Music, BA

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses in Major (48 credits total)

Foreign Language (0-12 credits total)

• ____ 101   Foreign Language -  Level I
• ____ 102   Foreign Language -  Level II
• ____ 201   Foreign Language  - Level III
• ____ 202   Foreign Language  - Level IV

Free Electives (7 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Required Minor: _______________________ (15-18 credits total)

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Additional Information and Notes:

†  Students who do not pass the fundamentals portion of the Music Theory Placement Exam are required to enroll in MUS120  Fundamentals of Music and MUS107  Fundamentals of Ear Training prior to enrolling in  Music   MUS132N Theory I and MUS122  Ear Training I.

 ¶  Student must pass the Piano Proficiency prio to registering for MUS515N.    

  ◊  Students must pass each level of Recital Attendance by attending the required number of events each semester.   Transfer students are held accountable for Recital Attendance only for those semesters in which they are registered as Music Majors at Salem State University.    

  ∞ Students who elect to do a full recital or recording project for their capstone will be required to take an additional semester of directed study the semester prior to registering for MUS 511N. 

Total credits for graduation: 120