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Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Music   

Major in Music-Jazz Studies

Minimum required: 136 semester hours 

General Requirements:

  • General education core curriculum components must be completed.

  • These requirements can be found in the University College section of the catalog.

A. Music Core Requirements (28 hours)

  • Departmental Recital (MU 1000-4000) - eight semesters 

  • Aural Learning I-IV (MU 1210, MU 1212, MU 2260, MU 2262) 

  • Music Theory I-IV (MU 1211, MU 1213, MU 2261, MU 2263)  

  • Writing About Music (MU 2104)  

  • Survey of Music Literature (MU 2303)  

  • History and Analysis of Music II (MU 3316)  

  • Fundamentals of Conducting (MU 3207)

B. Performance Area Requirements (36 hours)

  • Applied Lessons and Senior Recital (MUSP, two semester credit hours each) – eight semesters 

  • Secondary Instrument (MUSP 1108W, 1110W)  

  • Major Ensemble (MUSE, one semester credit hour each) – eight semesters  

  • Secondary Ensemble (MUSE, one semester credit hour each) – four semesters  

  • Jazz Combo (MUSE 3127) – four semesters  

  • Junior Recital (MU 3050)  

  • Senior Research Project (MU 4280)

C. Jazz Studies Requirements (24 hours) 

  • MIDI I and II (MUSP 1108C, MUSP 2110C) 

  • Jazz Piano Techniques (MUSP 3112J, 4114J)  

  • History of Jazz (MU 3375)  

  • Business in Music (MU 4354)  

  • Jazz Pedagogy (MU 4343)  

  • Jazz Theory and Arranging (MU 4344, MU 4346)  

  • Jazz Improvisation I and II (MU 3333, MU 3234)

D. Special Degree Requirements 

  • Theory and Aural Proficiency Examination 

  • Piano Proficiency Examination (Level II)  

  • Upper Level Competency Review


Degree, Jury, and Upper Level Requirements
Jazz Studies Majors

To Obtain a Bachelor of Music with a major in Jazz Studies, students must satisfy all requirements as stated in 

  • Texas State University Undergraduate Catalog 

  • Jazz Studies Degree "Performance Requirements" 

  • Jazz Studies Degree "Additional Performance Requirements" 

  • Pass all Juries, ULCR , and Recitals, as determined by the Jazz Jury Review Panel, ULCR Panel, Jazz Studies Director, and private studio teacher(s) 

  • Students graduation is also subject to the final approval of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication

The student will not receive a Jazz Studies Degree until all the above mentioned requirements have been satisfied.

 

Addition grounds for failure, and/or removal from the Jazz Studies program. 

  • Violation of any of the rules and regulations stated in the Texas State University-San Marcos student handbook which results in expulsion from the University. 
  • Failure of a total of three (3) Jazz Juries, Recitals or ULCR. 
  • Failure of two (2) consecutive Jazz Juries. (ULCR included) 
  • Theft from the Jazz Studies Department 
  • Failure to attend (absence unexcused) 4 or more mandatory attendance* Jazz Studies Department Events. (Events must be listed as mandatory attendance* for all Jazz Majors).

*Mandatory Attendance Events include but are not limited to 

  • Jazz Studies Majors Performance Master Classes 
  • Jazz Studies Seminars/Lectures 
  • Juries 
  • ULCR