The Bachelor of Arts in Music with an Emphasis in Jazz includes the standard College of Liberal Arts General Education Requirements, the Music Core, an additional 25 semester hours of music coursework, and electives to total 120 semester hours. The core of this emphasis is a traditional music degree, with the same “classical” performance requirements as in the other music emphases. Students desiring additional studies in jazz beyond the standard music major will benefit from this degree offering.
- Music, BA requires 120 credit hours.
- No minor is required for the Music Major with a Jazz Emphasis.
- Must have a 2.0 GPA in major and overall.
- No more than 6 credit hours of HPE may count in degree requirements.
- 36 of 120 credit hours must be taken at 300 level or higher.
- 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH.
- 25% of the major, minor, and overall coursework must be taken at UAH.
- No more than 60 credit hours from a two-year school can be applied toward a UAH degree.
- All double counting of classes must be approved through the CAHS Academic Advising Office.
- For graduation application instructions, see here.
Degree Requirements:
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area I: Freshman Composition | 3-6 | |
| COLLEGE WRITING I | ||
or EH 101S | COLLEGE WRITING I W/STUDIO | |
| COLLEGE WRITING II | ||
| ACCELERATED COLLEGE WRITING | ||
| HONORS ENGLISH SEMINAR | ||
| Area II: Humanities and Fine Arts* | 12 | |
| Fine Arts | 3 | |
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Literature | 3-6 | |
| READINGS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE I | ||
| READINGS IN LITERATURE & CULTURE II | ||
| LITERATURE WITHOUT BORDERS | ||
| MYTHOLOGY | ||
| PROTEST LITERATURE | ||
| HEROES &/OR MONSTERS | ||
| LOVE &/OR ROMANCE | ||
| SPECULATIVE REALITIES | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | 3-6 | |
| Intro to Rhetorical Communication | ||
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: SPANISH | ||
or WLC 101A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 101F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:FRENCH | |
or WLC 101G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:GERMAN | |
or WLC 101J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 101R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG I:RUSSIAN | |
| INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 102A | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 102F | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 102G | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 102J | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 102R | INTRO FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 201A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG I: ARABIC | |
or WLC 201F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:FRENCH | |
or WLC 201G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:GERMAN | |
or WLC 201J | INTERM FOREIGN LANG: JAPANESE | |
or WLC 201R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:SPANISH | ||
or WLC 202A | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II: ARABIC | |
or WLC 202F | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:FRENCH | |
or WLC 202G | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:GERMAN | |
or WLC 202J | INTERM FORGN LANG II:JAPANESE | |
or WLC 202R | INTERM FOREIGN LANG II:RUSSIAN | |
| INTERNATIONAL CINEMA | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC | ||
| TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES | ||
| ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL WORLDS | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: RENAISSANCE TO MODERN | ||
| ART HISTORY SURVEY: WORLD ART | ||
| DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS | ||
| THEATRE APPRECIATION | ||
| INTRO TO FILM STUDIES | ||
| INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | ||
| Area III: Mathematics and Sciences | 11-12 | |
| Mathematics | 3-4 | |
| NATURE OF MATHEMATICS | ||
| ALGEBRA WITH APPLICATIONS | ||
| FINITE MATHEMATICS | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA | ||
| PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY | ||
| PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA & TRIG | ||
| MATH PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS | ||
| CALCULUS A | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS | ||
| Natural Sciences (Lab) | 8 | |
| SURVEY OF ASTRONOMY | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS I | ||
| EXPLORING THE COSMOS II | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY and LABORATORY | ||
| ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY and ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY LAB | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
| INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | ||
| GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II | ||
| GENERAL, ORGANIC, BIOCHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB | ||
| CONCEPTUAL PHYSICS | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS II | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II | ||
| GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS III and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III | ||
| Area IV: History and Social and Behavioral Sciences* | 12 | |
| History | 3-6 | |
| WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | ||
| WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | ||
| UNITED STATES TO 1877 | ||
| UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6-9 | |
| WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
| GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | ||
| GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I | ||
| LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY | ||
* Take either 1 EH (Area II) + 2 HY (Area IV) <OR> 2 EH (Area II) + 1 HY (Area IV).
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Area V: Pre-Professional Courses | 4 | |
WLC 101, 102, 201, or 202 | ||
| CHARGER SUCCESS | ||
| Music with a Jazz Emphasis Major Requirements | 65 | |
| Music Core | 40 | |
| The Music Core consists of a common 40 semester hours of music courses that are included in every Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. | ||
| MU 100 | INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE | 3 |
| Principal Instrument | 9 | |
MUA 200-level | ||
MUA 300-level | ||
MUA 400-level | ||
| SENIOR RECITAL | ||
| Music Theory | 12 | |
| MUSIC THEORY I | ||
| MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS I | ||
| MUSIC THEORY II | ||
| MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS II | ||
| THEORY OF MUSIC III | ||
| MUSICIANSHIP SKILLS III | ||
| Ensembles 1 | 7 | |
MUX 300-level | ||
| Additional Music Requirements | 9 | |
| INTRO TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | ||
| HISTORY OF MUSIC I | ||
| HISTORY OF MUSIC II | ||
| CONDUCTING | ||
| Music Forum | 0 | |
| Students must pass this course 7 times, transfer students must pass this course for every semester they are in enrolled as a Music major at UAH | ||
| MUSIC FORUM | ||
| Jazz Emphasis | 25 | |
| MUJ 200 level, at least 3 semesters | 4.5 | |
| MUJ 498 | SENIOR JAZZ RECITAL | 1.5 |
| MUX 389 | UAH JAZZ ENSEMBLE (At least four semesters) | 4 |
| MUX 386 | JAZZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLES (At least four semesters) | 2 |
| MUJ 205 | JAZZ THEORY | 2 |
| MU 317 | JAZZ ARRANGING | 2 |
| MUJ 308 | JAZZ IMPROVISATION I | 2 |
| MUJ 309 | JAZZ IMPROVISATION II | 2 |
| MU 316 | HIST & APPRECIATION OF JAZZ | 3 |
| MUJ 131 | JAZZ STUDIO INSTR-PIANO (At least two semesters) | 2 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Elective hours vary by program, see advisor. | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 120 | |
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Must include at least one hour of MUX 396. 4 of the 7 hours, should be conducted ensembles (MUX 390, MUX 391, MUX 392, MUX 393, and MUX 399).