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MUSIC COURSES
MUSIC HISTORY
- World Musical Styles, MHIS 120 is a prerequisite for the music history courses MHIS 321, 322
KEYBOARD SKILLS:
- Students may sign up for the Keyboard Skills class or for the Keyboard Skills private lesson.
- Students signing up for the Keyboard Skills private lesson should register for APPM 326, section 001. There is a private lesson fee.
- APPM 326 (keyboard skills private lesson) cannot be used for a secondary piano credit.
- If a student passes out of Keyboard skills by proficiencies without taking the associated classes or lessons, remaining credits must be taken as music electives. All students must complete keyboard skills requirements before registering for the junior recital.
SECONDARY INSTRUMENTS
- Music Ed. – 4 semesters – Recommend all semesters on same instrument. May complete 3 cr. on one and take 4th semester on a different instrument
- Instrumental Music Ed. – secondary should be from an instrument family other than the major instrument.
- Choral Music Ed. – vocalists’ secondary must be piano; pianists’ secondary must be voice
- Applied – 3 semesters – no restrictions
- Applied voice - piano is preferred
- Exceptions to "secondary performance medium must be fulfilled with studies on a different instrument":
- Classical guitarists – may choose jazz guitar
- Percussionists – may choose drum set
APPLIED
- Pedagogy and Literature courses are EOY- Every Other Year. Juniors and Seniors only. Required courses.
- Fall 2007: Piano Pedagogy. All others Spring 2008.
- Recitals
- Discuss recital plans, register for APPM 394 Junior, APPM 494 Senior
- Discuss recital permission forms, deadlines, programs, hearings, dress rehearsals, role of area coordinator
- Students planning recitals in 1 st four weeks of semester must register for 1 credit lesson
- Students planning recitals after 1 st four weeks register for 3 credits
- Students must complete the Keyboard Skills proficiency for 273 before registering for a junior or senior recital
- Lessons: Students MUST preregister for lessons to guarantee a place in a studio. Stress the importance of preregistration.
SMALL ENSEMBLES
Students may register for more than one small ensemble per semester and receive an “override. Piano Accompanying and Piano Ensembles are open to all classical instrumentalists and vocalists.
COMPUTERS IN MUSIC
Until this class is offered again, students are advised to choose from the following options:
- Any 3 credits from the following courses: INF 160-168
- Any suitable 3 credit Computer Science course
MUSIC EDUCATION (click here for details)
- MUED 380 (fall) is a prerequisite for MUED 381 (spring)
- Lyric diction APPM 162 and Freshman Music Ed. majors: Please help your choral/vocal Music Ed. students fit this into their schedules. The second semester of diction (French and German diction) is not required of Music Ed. voice/choral students but the languages are required for the junior recital and are part of standard choral repertoire.
- CLASS LESSONS
- Rotation of classes:
- Fall semester: Percussion, Strings, Woodwinds
- Spring semester: Voice, Guitar, Brass, Woodwinds II
- Class Woodwinds This is a continuous course. Woodwinds I is a prerequisite for Woodwinds II. Students should have completed freshman theory before beginning Woodwinds.
GENERAL STUDIES
HISTORY
Music Education majors must take American history. History requirement for all others - one of the following: HIST 101/102/103/104
- HIST 101/102 – Introduction to European History
- HIST 103/104 – American History required for Music Education
ENGLISH
- ENGL 200 may not be taken until sophomore year.
- Literature courses (6 cr. BA only) [Bulletin - pp. 114-117]
- SEE ADVISING NOTES FROM CAROLINE HENNE for important info on English taken in VA Community Colleges
ETHICS
- PHIL 211 or 212. No substitutions allowed
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- Bulletin - pp. 114-117
- Required for applied voice majors – 8 cr. (1year 100 level, French, German or Italian suggested)
- BA – 14 cr. (2 years foreign language) Diction is not an option to foreign languages unless currently enrolled in APPM 161.
LAB SCIENCE
- Bulletin - pp. 114-117
- Students need to register for the 3-credit course and the 1-credit lab. (Example: BIOL 101 + BIOZ 101).
SOCIAL SCIENCE (human behavior)
- Bulletin - pp. 114-117
- Required of all: 6 cr. MUED; 3 cr. all others
MATH Required of all. SEE ADVISING NOTES FROM CAROLINE HENNE for important info on MATH
- Bulletin - pp. 114-117
- MUED. 1 math required; 1 math or science elective required; 1 math/computer science/statistics elective.
GENERAL
- Make files for your advisees
- Keep notes
- Put important notes in the student files in the office
STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC WARNING are limited to 14 credit hours. If they present unusual circumstances, they may request to take additional credits with the advisors permission and the dean's permission. They do not need ARAC approval. Students on Academic Probation still are limited to 13 credits and must get ARAC approval to take over 13 credits (very unlikely it will be approved, though).
EFFECTIVE BULLETIN: The bulletin for the academic year a student enters the University will not change even if student changes majors provided that the student remains a continuous student. Students always have the option of choosing a later bulletin. Bulletins are available at: http://www.pubapps.vcu.edu /bulletins/
ADVISING NOTES FROM CAROLINE HENNE
ENGLISH TAKEN IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES: ENGL 112 taken at the community college is equivalent to ENGL 200 if the course was taken summer 2005 or after. If ENG 112 at the community college was completed before summer 2005, the old rules apply (i.e., students without associate degrees must have completed ENG 111, 112, and a literature and earned at least a B in 112 for all three to be equivalent to ENGL 101, 200, and a literature).
PLACEMENT TESTING IN MATH: If HS GPA > 2.7 and SAT-M score > 410, students will be placed in MATH 131/141. Students not meeting these criteria will be placed into stretch courses. To get into stretch Math 131 sections, they must go to Math Lab and get an override. If students want to take course at 151 level or higher, they must take the math placement test.
- MATH @ VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES : Math 163-Precalculus; 166 – Precalculus with Trigonometry; 170 – Foundations in Contemporary Math. to satisfy the requirements for quantity and form for the School of the Arts.
Before a student takes a course at another institution, they should complete the Request to Take Courses at Another Institution form.
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