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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2013–2015 Mason Gross School of the Arts Programs of Study Music 700 Major Requirements  

Major Requirements


Performance Concentration

Students in the performance concentration must take the following courses in music theory (25 credits):

  07:700:121-122  Theory I,II (3,3)

  07:700:123-124  Aural Skills I,II (2,2)

  07:700:127  Introduction to Music Technology (1)

  07:700:221-222  Theory III,IV (3,3)

  07:700:223-224  Aural Skills III,IV (2,2)

  07:700:323  Aural Skills V (2)

  07:700:329  Conducting I (2)

Performance students must also take the following courses in music history (12 credits):

  07:700:301-302  Music History I,II (3,3)

  07:700:303  Principles of Ethnomusicology (3)

  07:700:419 or 420  Special Studies in Music History (3)

In addition to these requirements, students must pass the piano proficiency exam and also complete the following course of study (43 credits):

  07:701:407,408  Twentieth-Century Performance Seminar (1,1)

  chamber music courses (4)*

  large ensemble courses (8)*

  pedagogy courses (2)

  applied major lessons (24)

  electives (10) These 10 elective credits are needed in order to earn the 120 credits required for graduation. Three of these credits must be from liberal arts courses. The remaining 7 credits may come from any 701 course, four of which may be piano class, or 700 courses at the 300 level or above.

Students in the performance concentration must complete a minimum of 33 credits in liberal arts courses (see Degree Requirements) and 10 additional credits of elective courses, for a total of 120 credits required for graduation. All performance students present a recital in the senior year in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation. Acceptability of this recital is determined by a faculty jury in attendance.

Music Education Concentration

Students in the music education concentration take the following courses in music theory (29 credits):

  07:700:121-122  Theory I,II (3,3)

  07:700:123-124  Aural Skills I,II (2,2)

  07:700:127  Introduction to Music Technology (1)

  07:700:221-222  Theory III,IV (3,3)

  07:700:223-224  Aural Skills III,IV(2,2)

  07:700:323  Aural Skills V (2)

  07:700:329-330  Conducting I,II (2,2)

  07:700:341  Orchestration I (2)

Music education students must also take the following courses in music history (12 credits):

  07:700:301-302  Music History I,II (3,3)

  07:700:303  Principles of Ethnomusicology (3)

  07:700:419 or 420  Special Studies in Music History (3)

In addition to these requirements, students must pass the piano proficiency exam and also complete the following course of study (53 credits):

  large and small ensemble courses (8)*

  music education courses (29)

  performance study courses (15)


There are two streams that music education may follow: vocal/general concentration, which requires 122 total credits for graduation, and instrumental concentration, which requires a total of 123 credits for graduation. The total number of requirements for each concentration includes 30 credits in liberal arts courses. Some of these credits are in courses specified for certification. In order for state certification to be granted, the National Teachers Examination must be passed.

Jazz Studies Concentration

Students concentrating in jazz studies must pass the piano proficiency exam and the following course of study (85 credits):

  07:700:102  Introduction to Music History (3)

  07:700:121-122  Theory I,II (3,3)

  07:700:123-124  Aural Skills I,II (2,2)

  07:700:125  Survey of Jazz Styles (2)

  07:700:127  Introduction to Music Technology (1)

  07:700:223-224  Aural Skills III,IV (2,2)

  07:700:247-248  Jazz Theory I,II (3,3)

  07:700:251-252  Keyboard Harmony for Jazz Majors (2,2)

  07:700:303  Principles of Ethnomusicology (3)

  07:700:305-306  Evolution of Jazz (3,3)

  07:700:329  Conducting I (2)

  07:700:347-348  Jazz Composition and Arranging (3,3)

  07:700:371-372  Jazz Improvisation I (3,3)

  07:700:471-472  Jazz Improvisation II (3,3)

  ensemble courses (12)*

  applied major lessons (16)

Students in the jazz studies concentration must complete a minimum of 33 credits in liberal arts courses (see the Degree Requirements chapter), for a total of 120 credits required for graduation. All jazz students present a recital in the senior year in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation. Acceptability of this recital is determined by a faculty jury in attendance.

*Bachelor of music students must enroll in a large ensemble each semester. The music department may assign any student to the ensemble of its choice.

Composition Concentration

Students in the composition concentration must take the following courses in music theory (36 credits):

  07:700:121-122  Theory I,II (3,3)

  07:700:221-222  Theory III,IV (3,3)

  07:700:321  Topics in Music Theory: Counterpoint (3)

  07:700:322  Music Analysis (3)

  07:700:123-124  Aural Skills I,II (2,2)

  07:700:223-224  Aural Skills III,IV (2,2)

  07:700:323  Aural Skills V (2)

  07:700:329-330  Conducting I, II (2,2)

  07:700:341-342  Orchestration I, II (2,2)

Composition students must also take the following courses in music history (12 credits):

  07:700:301-302  Music History I,II (3,3)

  07:700:303  Principles of Ethnomusicology (3)

  07:700:419  Special Studies in Music History (3)

Technology (5 credits)

  07:700:127*  Introduction to Music Technology (1)

  07:700:129  Introduction to Recording Technology (1)

  07:700:485  Computer Music (3)

In addition to these requirements, students must pass the piano proficiency exam and also complete the following requirements:

  07:700: 375  Composition Practicum I-VIII (8)

  Composition Lessons (16)*

  large and small ensemble courses (8)*

  secondary lessons (4)

  music elective credits (4)

Students in the composition concentration must complete a minimum of 33 credits in liberal arts courses (see Degree Requirements) for a total of 123 credits required for graduation. All composition majors must present a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation.

 
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