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Nov 25, 2024
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2010-2011 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Music, B.S. Major in
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Program Requirements
All students wishing to pursue a B.S. 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 B.S. 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 program.)
- Social science electives - 6 Semester Hours
- All music majors must take 3 semester hours in behavioral sciences and 3 semester
hours in history and philosophy distribution courses, except that
- Music education majors take PSY 1 plus 3 semester hours in a history and philosophy
distribution course and
- Music merchandising majors must take ECO 1, 2 as their social science requirement.
- Natural science distribution course - 3 Semester Hours
- Mathematics/computer science distribution course - 3 Semester Hours
- Foreign language (fulfillment of B.A. language requirement.)
5. The Fulfillment of the Following Major Requirements:
3 Semester Hours
as advised, from: 3 Semester Hours
as advised, from: 4 Semester Hours
- of Private Instruction (P), plus:
Concentrations
The completion of the courses in one of the following concentrations: A. Performance
14 hours of music performance (advanced private instruction) with senior recital;
at least 6, but not more than 12, hours of music elective courses, as advised.
Piano performance students must take: B. Theory/Composition
Six hours of advanced private instruction or six hours of advanced theory courses
as advised; 6-8 hours of music elective courses. C. History/Literature
History/Literature 18 additional hours in music history/ literature courses as
advised; independent study in music bibliography D. Music Merchandising
2 semesters of basic skills (MUS 31-38A), under advisement. MUS 154, 190, 191; 145 may be substituted
for by 3 hours of music electives, under advisement. Business courses: ACCT 101,
QM 1, MKT 101, 124, 131 or 141, MGT 101, FIN 101. The social science requirement
is ECO 1, 2. E. Jazz and Commercial Music
- 6 semester hours of Advanced Private Instruction (101C-122C).
See also: Complete B.S. Requirements
Complete B.S. Requirements in Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. |
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