Hours required and general/college requirements:

 

A minimum of 120 hours, of which 36 must be advanced, and fulfillment of degree requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree as specified in the “University Core Curriculum” in the Academics section of the catalog and the College of Music requirements. Elective hours may be required.

Degree Requirements — 2024

Music Theory - option A or B (6 hours)

Option A

  • MUTH 1300 - Explorations in Music I (3)
  • MUTH 1350 - Explorations in Music II (3)

Option B

  • MUTH 1400 - Music Theory I (2)
  • MUTH 1410 - Aural Skills I (1)
  • MUTH 1500 - Music Theory II (2)
  • MUTH 1510 - Aural Skills II (1)

Music History / Ethnomusicology
(12 hours)

  • MUMH 1610 - Music as Communication (3)
  • MUCO 1200 - Analysis/Critical Listening in Music
  • Production/Commercial Music (3)
  • MUET 3030 - Music Cultures of the World (3)

Plus 3 hours from:

  • MUCO 3500 - Cultures of Hip-Hop (3)
  • MUET 2000 - Global Perspectives in Popular Music (3)
  • MUET 3060 - African American Music (3)
  • MUJS 3400 - Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture (3)
  • MUMH 2050 - Sounds and Cinema (3)
  • MUMH 2060 - History of Rock (3)
  • MUMH 3100 - Music, Gender, Sexuality (3)
  • MUMH 3200 - Music as Politics (3)

Performance (3 hours)

  • MUAG 1011 or MUAG 1107 - Class Piano or Guitar (1)
  • 2 hours of MUAS, MUCM, MUEN, or MULB (1) (1)

Commercial Music Courses (15 hours)

  • MUAE 2100 - Sound Engineering (3)
  • MUAE 3100 - Fundamentals of Digital Audio Workstations (3)
  • MUCE 4000 - Music Business and Entrepreneurship (3)
  • MUCO 1000 - Creative Practice in the Music Industry (3)
  • MUCO 4500 - Commercial Music Capstone (3)

Music Production Courses (12 hours)

  • MUAE 3200 - Digital Audio Workstations (3)
  • MUAE 3300 - Techniques of Mixing and Mastering (3)
  • MUAE 3400 - Album Making, Pre-to-Post-Production (3)
  • MUCO 2300 - Commercial Music Writing & Production I (3)

Commercial Music Electives (6 hours)

  • MUAE 3950 - Commercial Songwriting
  • MUCE 4010 - Marketing for Musicians (3)
  • MUCE 4030 - Music Entrepreneurship Practicum/Internship (3)
  • MUCE 4040 - Music Law and Finance (3)
  • MUCE 4050 - Artist Management and Touring (3)
  • MUCE 4070 - Business of Music and Media (3)
  • MUCP 1180 - Contemporary Materials & Techniques I (2)
  • MUCP 2080 - Secondary Music Composition I (1)
  • MUCP 4080 - Secondary Music Composition II (3)
  • MUCP 4590 - Intermedia Performance Arts (3)
  • MUCP 4685 - Topics in Composition (3)
  • MUCP 4695 - Topics in Contemporary Music (3)
  • MUCO 4000 - Topics in Commercial Music/Music Production (3)

General Studies (Non-Music) Electives
(36 hours)

Thirty-six hours of electives outside of music. Twenty-one hours must be advanced.

Supplemental Information may be found at catalog.unt.edu.

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