Classical/Jazz) 2
MUEN 134
or
MUEN 135
Jazz Ensemble1
or
Jazz Workshop
1
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUPF 157 Group Piano I 1
MUSC 101 Musicianship I (Written) 2
MUSC 111 Musicianship I (Aural) 2
MUTK 101 Computers for Musicians 1
BRDG 100 Research & Information Skills 1
BRDG 101 Writing and Analysis 3
EQ ### Essential Questions Seminar 3
MUPF 113 Eurhythmics 1

Year 1 - Spring (17 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Classical/Jazz) 2
MUEN 134
or
MUEN 135
Jazz Ensemble
or
Jazz Workshop
1
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUPF 158 Group Piano II 1
MUJZ 141 Jazz Chamber Music 1
MUSC 102 Musicianship II (Written) 2
MUSC 112 Musicianship II (Aural) 2
BRDG 102 Writing and Literature 3
BRDG 105 Intro to Ethical Reasoning 3
MUPF 115 Alexander Technique 2

Year 2 - Fall (15 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Jazz) 2
MUEN 134
or
MUEN 135
Jazz Ensemble
or
Jazz Workshop
1
MUJZ 110 Jazz Harmony Form/Notation 2
MUJZ 141 Jazz Chamber Music 1
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUPF 257 Group Piano III 1
MUSC 201 Musicianship III (Written) 2
MUSC 211 Musicianship III (Aural) 2
MUJZ 223 Jazz Improvisation I 2
MUPF 218 Performance Development 2

Year 2 - Spring (18 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Jazz) 2
MUEN 134
or
MUEN 135
Jazz Ensemble
or
Jazz Workshop
1
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUJZ 310 Advanced Jazz Harmony Form/Notation 2
MUPF 258 Group Piano IV 1
MUSC 202 Musicianship IV (Written) 2
MUSC 212 Musicianship IV (Aural) 2
MUJZ 225 Jazz Improvisation II 2
  Elective/Bridges Competency 3
MUJZ 141 Jazz Chamber Music 1
MUJZ 131 History of Jazz 2

Year 3 - Fall (17 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Jazz) 2
MUEN 134 Jazz Ensemble 1
MUEN 370 Conducting I 2
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUPF 118
MUPF 319
Career Perspectives in Music I2
Career Perspectives in Music II
1
1
MUPF 218 Performance Development 2
MUSC 301W Musicianship V 4
MUJZ 339 Jazz Arranging I 2
MUJZ 270 Group Jazz Piano I 1
MUJZ 141 Jazz Chamber Music 1

Year 3 - Spring (18 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Jazz) 2
MUEN 134 Jazz Ensemble 1
MUJZ 345 Jazz Conducting 2
MUJZ 340 Jazz Arranging II 2
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUPF 218 Performance Development 2
MUPF 398 Junior Recital 0
MUSC 302W Musicianship VI 4
PHYS 170 Acoustics 3
MUJZ 271 Group Jazz Piano II 1
MUJZ 141 Jazz Chamber Music 1

Year 4 - Fall (18 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Jazz) 2
MUEN 134 Jazz Ensemble 1
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUPF 218 Performance Development 2
MUSC ### Advanced Theory Elective 2
PHIL 180 Democracy and Justice 3
  Any Bridges Cultural Fluency and Responsiveness Course 3
MUJZ 342 Advanced Jazz Improv I 2
MUJZ 341 Jazz Composition Lesson 2
MUJZ 141 Jazz Chamber Music 1

Year 4 - Spring (16 credits)

Course # Course Title Credits
MUAP ### Applied Music (Jazz) 2
MUEN 134 Jazz Ensemble 1
MUPF 090 Performance Seminar 0
MUPF 315 Pedagogy for Performance Majors 2
MUPF 400 Senior Recital 1
MUSC ### Advanced Theory Elective 2
THEO ### Theological/Ethics 3
MUJZ 343 Advanced Jazz Improv II 2
MUJZ 341 Jazz Composition Lesson 2
MUJZ 141 Jazz Chamber Music 1

1 Ensemble Placement is audition-based.

2 Offered in fall semesters of odd-numbered years. Students enroll concurrently in both courses. Each class is a half-semester long. Students will start the semester in Career Perspectives in Music I and switch to Career Perspectives in Music II halfway through the semester. Details of course dates are available in the university’s academic calendar.