General Information
Music Minor
B.S. Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field

General Information

Admission

In addition to the general admission requirements for IUSB, prospective music students must take the following steps:

1. Students must audition on their major instrument. A later change of major instrument will require an additional audition. For information about audition dates and repertoire, contact the School of the Arts office.
2. All entering students must complete an assessment process to determine their placement in music theory and music history classes. There is no charge for this examination, which is scheduled every semester. Contact the School of the Arts office for examination dates.

Once the above steps are completed, the student may be certified as a music major. However, up to the time when 45 credit hours are successfully completed, the student may transfer to another academic program, either at the student’s request or on the recommendation of the music faculty.

Transfer Students

Transfer students must audition in a major performing area for admission to a particular curriculum. Applicants with cumulative grade point averages below the requirement may petition for admission on probationary status on the basis of musical talent demonstrated by an audition before music faculty members.

All credit hours in music and foreign languages from an institution other than Indiana University are subject to placement and evaluation in the School of the Arts and must be validated upon entrance by examination or audition.

Transfer students, especially those transferring for their junior or senior years, must be aware of the possibility that not all credit hours in the above areas will be accepted or counted toward degree requirements in the School of the Arts. These students may have to spend a longer time to complete their bachelor’s degrees.

Transfer students may take a music examination to demonstrate their comprehension when they have passed an equivalent course at another institution. (See Credit by Examination within Academic Regulations and Policies of the University in this Campus Bulletin for more information.)

Credit for Professional Experience

Students seeking credit for equivalent professional experience will be evaluated as follows:

• In academic courses, on the recommendation of the director of instruction, the student may gain School of the Arts credit by examination.
• In applied music, advanced placement in a medium shall be achieved only through parallel music performance and literature examinations which evaluate the composite level of experience.

No credit in music courses may be acquired at IUSB through any examination not conducted by the music faculty.

Ensemble Requirement

All undergraduate music students in the School of the Arts must enroll in a major ensemble and earn a passing grade each semester of registration regardless of admission status. Attendance at public performances of the major ensemble is required.

In order to preserve necessary performance balances, no withdrawals from music ensembles will be permitted after the second week of the semester. Appeals must be directed to the arts faculty. Students should note that absence from a public performance, for any reason other than emergency illness, will be regarded with the utmost seriousness, and will be grounds for failure in ensemble.

Commencement activities and similar ceremonies may require performances by university ensembles after semester classes are over. The music faculty issue grades in such cases pending satisfactory participation by all performers and reserve the right to revise those grades after original issuance where necessary.

Checklist

Students who have not returned equipment, music, instruments, keys, locks, etc., to the music office or other designated area by the designated date will be placed on a checklist. A student on the checklist may neither register in the following semester nor receive honorable dismissal to enter another institution. If the item cannot be returned, the student will be charged for its replacement value, plus necessary fines to cover the clerical operation. Keys that are lost or not returned will require a complete lock change, and this cost will be charged to the student.

Applied Music Procedures

The assignment of students to teachers for applied music lessons is the responsibility of the music area coordinator, and is made on the basis of student request and availability of the preferred teacher. At the time of enrollment, students may indicate their first, second, and third choice of teachers. (It is recommended that major and concentration-level students contact their preferred teacher(s) before enrollment.)

No one may withdraw from an applied music course once the formal assignment list is posted except by appeal to the music faculty. Because a major portion of a faculty member’s time is allocated by the enrollment process to a single student, assignment in these courses must be final.

An applied music fee is assessed, in addition to regular credit hour fees, to all students enrolled in applied music. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for fee information.

Performer’s Certificate

The IUSB School of the Arts faculty have established the Performer’s Certificate to honor those students who exhibit exceptional abilities in music performance. While all applied music students are eligible, the certificate rarely will be awarded to those below senior standing. No regular schedule of awards will be established, nor shall any student receive the certificate twice.

A student is nominated for the Performer’s Certificate upon the favorable vote of two-thirds of the faculty present at the recital hearing. All resident music faculty members are thereby obligated to attend the public recital itself, following which a final ballot will be taken from a minimum of six resident faculty members. The certificate will be awarded unless two or more negative ballots are cast by those present and voting.

Composer’s Certificate

The faculty also have established the Composer’s Certificate to honor those composition majors who exhibit exceptional abilities in composition while at IUSB. Composition majors will normally be considered for this award in conjunction with their senior recital in composition.

The criteria for this award are not only the quality of the student’s compositions, but also the degree of professionalism exhibited in the preparation of the compositions for public performance. No regular schedule of awards will be established. A student who is awarded the Composer’s Certificate shall not thereby be prevented from also receiving the Performer’s Certificate, and vice versa. The procedures by which a student is nominated for and elected to the award are identical with those established for the Performer’s Certificate.

Psychology

This program combines professional music training with intensive and advanced study in laboratory psychology, childhood and adolescence, learning, personality, statistical analysis, abnormal psychology, perception, physiological psychology, etc., for students interested in music therapy, clinical work, and other related fields. Specific courses will be selected in consultation with a psychology department advisor.

Theatre

This program complements professional training in music with course work in acting, directing, design, and theatre technology. It will be helpful to those planning careers in musical theatre, radio/television, and similar fields.

Each student in this program will be assigned an advisor from the theatre area for guidance on this segment of the degree and must participate in some aspect of a theatre production each year.

History

This program provides historical background for the study of music. Particular attention will be given to Western European, Russian, and American cultural history. Specific courses will be selected in consultation with a history department advisor.

Computer Science

Computers have wide application in contemporary music, in addition to their pervasive use in business and education. It is now possible for music majors to pursue this field as a concentration sequence. Note that students must take the mathematics placement examination before enrolling in any computer science course and must meet all prerequisites to courses selected. Specific courses will be selected in consultation with a computer science department advisor.

Programs Leading to Other Undergraduate Music Degrees

Students enrolled at IUSB may pursue course work leading to the following degrees offered at the Indiana University School of Music at Bloomington (or at Fort Wayne). Generally, three full years of course work on these programs are currently available at IUSB. The fourth year may be added in the future. For complete curricula, requirements, and specific regulations regarding these specializations, see the bulletin of the School of Music. The academic advisor of the school will be pleased to assist and counsel any student interested in one of these programs.

Bachelor of Music
Early Instrument Major
Jazz Studies
Woodwind Instruments Major
Theory Major
Music History and Literature Major
Music Therapy (Fort Wayne)

Bachelor of Arts in Music
At the time of this printing, a B.A. in music is being drafted. Students should consult with the School of the Arts academic advisor for further information.

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Minor in Music

A formal minor in music is available to students in any IUSB degree program. Students wishing to minor in music should speak with the music area coordinator. There are three different minor tracks: performance studies, music theory and history, and composition. All three programs include the following core requirements:

(All courses are 3 cr. hours unless otherwise designated.)

Core Studies (14 cr.)

MUS I101 Literature and Structure (if required; remedial credit hours do not count toward the minor)
MUS M201 The Literature of Music I
MUS M202 The Literature of Music II
MUS T113 Music Theory I
MUS T114 Music Theory II
MUS T115 Sight-Singing and Aural Perception I (1 cr.)
MUS T116 Aural Skills 2 (1 cr.)

Each of the tracks also requires one or more music courses beyond the core courses. Students may select these courses from this list:

MUS M375 Survey of Ethnic and Pop Music of the World
MUS M403 History of Music I
MUS M404 History of Music II
MUS M430 Introduction to Contemporary Music
MUS T213 Music Theory III
MUS T214 Music Theory IV
MUS T315 Analysis of Musical Form

Any music course approved by the music advisor.

Track 1: Performance Studies (21 cr.)

A student must be deemed acceptable through an audition, at the elective 100-level of applied music, and be capable of participating in both MUS U310 Performance Laboratory and ensemble.

1. Core studies-see courses listed above (14 cr.)
2. Applied music (4 cr.)

Elective-level study of instrument or voice; 4 semesters minimum.

3. Other music (3 cr.)

One course selected from the list above.

4. Performance laboratory (0 cr.) and ensemble (2 cr.) These courses are required each semester a student is registered in the performance studies minor. The ensemble credit hours do not count toward the total hours for the minor.

Track 2: Music Theory and History (20 cr.)

1. Core studies-see courses listed above (14 cr.)
2. Two courses selected from the list above (6 cr.)

Track 3: Composition (21 cr.)

1. Core studies-see courses listed above (14 cr.)
2. Applied music (4 cr.)

MUS K110 Applied Composition (2 cr.); 4 semesters minimum

3. Other music (3 cr.)

One course selected from the list above.

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Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field

(All courses are 3 cr. hours unless otherwise designated.)

This curriculum is, in effect, a double concentration in music and an outside field approved by the director of instruction of the School of the Arts. The following disciplines are recommended outside fields: business, psychology, theatre, radio/television, journalism, modern languages, English, history, mathematical sciences, and computer science; others may be approved also. The student should consult an advisor in the outside field for the design of an appropriate sequence.

Applied Music

MUS —300 Principal Instrument (2 cr. each semester)
MUS —301 Recital (1 cr.)
MUS P101 Piano Class I (2 cr.)
MUS P102 Piano Class II (2 cr.)
MUS P103 Piano Class III (2 cr.)
MUS P104 Piano Class IV (2 cr.)

Theory and Music History

Ensemble

Major Ensemble (One of the following every semester of enrollment.)

MUS X002 Piano Accompanying (2 cr.)
MUS X040 University Instrumental Ensembles (2 cr.)
MUS X070 University Choral Ensembles (2 cr.)
MUS X423 Chamber Music (1 cr.) Two to eight semesters depending upon principal instrument, at the discretion of the course coordinator. (See ensemble listing for B.M., Composition.)

Education and Music Education

None required

Other Music

MUS G370 Techniques for Conducting (2 cr.)

Humanities

ENG W131 Elementary Composition
8-10 additional credit hours

Foreign language proficiency equivalent to one year of study at IUSB.

Life Sciences and Mathematical Sciences (5 cr.)

PHYS P105 Basic Physics of Sound
One additional course.

Social Sciences

HIST H113 Western Culture I
HIST H114 Western Culture II

Concentration Sequence (22-24 cr.)

Completion of an approved minor in any academic program offered at IUSB. Should the minor be less than 22-24 credit hours, sufficient course work in the same area, approved by both the music area and the program offering the minor, must be taken to complete the required number of credit hours. General education credit hours taken in the minor area may be included in the total concentration credit hours.

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