Music, B.A. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2018-2019

First Year

Fall Classes - 16 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 16 credits	Credits
ENGL 1010 Pathways Required Core	3	ENGL 1012 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	U.S. Experience in Its Diversity Pathways Flexible Core (MUSC 3101 recommended)	3
MUSC 1300 Pathways Flexible Core: Creative Expression	3	MUSC 3235 Major	4
MUSC 1400 Pathways Flexible Core: Creative Expression	3	MUSC 3211 Major	2
MUSC 3221 Major	1	MUSC 3222 Major	1

Second Year

Fall Classes - 16 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 15 credits	Credits
Individual & Society Pathways Flexible Core	3	Scientific World Pathways Flexible Core	3
MUSC 3212 Major	2	MUSC 3213 Major	2
MUSC 3223 Major	1	MUSC 3224 Major	1
MUSC 3236 Major	4	MUSC 3237 Major	4
General Elective General Elective	3	MUSC 3241 Major	4
General Elective General Elective	3	MUSC 3700-3781 Major	1

Third Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 15 credits	Credits
College Option Pathways College Option	3	College Option Pathways College Option	3
College Option Pathways College Option	3	College Option Pathways College Option	3
MUSC 3214 Major	2	MUSC 3226 or 3792 Major (MUSC 3226 recommended)	2
MUSC 3225 or 3791 Major (MUSC 3225 recommended)	2	MUSC 3243 Major	4
MUSC 3242 Major	4	General Elective General Elective	3
MUSC 3700-3781 Major	1

Fourth Year

Fall Classes - 15 credits	Credits	Spring Classes - 12 credits	Credits
MUSC 4430 or 4431 or 4432 or 4440 or 4450 or 4460 or 4470 Major	3	MUSC 4900-level seminar Major (May substitute a suitable advanced course in another department or program if approved in advance by the director)	3
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	General Elective General Elective	3
General Elective General Elective	3

Degree Details

42 Pathways Credits

48 Major Credits

30 General Elective Credits

Students may apply a second major, or a minor, towards their general elective credits.

120 Total Credits

Contact Information

Department of Music
423 Whitehead Hall
Douglas Cohen
dcohen@brooklyn.cuny.edu

The major recommends foreign language or proficiency in addition to the courses listed above.

Students who wish to be considered for performance lessons, MUSC 3791 and 3792, in place of advanced keyboard classes, MUSC 3225 and 3226, must demonstrate proficiency in an audition no later than the beginning of their junior year. Final approval will be given by the director.

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.