Bachelor of Music Requirements

The Bachelor of Music is a professional degree. Courses in music represent approximately two-thirds of the curriculum, while one-third is devoted to First Year Studies and general education requirements.

Admission to the Bachelor of Music degree

An entrance audition is required of all applicants for admission to the Bachelor of Music degree. Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Musical Arts students who wish to become Bachelor of Music students must petition the Conservatory Committee on Administration for admission. Bachelor of Music students who wish to become Bachelor of Arts students must petition the University Faculty Subcommittee on Administration for acceptance into the Bachelor of Arts degree program.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree

1. Completion of a minimum of 216 units. The following music courses are used in the computation of the degree grade-point average but are excluded from the total of 216 units required for the degree: MURP 201, 202, 203, 301, 302 and MUTH 161, 162, 171, 172.
2. Of the 216 units required to complete the degree, a student must present:
   1. a minimum of 144 units in music
   2. a minimum of 60 units in courses other than music
   3. no more than 18 units in ESL courses
   4. no more than 12 units from academic internships
   1. 6 units selected from courses designated as writing-intensive
   2. International diversity. One of the following:
      1. 6 units selected from courses designated as either emphasizing global and comparative perspectives on the world or focusing on areas outside Europe and the United States
      2. 12 units selected from courses numbered below 200 in a single language other than English. The language competency requirement may be satisfied in other ways described under Academic Procedures and Regulations.
      3. Participation for one term in a Lawrence or affiliated off-campus study program held outside the United States
      1. Music theory
         1. MUTH 151, 161, 171 or MUTH 201, 211, 221
         2. MUTH 152, 162, 172 or MUTH 202, 212, 222
         3. MUTH 251, 261, and 271
         4. MUTH 252, 262, and 272
         5. MUTH 301, 311, and 321
         1. MUCO 211 and 212
         2. 12 units selected from courses in musicology numbered 400 or above
         1. A 2.000 grade-point average in all Lawrence courses
         2. A 2.000 grade-point average in the music major (all music courses and non-music courses required for the major) unless otherwise specified under the major requirements

         Completion of a minor or interdisciplinary area is optional. If a minor is declared, a 2.000 grade-point average in the minor (all courses taken in the minor department, program, or area and any other courses required for the minor) is required to complete the minor and have it recorded on the academic record.

         Stipulations pertaining to the general education requirements

         A single course may be used to satisfy both requirement a. (writing intensive) and b. (international diversity) above. Credits granted pursuant to university policy for advanced placement or for transfer work may be used to fulfill general education requirements with the exception that coursework from other institutions may not be used to fulfill requirement a. (writing intensive).