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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin
Music, BS Major in
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Program Requirements
All students wishing to pursue a BS in music will be required to audition in their applied performance area. Students who do not perform at a level requisite for success in that degree program will be directed to work toward the Bachelor of Arts degree in music. Students may reaudition at any time for admittance to the BS program. Candidates for graduation must fulfill the following requirements: 1. Total Semester Hours: 128
The successful completion of at least 128 semester hours and a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in work completed at Hofstra. 2. Liberal Arts
At least 65 hours must be completed in liberal arts courses with no fewer than 40 outside the Department of Music. 3. Residence Requirements
There are two requirements that must ordinarily be completed in residence at Hofstra: 15 semester hours in the major field of specialization and the last 30 semester hours. The 15 semester hours need not be included within the last 30 hours. 4. General Requirements
- Humanities electives (excluding music) - 6 Semester Hours
- 3 semester hours must be in a distribution appreciation and analysis course. (For listing of distribution courses, see Distribution Courses .)
- Social science electives - 6 Semester Hours
- All music majors must take 3 semester hours in behavioral sciences (BH) and 3 semester hours in history and philosophy (HP) distribution courses, except that
- Music business majors must take ECO 001 , 002 as their social science requirement.
- Natural science distribution course - 3 Semester Hours
- Mathematics/computer science distribution course - 3 Semester Hours
- Foreign language (fulfillment of BA language requirement.)
- WSC 001 - Composition Semester Hours: 3-4
and or placement examination. See University Degree requirements 5. The Fulfillment of the Following Major Requirements:
Music History Elective - 3 Semester Hours
as advised from: Major Organization - 3 Semester Hours
as advised, from: Chamber Ensemble - 3 Semester Hours
as advised, from: Private Instruction (P-Level) - 4 Semester Hours
- of Private Instruction (P-Level).
MUS 029 Concert Attendance
Music and Music Education majors are required to attend 5 concerts per semester for a total of eight semesters. See Music Department for advisement. Concentrations
The completion of the courses in one of the following concentrations: A. Performance
3 Semester hours of Advanced Musicianship (MUS 065 ) 14 hours of music performance (6 semester hours of C-level Private Instruction and 8 semester hours of D-level Private Instruction); at least 6, but not more than 12, hours of music elective courses, as advised. Piano performance students must take: B. Theory/Composition
Two (2) semester hours of Private Instruction (P level); two (2) semester hours of Composition (MUS 020P); four (4) semester hours of intermediate private instruction (MUS 120B) plus eight (8) semester hours of advanced private instruction (MUS 120D). Twenty (20) s.h. of composition course requirements and six (6) additional s.h. in music electives. C. History/Literature
History/Literature 18 additional hours in music history/ literature courses as advised; independent study in music bibliography D. Music Business
Course Requirements: 27 Semester Hours Fine Arts Course Requirements:
Select 9 Semester Hours from the following: Other Course Requirements:
9 Semester Hours: Choose 9 s.h. from one of the following four categories: Music Business: Marketing
Choose 9 Semester Hours from the following: Music Business: General Business
Choose 9 Semester Hours from the following: Music Business: Intellectual Property Law
Choose 9 Semester Hours from the following: Music Business: Music Technology
9 Semester Hours E. Jazz and Commercial Music
- 6 semester hours of Advanced Private Instruction (101C-122C).
Complete BS Requirements
BS Requirements in Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Recommended Program Sequence - Total Hours: 124-128
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