Undergraduate programs

The School of Music is located within the hub of musical activity in the Pacific Northwest, only three blocks from the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. It maintains close ties to the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Portland Symphonic Choir, Portland Jazz Orchestra, and Portland Youth Philharmonic, among other organizations. Faculty and students alike interact with these performing organizations in various ways. Both traditional and innovative musical opportunities through the study of classical performance, jazz performance, pedagogy, music history, ethnomusicology, theory, conducting, composition and music education are available for PSU students who live in the community or in campus housing.

Faculty members in the School of Music are internationally recognized performers, conductors, composers, and scholars. From the beginning of their studies, music majors and minors study with some of the finest faculty in the nation in the string, wind, brass, percussion, piano, jazz, vocal, composition and music education areas. Standards are high as students pursue the conservatory-like Bachelor of Music degree or the more general Bachelor of Arts or Science in Music. Graduates have consistently demonstrated their excellence in the fields of performance, conducting, composition, and scholarship. Many are leaders in music around the Northwest and elsewhere.

Programs in the School of Music are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The School also offers many courses for the non-major, including: Beginning Guitar, Beginning Piano, Beginning Voice, Introduction to Music, Survey of Music Literature, Applied Music, University Chorus, Women's Chorus, University Band, PSU Orchestra, Basic Materials of Music, Music Theory I, Music in the Western World, History of Rock, Jazz History, Guitar History, World Music, Improvisation, and American Musical Traditions.

Degree Maps and Learning Outcomes

Admissions requirement

Degree requirements

Composition B.M.

Jazz Studies B.M.

Music Education B.M.

Musicology/Ethnomusicology B.A./B.S.

Music Theory B.A./B.S.

Performance B.A./B.S.

Performance B.M.

Performance with an Emphasis on Voice B.M.

Jazz Studies Minor

Music Minor

Music History Minor

Composition B.M.

Area Coordinator: B. Miksch

Requirements

In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, music majors seeking the professional music degree (Bachelor of Music in Composition) must complete the following courses:

Courses

Mup 190Applied Music Performance

6

Mup 290Applied Music Performance

6

Mup 390Applied Music Composition

6

Mup 490Applied Music Composition

6

Mus 046Piano Proficiency Exam

(0)

Mus 048Junior Recital

(0)

Mus 049Senior Recital

(0)

Mus 111Music Theory I

3

Mus 112Music Theory I

3

Mus 113Music Theory I

3

Mus 114Sight-Singing/Ear Training

1

Mus 115Sight-Singing/Ear Training

1

Mus 116Sight-Singing/Ear Training

1

Mus 188Performance Attendance

0

Mus 195, 196, 197, or 198 Band, Orchestra, Choir, or Jazz Lab Band

6

Mus 205Listening I

1

Mus 206Listening II

1

Mus 211Music Theory II

3

Mus 212Music Theory II

3

Mus 213Music Theory II

3

Mus 214Sight Singing and Ear Training

1

Mus 215Sight Singing and Ear Training

1

Mus 216Sight Singing and Ear Training

1

Mus 240Composition I

2

Mus 241Composition I

2

Mus 242Composition I

2

Mus 291Advanced Class Piano

2

Mus 292Advanced Class Piano

2

Mus 293Advanced Class Piano

2

Mus 304Music History

4

Mus 305Music History

4

Mus 306Music History

4

Mus 311Formal Analysis

3

Mus 312Orchestration

3

Mus 313Counterpoint

3

Mus 320Fundamentals of Conducting

2

Mus 394, 395, 396, 397, or 398 Large or Small Ensemble

3

Mus 411Topics in Music History

2

Mus 421Analysis of Contemporary Music

3

 

Mus 474Midi Applications

2

or

Mus 475Midi Applications

2

  

Mus 476Computer Music Composition

3

Music Electives (chosen in consultation with advisor)

15

One of the following:

Mus 355UJazz History

4

Mus 374UWorld Music

4

Mus 375UWorld Music

4

Mus 376UAmerican Musical Traditions

4

Mup 190 & Mup 290 Applied Music: 12 credits in performance.

Mup 390 & Mup 490 Applied Music: 12 credits in composition.

Mus 114Mus 116: concurrent enrollment with Mus 111, 112, 113 required

Mus 214 - Mus 216: concurrent enrollment with Mus 211, 212, 213 required)

Mus 188: must be taken concurrently with Applied Music each term through the completion of Mup 390 for a total of 9 terms.

Music majors must enroll in Applied Music and the related Large Ensemble each term. The credits in Applied Music are divided 6 credits at each level. With School approval, the distribution of Applied Music credits may be altered; however, a minimum of 12 of the 24 credits must be completed at the upper-division level. A minimum of 3 of the 9 Large Ensemble credits must be completed at the upper-division level.

Music majors must enroll in the related Chamber Music Ensemble.

NOTE: Applied Music performance (instrumental or vocal) through Mus 290 with 12 accumulated credits is required. Interested students will submit a portfolio of compositions for acceptance as a Composition Major after the Mus 240, Mus 241, Mus 242 sequence. Transfer students may be admitted on the basis of their portfolio of compositions and their transcript.

Total Credit Hours: 123