Undergraduate Programs
 Programs leading to the Bachelor of Music degree are offered in composition, music education, music history and literature (honors program), musical theatre, or performance (orchestral instruments, organ, piano, voice).
A student who has extensive professional or academic experience in a specific music subject area may request a waiver of coursework or credit by examination. In either case, an examination will be administered by the faculty in specific subject areas and a faculty recommendation will be submitted to the dean. Credit will be awarded only for outstanding performance in a subject area. If a waiver only is granted in a subject area, an appropriate credit substitution will be made. The maximum number of semester hours a student may achieve by examination in the bachelor's program is six.
Full-time undergraduate students are required to enroll each semester in Chorus (MUS 601, or 609 by advisement), Symphony Orchestra (MUS 602), or Instrumental Ensembles (MUS 603). Performance juries (major, principal and secondary) are required each semester. All undergraduate students are required to register for MUS 100 Studio X each semester they are in residence.
All students enrolled in applied composition are required to submit samples of their work to a jury of the composition faculty for evaluation at the end of the semester.
Part-time faculty members teaching private instruction are appointed at an hourly rate by the university. Study with part-time applied faculty is subject to their availability; some part-time applied faculty members teach off campus. Students studying with part-time faculty may be required to pay an additional studio rate.
Students are required to enroll for at least one semester hour of private instruction in their major field during the semester in which they present any degree recital.
Undergraduate students may, with approval of the dean, elect a subconcentration in a nonmusic area. This may result in additional length of time required to complete the degree.
Undergraduate majors in the music school are normally expected to complete ENG 101 and 102. However, they may be placed into other English courses on the basis of their SAT scores. The music school retains the option of placing qualified students into English courses above the 100 level.
All majors in Bachelor of Music degree programs are required to complete at least one college English composition course as part of their degree requirements (normally ENG 111, 101, 103 or 105, depending on placement at admission). Students who are placed in ENG 105 Honors Composition are required to take a British or American Literature Survey (ENG 231,232, 235, 236) or an advanced writing course (ENG 327). Students who have earned a score of 4 or 5 on the English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement Test will be awarded three semester hours of credit in English, normally to count as an English literature course (the equivalent of ENG 102).
Entering undergraduate students are given an evaluation test to determine their placement in music theory. Based on the results of the test, students may be required to complete successfully two semesters of Fundamentals of Music Theory (MUS 023, 024) before enrolling in MUS 121 and 123.
The music school follows guidelines established by the School of Arts and Sciences in the awarding of credits to students who submit Advanced Placement Test results and who have earned the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
When transferring credits, if a student's prior institution awarded more credits for a course than CUA awards for an equivalent course, only the number of credits awarded by CUA will be granted for the course; surplus credits for the course may be used as free music elective credits, if necessary. If a student's prior institution awarded fewer credits for a course than CUA awards for an equivalent course, the missing credits must be made up in music electives. An exception to this latter policy will be applied lessons for which the student's prior institution awarded two semester hours of credit for 14 hour-long lessons during a semester; in such cases, CUA will award three semester hours of credit.
Music students derive benefit from participation in many aspects of the management and production of performances. Students may, as part of their educational experience,-be assigned various duties in the production of operas, musical theater productions, and orchestral, choral and chamber music concerts.
The school of music follows university policy on good standing, probation, and dismissal, outlined in the general section of these Announcements.
Last Revised 01-Aug-08 09:01 AM.
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