B.A. in Music

Contact Person:
Nelly Case, Chair
C306 Bishop, (315) 267-2759, casenm@potsdam.edu

123-134 credit hours required.
 
Candidates for this major must successfully complete The Crane School of Music entrance audition.

All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:                                                                                                                                       

Required Courses
Credits
General Education Courses 35-45
The General Education requirements for the B.A. in Music degree students are the same as for all other B.A. programs at the College.

Liberal Arts Electives
31-32

Basic Musicianship Sequence
27
BA majors complete all the Basic Musicianship Sequence except for the 2 Conducting courses.

Performance
12
MUCS 420 Perf. Concentration (4 @ 2 credits)  
Ensembles (4 @ 1 credit)
  
Ensembles must be taken during the student’s first two years. Guitar Majors in this degree will take four semesters (4 cr.) of Guitar Ensemble. For all others the four semesters of ensemble must be Major Ensembles.

Upper Division Music History or Theory Electives
6

Music Electives
12      

Special Notes
  1. Audition A in area of applied study must be satisfied within the first four semesters of study.
  2. Up to 6 credit hours of additional applied study may be earned in the category of free electives on a space available basis.