Degree Requirements
Minimum Credit Requirement: 128 credits
Minimum Residency Requirement: 32 credits must be taken at UNH
Minimum GPA: 2.0 required for conferral*
Core Curriculum Required: Discovery & Writing Program Requirements
Foreign Language Requirement: No
All Major, Option and Elective Requirements as indicated.
*Major GPA requirements as indicated.
Major Requirements
Candidates for a degree must satisfy all of the University Discovery Program requirements in addition to satisfying the requirements of the major. B.M. in music majors may use MUSI 502 Musics in Context to satisfy the Inquiry Discovery category requirement, and MUSI 515 Music in World Cultures to satisfy the World Cultures Discovery category requirement. Additionally, B.M. music education and pre-teaching majors may use MUSI 501 The Western Musical Canon to satisfy the Fine and Performing Arts Discovery category requirement.
All bachelor of music students are required to give a public performance during their senior year, which fulfills the Discovery Program capstone requirement: for students in the pre-teaching option, a half recital is required.
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
MUSI 471 & MUSI 472 | Theory I and Theory I | 6 |
MUSI 473 & MUSI 474 | Ear Training I and Ear Training I | 2 |
MUSI 475 & MUSI 476 | Functional Piano I and Functional Piano I 1 | 2 |
MUSI 571 & MUSI 572 | Theory II and Theory II | 6 |
MUSI 573 & MUSI 574 | Ear Training II and Ear Training II | 2 |
MUSI 575 & MUSI 576 | Functional Piano II and Functional Piano II 1 | 2 |
MUSI 501 & MUSI 502 | The Western Musical Canon and Musics in Context | 6 |
MUSI 515 | Music in World Cultures | 4 |
MUSI 540 | Recital Attendance | 0 |
MUSI 691 | Music Internship I | 1-2 |
MUSI 731 | Conducting | 2 |
| 3 |
MUSI 701 | Topics in Music History | |
MUSI 713 | Art Song | |
MUSI #715 | Survey of Opera | |
| 3 |
MUSI #771 | Counterpoint | |
MUSI 781W | Analysis: Form and Structure | |
| Variable |
| |
| Variable |
| |
Total Credits | 39-40 |
Bachelor of Music Pre-Teaching Curriculum
Degree program has final approval from the National Association of Schools of Music.
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
MUED 741 | Techniques and Methods in Choral Music | 2 |
MUED 745 | Techniques and Methods in String Instruments | 2 |
MUED 747 | Techniques and Methods in Woodwind Instruments 1 | 2-3 |
MUED 749 | Techniques and Methods in Brass Instruments | 2 |
MUED 751 | Techniques and Methods in Percussion Instruments | 2 |
MUED 755 | Vocal Pedagogy 2 | 2 |
MUED 765 | Instrumental Music Methods 3 | 2 |
MUED 790 | Teaching Elementary School Music | 3 |
MUED 791 | Teaching Secondary School Music | 2 |
MUSI 520 | Diction for Singers I 4 | 2 |
MUSI 732 | Conducting | 2 |
MUSI 779 | Reading and Writing Musical Scores | 3 |
| 8 |
| |
5, 6, 7 | 8 |
| |
EDUC 500 | Exploring Teaching | 4 |
EDUC 605 | Educational Perspectives in Critical Times | 4 |
EDUC 701 | Human Development & Learning: Cultural Perspectives | 4 |
EDUC 751B | Methods of Inclusive Secondary Education: Literacies, Learning, and Transitions | 4 |
Total Credits | 58-59 |