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Performing Arts

Music Curriculum

First Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Credit Hours: 16

Second Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 16

Second Semester

Credit Hours: 16

Third Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 14

Second Semester

Credit Hours: 17

Fourth Year

First Semester

Credit Hours: 13

Second Semester

Credit Hours: 13

Notes

1 All eight credits of Applied Music must be taken on the student’s primary instrument.

2 Select from MUSC 3450, MUSC 3610, MUSC 3620, MUSC 3630, MUSC 3640, MUSC 3690, MUSC 3700, MUSC 3710, MUSC 3720 only. Ensembles must be taken on the student’s primary instrument and no more than two credits of MUSC 3610 and/or MUSC 3640 will count toward ensemble requirement. Keyboard students must take a minimum of one hour each of MUSC 3230, applied organ, and applied carillon and/or large ensemble for a total of six required ensemble credits outside their primary instrument.

3 Students must complete through 2020 in a modern language. See Modern Languages Requirement at Clemson University statement.

4 See General Education Requirements.

5 Select from MUSC 2440, MUSC 3980, MUSC 4050, and MUSC 4300.

6 Select from MUSC 3080, MUSC 3090, MUSC 3120, MUSC 3130, MUSC 3140, and MUSC 3180.

7 See the South Carolina REACH Act Requirement in the Academic Regulations section.

NOTES:

  1. As a requirement for graduation, students must complete either a Half Recital or Lecture Recital during their junior or senior year. Music Concentration students are also required to demonstrate piano competence at the 1020 level.
  2. A transfer course may not be used to satisfy the General Education Global Challenges Requirement. While a transfer course may fulfill other degree requirements, students must enroll in a Clemson course(s) on the Global Challenges list to fulfill the Global Challenges Requirement.