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Nov 22, 2024
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University General Course Catalog 2017-2018 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
Music, B.A.
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Description
The University of Nevada, Reno Department of Music provides education in the history, performance, theory, and pedagogy of music. Its mission is to help students acquire the skills and knowledge to enable them to successfully contribute as performers, scholars, and educators. To this end, and following the mission of the university as a whole, the department provides high quality, accredited, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in performance, education, and research. The department offers courses, ensembles, and concerts that reflect the diversity and richness of the world’s cultures, and maintains a learning environment where student performers and scholars may regularly interact with professional teacher/mentors.
http://www.unr.edu/assessment/plans-and-forms/liberal-arts/music-ba-bm
Transfer to Nevada
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If a major-to-major transfer agreement is not available for your transfer institution, please check the General Core agreement if available. If neither is available, access established transfer course equivalencies to assist in your planning.
Graduation Requirements
| Total Units |
120 |
| Cumulative GPA |
2.0 |
| University GPA |
2.0 |
| Major GPA |
2.0 |
| Residency Requirement |
30 Upper-Division Units at UNR |
| Major Residency Requirement |
15 Upper-Division Units in the major at UNR |
| Upper-Division Requirement |
42 Upper-Division Units |
| Half Program Units/4 Year Institution |
60 Units |
I. Silver Core General Education Requirements (24-27 units)
NOTE: Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter of this catalog for information regarding the “Core English and Math Completion Policy .”
Students in this major must meet all Silver Core Objectives (CO1 through CO14). Courses satisfying Core Objectives are designated (e.g., CO9) in General Catalog curricula and course descriptions.
A. Silver Core Writing and Prerequisite (3-6 units) - CO1, CO3
B. Silver Core Mathematics and Prerequisite (3 units minimum) - CO2
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO2 courses .
C. Silver Core Natural Sciences (6 units minimum) - CO4, CO4L
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO4/CO4L courses .
D. Silver Core Social Sciences (3 units) - CO6
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter for a list of approved CO6 courses .
E. Silver Core Fine Art (3 units) - CO7
Music majors will satisfy the Fine Arts requirement through the Ensemble requirement.
F. Silver Core Humanities (6 units) - CO5, CO8
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
II. Additional Silver Core Requirements (18 units maximum)
Students must take courses that satisfy the following Core Objectives. Some or all of these Silver Core Objectives may be satisfied in the Major Requirements (Section IV). Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
A. Science, Technology & Society Course - CO9
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
B. Diversity & Equity Course - CO10
The following recommended course can also be used in the Major Requirement:
C. Global Context Course - CO11
D. Ethics Course - CO12
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
E. Capstone Integration & Synthesis Course - CO13
F. Application Course - CO14
Refer to the Core Curriculum chapter in this catalog.
III. Additional College Requirements (6-20 units)
Units may vary depending on initial course placement in foreign language coursework.
A. Foreign Language (0-14 units)
Successful completion of the foreign language requirement may be accomplished through one of four options:
- complete a fourth semester college course in a foreign language or in American Sign Language;
- demonstrate proficiency through placement examination or other means determined by the Department of World Languages and Literatures, including minimum CBAPE, SAT II, or IB scores;
- show transcript evidence of successful completion of four years of high school coursework in the same foreign language; or
- participate in a Studies Abroad program pre-approved by the college to meet the foreign language requirement.
B. College Breadth Requirement (6 units)
Students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree in the college shall be required to take, within the College of Liberal Arts, 6 credits that are outside the departments in which they major or minor, and that exclude courses taken to fulfill the Silver Core General Education requirements (Core Objectives 1 through 7).
IV. Major Requirements (35-38 units)
B. Applied Individual Instruction (6 units)
No more than one applied music unit per semester may count toward section B. Must be on a single instrument or voice. All students enrolled in applied lessons must also co-register for an appropriate ensemble (see advisor). C. Music Literature (3 units)
Select ONE of the following:
D. Music Core Courses (22 units)
E. Major Ensemble (3 units)
An additional 3 units of Ensemble coursework is counted in the Core Curriculum Fine Arts section above. F. Elective courses in Theory or History/Literature (4 units)
Course work must be numbered 300 - 499. V. Minor Requirements (18-21 units)
The Music Department accepts any minor approved by the College of Liberal Arts.
VI. Electives (0-19 units)
VII. Recommended Schedule
Spring Semester (15 units)
Spring Semester (16 units)
Fall Semester (16 units)
- Foreign Language 211 (3 units)
- Minor (3 units)
- MUS 100 - Concert Class (0 units)
- MUSA (Applied Lessons) (1 unit)
- MUS 341 - Music History I (3 units)
- MUS (Elective in Theory/Literature) (2 units)
- MUSE (Major Ensemble) (1 unit)
- Science, Technology & Society Course (3 units) CO9
Spring Semester (15 units)
- Foreign Language 212 (3 units)
- Minor (3 units)
- MUS 100 - Concert Class (0 units)
- MUSA (Applied Lessons) (1 unit)
- MUS (Music History Elective) (1 units)
- MUS 342 - Music History II (3 units)
- MUSE (Major Ensemble) (1 unit)
- MUSE (Secondary Ensemble) (1 unit)
- MUS (Elective in Theory/Literature) (2 units)
Fall Semester (12 units)
- Diversity & Equity Course (3 units) CO10
- Minor (3 units)
- Minor (300-400 level) (3 units)
- Ethics Course (3 units) CO12
- MUS 100 - Concert Class (0 units)
Spring Semester (15 units)
- Capstone Integration & Synthesis Course (3 units) CO13
- Global Context Course (3 units) CO11
- Minor (300-400 level) (6 units)
- Application Course (3 units) CO14
- MUS 100 - Concert Class (0 units)
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