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

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