Program: Music Performance - Jazz Concentration, BM - Appalachian State University

Mar 02, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Program Code: 554*/554J
CIP Code: 50.0903

Non-Teaching

General Education Requirements (44 Hours)

General Education Requirements

*Six hours of general education requirements may be double-counted in major, including MUS 2014 Jazz in American Society–Fine Arts Designation; Liberal Studies Experience AND MUS 2018 Intro to World Music–GEN ED: Fine Arts Designation; Integrative Learning Experience (Theme: “Imagination, Innovation, and Meaning”)

Major Requirements (81 Hours)

Music Theory (12 Hours)

Music History and Literature (9 Hours)

Applied Principal Tracts (24 Hours)

Choose One Tract:

Rhythm Section Instruments

4 Credit hours
AMU 2001 Applied Piano
AMU 2007 Applied Bass
AMU 2018 Applied Percussion
AMU 2020 Applied Guitar

12 Credit hours
AMU 2023 Applied Jazz Bass
AMU 2024 Applied Jazz Guitar
AMU 2025 Drum Set
AMU 2027 Jazz Applied (for pianists)

8 Credit hours
AMU 4023 Applied Jazz Bass
AMU 4024 Applied Jazz Guitar
AMU 4025 Drum Set
AMU 4027 Jazz Applied (for pianists)

Horn Section Instruments

8 Credit hours
AMU 2011 Applied Saxophone
AMU 2013 Applied Trumpet
AMU 2015 Applied Trombone

8 Credit hours
AMU 2027 Jazz Applied

8 Credit hours
AMU 4027 Jazz Applied

Applied Principal Recitals (8 Hours)

AMU 39xx Junior Recital (4)
AMU 49xx Senior Recital [CAP] (4)

Secondary Applied and Methods (10 Hours)

Ensembles (14 Hours)

Large Ensemble (8 Hours)
MUS 1104 - Jazz Ensemble (0-1)
Small Ensemble (6 Hours)
MUS 1140 - Jazz Combo (0-1)
Each Semester
MUS 1500 - Performance Seminar (0)

Professional Foundations (5 Hours)

Personal Professional Development
MUS 3427 - The Musician as Entrepreneur (3)
Additional Requirements
MUS 4421 - Technology for Musicians (2)