The BA in Music degree gives students the opportunity to balance and augment music studies with a wide range of liberal studies courses. Courses in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences comprise a large portion of the BA in Music degree; in addition to the 28 hours required in the liberal studies core, 52 additional quarter hours are to be distributed through the six learning domains. The requirements in liberal studies courses are as follows:
COMMON CORE: 28 quarter hours required
First Year Program:
4 quarter hours in Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago
8 quarter hours in Composition and Rhetoric
4 quarter hours in Mathematical & Technological Literacy [See below for requirement]
Sophomore Year
4 quarter hours in Seminar on Multiculturalism in the U.S.
Junior Year
4 quarter hours in Experiential Learning
Senior Year
4 quarter hours in Capstone Seminar
LEARNING DOMAINS: 52 quarter hours required
Arts and Literature: 8 quarter hours required in two different departments (Note: Courses in music cannot be used to fulfill A&L requirements).
Philosophical Inquiry: 8 quarter hours required.
Religious Dimensions: 8 quarter hours required
4 quarter hours in Religious and Ethical Questions
4 quarter hours in Religious Traditions
Scientific Inquiry: 12 quarter hours required
4 quarter hours in an SI laboratory course
4 quarter hours in an SI quantitative course
4 quarter hours in an SI elective course
Self, Society, and Modern World: 8 quarter hours required in two different departments.
Understanding the Past: 8 quarter hours required, two courses in different categories: 1) Africa, 2) Asia, 3) Europe, 4) Intercontinental/Comparative, 5) Latin America, 6) North America
Mathematical and Technological Literacy
All Music students must complete the placement exam for Mathematical and Technological Literacy. Students must complete the one course into which they place. Students placing out of both sections will complete an additional domain elective.
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