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Music (American Music and Culture), B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2023-2024 First Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits ENGL 1010: English Composition I Pathways Required Core 3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II Pathways Required Core 3 Math & Quantitative Reasoning Pathways Required Core 3 Life & Physical Sciences Pathways Required Core 3 World Cultures & Global Issues Pathways Flexible Core 3 MUSC 3101: Music In Global America Major (Also fulfills Pathways US Experience In Its Diversity) 3 MUSC 1300: Its Language, History, and Culture Major (Also satisfies Pathways Creative Expression) 3 AMST 1001 or AMST 1010 Major 3 MUSC 1400: Fundamentals of Music Major (Also satisfies Pathways Creative Expression) 3 MUSC 2101 through 2107, 2109, 4430, 4431, 4940, or PRLS 3125 (1st course) Major 3 Second Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits Individual & Society Pathways Flexible Core 3 Scientific World Pathways Flexible Core 3 MUSC 2101 through 2107, 2109, 4430, 4431, 4940, or PRLS 3125 (2nd course) Major 3 MUSC 2101 through 2107, 2109, 4430, 4431, 4940, or PRLS 3125 (3rd course) Major 3 MUSC 2791: American Music Practice (1st course) Major 3 MUSC 2791: American Music Practice (2nd course) Major 3 MUSC 3260: Introduction to Music Technology Major 3 MUSC 3322: Techniques for Recording Music Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Third Year Fall Classes - 16 credits Credits Spring Classes - 16 credits Credits College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 MUSC 2101 through 2107, 2109, 4430, 4431, 4940, or PRLS 3125 (4th course) Major 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 MUSC 2791: American Music Practice (3rd course) Major 3 MUSC 2791: American Music Practice (4th course) Major 3 MUSC 5540: Music Entrepreneurship Major 3 MUSC 5881 or MUSC 5882 or MUSC 5883 (2nd course) Major 1 MUSC 5881 or MUSC 5882 or MUSC 5883 (1st course) Major 1 MUSC 4872: Capstone Seminar in American Music I Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Fourth Year Fall Classes - 13 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits College Option Pathways College Option 3 General Elective General Elective 3 MUSC 4873: Capstone Seminar in American Music II Major 3 General Elective General Elective 3 MUSC 5881 or MUSC 5882 or MUSC 5883 (3rd course) Major 1 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Degree Details 33 Pathways Credits* 54 Major Credits 33 General Elective Credits Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits. 120 Total Credits *The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Music BA major includes THREE courses (MUSC 1300, MUSC 1400, and MUSC 3101) that also satisfy Pathways requirements. Therefore, students majoring in Music BA only need to complete 33 additional Pathways credits. The major recommends foreign language or proficiency in addition to the courses listed above. All MUSC courses offered to satisfy the requirements for a major in Music must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Music majors must meet with their advisor in the department prior to every semester in order to review their degree progress and to receive registration permissions for their MUSC courses in the following term. The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied. In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis. Contact Information Department of Music 423 Whitehead Hall Douglas Cohen, Asst. Director dcohen@brooklyn.cuny.edu Go back to the Degree Maps List
33 Pathways Credits*
54 Major Credits
33 General Elective Credits
Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits.
120 Total Credits
*The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Music BA major includes THREE courses (MUSC 1300, MUSC 1400, and MUSC 3101) that also satisfy Pathways requirements. Therefore, students majoring in Music BA only need to complete 33 additional Pathways credits.
The major recommends foreign language or proficiency in addition to the courses listed above.
All MUSC courses offered to satisfy the requirements for a major in Music must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Music majors must meet with their advisor in the department prior to every semester in order to review their degree progress and to receive registration permissions for their MUSC courses in the following term.
The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.
In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.
Department of Music 423 Whitehead Hall Douglas Cohen, Asst. Director dcohen@brooklyn.cuny.edu
