1.  General B.A. degree in Music: 40-46 total hours which includes 2 years of theory (111, 111L, 112, 112L, 211, 211L, 212, 212L), 3 music history courses (101, 284, 285), Conducting (202), 2 years of private instruction (8 hours total of 160R and 260R), 6-12 credits of ensemble, and 6 hours of electives (selected from any courses offered in the department; courses may not be counted twice if required already in the degree.  Performance instruction and ensembles also count as well and may be repeated.)

2.  Performance degree in Piano: 68 hours which includes the theory sequence (111, 111L, 112, 112L, 211, 211L, 212, 212L), 3 music history courses (101, 284, 285), Conducting (202), 19 hours of private study (160R, 260R, 360R and/or 460R), 12 hours of accompanying (either 250R or 344R), Introduction to Piano Technique (new class offered this fall which is a two credit course), 2 Piano Literature courses (464 and 465 which are now 3-hour courses), 1 Piano Pedagogy course (3 hours), Music 333L (supervised teaching course for 2 hours), 2 keyboard harmony courses (4 hours total--Music 191 and 291). 
 
3.  Performance degree in Strings:  61 hours which includes 2 years of theory (111, 111L, 112, 112L, 211, 211L, 212, 212L), 3 music history courses (101, 284, 285), Conducting (202), 21 hours of private study (160R, 260R, 360R and/or 460R), 16 hours of ensemble, and 4 hours of coursework in Orchestral Literature (four new, 1-credit courses). 
 
4.  Vocal Studies: 55-57 hours which includes 2 years of theory (111, 111L, 112, 112L, 211, 211L, 212, 212L), 3 music history courses (101, 284, 285), Conducting (202), 8-10 hours of private instruction (160R, 260R, 360R and/or 460R), 12 hours of ensemble, 1 choral methods course (new 3 hour course which merges 263 and 305), Vocal Pedagogy (363), Contemporary Vocal Methods (364), two literature courses (466 and 467) and 4 diction courses (270: IPA/English Diction; 271: Italian and Latin Diction; 272: German diction; 273: French Diction).
 
5.  Music Education: These details are currently being finalized in the coming weeks between the music faculty and the school of education.  It too will include the common core of theory, music history and conducting, with an expanded menu of methods offerings. 

6.  World Music Studies: 34-52 credits, which draws on a different core than the other degrees listed above.  It includes courses both within and outside of the Music Department.  This includes 1 year of Music Theory (111, 111L, 112, 112L), 2 courses offered by the International Cultural Studies (ICS) major (Communications 110: Intercultural Communications and Anthropology 105: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology), 3 survey courses (Music 101, 102 and 301 (now called History of Popular Music), 4-8 hours of private instruction (159R and 160R), 6-12 credits of ensemble offerings (choose from all music department ensembles, Hawaiian Studies offerings from the 385R menu which includes section B: Hula and mele; section D: implements and instruments; section E: slack key guitar), as well as credit for PCC Night Show Performances and Culture Night (these details to be finalized by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Academic Vice-President in the near future), 2 courses in group instruction (Music 264, Percussion Methods; Music 263, Choral Methods and Materials) and 402 (new capstone course which is entitled 'Seminar in Ethnomusicology').    

last modified May 2006