B.M. Music Theory
The following are the requirements for the B.M. in Music Theory. For more information, contact Dr. Joan C. Groom at joan.groom@unt.edu.
Degree Requirements
Hours Required and General/College Requirements:
A minimum of 129 hours, of which 42 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree as specified in the “General University Requirements ” in the Academics section of the Undergraduate catalog and the College of Music requirements.
Major Requirements:
42 hours, including:
MUTH 1400 - Theory I
MUTH 1410 - Aural Skills I
MUTH 1500 - Theory II
MUTH 1510 - Aural Skills II
MUTH 2400 - Theory III
MUTH 2410 - Aural Skills III
MUTH 2500 - Theory IV
MUTH 2510 - Aural Skills IV
MUTH 3410 - Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint
MUTH 3420 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
MUTH 3510 - Form Analysis
MUTH 3520 - Harmonic Analysis
MUTH 3550 - Advanced Sight Singing
MUTH 4370 - Schenkerian Analysis
MUTH 4520 - Twentieth-Century Techniques
MUTH 4920 - Senior Colloquium in Music Theory
MUCP 3090 - Class Composition II
MUCP 4310 - Instrumentation
Other Course Requirements:
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MUMH 1600 - Music in Human Imagination (may be used to satisfy the Visual and Performing Arts requirement of the University Core Curriculum)
MUMH 3500 - Music History and Literature to 1750
MUMH 3510 - Music History and Literature Since 1750
PHYS 1270 - Science and Technology of Musical Sound (may be used to satisfy a portion of the Natural Sciences requirement of the University Core Curriculum)
Foreign Language Requirements:
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FREN 2040 - Intermediate French
FREN 2050 - Intermediate French
or
GERM 2040 - Intermediate German
GERM 2050 - Intermediate German
3 hours from:
MUMH 4780 - American Music
MUJS 4470 - History of Jazz
MUET 4500 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology
Minor Requirements:
24 hours in applied music, including:
MUAG 3800 - Fundamentals of Conducting
MUAC (1000-level applied concentration; any one instrument or voice) (8)
MUAC (3000-level applied concentration; any one instrument or voice) (4)
MUAS or MUAG (1000-level applied secondary) (2)
MULB (any music laboratory) (8)
Electives: 6 hours.
Other Requirements:
All non-keyboard majors must enroll in secondary piano each long term/semester until proficiency is passed.
Candidates must pass the Concentration Proficiency Examination in the principal instrument or voice.
Theory major candidates must complete the following with a B average and no grade lower than a C:
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MUTH 1400 - Theory I
MUTH 1410 - Aural Skills I
MUTH 1500 - Theory II
MUTH 1510 - Aural Skills II
MUTH 2400 - Theory III
MUTH 2410 - Aural Skills III
MUTH 2500 - Theory IV
MUTH 2510 - Aural Skills IV
Complete all remaining theory courses with no grade lower than a B:
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MUTH 3410 - Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint
MUTH 3420 - Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint
MUTH 3510 - Form Analysis
MUTH 3520 - Harmonic Analysis
MUTH 3550 - Advanced Sight Singing
MUTH 4370 - Schenkerian Analysis
MUTH 4520 - Twentieth-Century Techniques
MUTH 4920 - Senior Colloquium in Music Theory
MUCP 3090 - Class Composition II
MUCP 4310 - Instrumentation