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Program checklist · BA

Music, BA

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
BA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Return to: Majors Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts in Music Chair : Christina Dahl Director of Undergraduate Studies: Deborah Heckert Assistant to the Chair: Martha Zadok, martha.zadok@stonybrook.edu Undergraduate Secretary: Germaine Berry Office : 3304 Staller Center for the Arts Phone : (631) 632-7330 Department Website Minors of particular interest to students majoring in Music: Jazz (JAZ), Anthropology (ANT), Art History (ARH), English (EGL), History (HIS), Philosophy (PHI) The undergraduate major in music balances studies in the performance, composition, theory, and history of Western art music with the broad general education implied by a liberal arts degree. The department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with no specific “tracks” in performance, history, composition, or theory. All students take the same general program and are encouraged to select electives that reflect their individual interests and potential careers. Students graduating with a major in Music pursue graduate study in musical performance, composition, history, and theory; teach music in private and public schools; take jobs in arts-related industries; and pursue advanced study in non-music fields.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_de50a4c9
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Admittance to the Major

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    Degree Requirements

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      Study within the Area of the Major

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        Theory

        12 items
        1. MUS 121
          Musicianship I 2 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        2. MUS 122
          Beginning Keyboard 1 credit
          Not resolved to a course
        3. MUS 141
          Keyboard Harmony A 1 credit
          Not resolved to a course
        4. MUS 142
          Keyboard Harmony B 1 credit
          Not resolved to a course
        5. MUS 220
          Musicianship II 2 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        6. MUS 221
          Musicianship III 2 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        7. MUS 321
          Tonal Harmony I 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        8. MUS 322
          Tonal Harmony II 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        9. MUS 323
          Techniques of Music, 1880 to the Present 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        10. MUS 331
          Musicianship IV 2 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        11. MUS 421
          Analysis of Tonal Music 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        12. MUS 422
          Analysis of Post-Tonal Music 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course

        History and Literature

        4 items
        1. MUS 130
          Sound Structures 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        2. MUS 350
          Western Classical Music Before 1750 4 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        3. MUS 351
          Western Classical Music 1750 to 1900 4 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        4. MUS 352
          Western Classical Music from 1900 to the Present 4 credits
          Not resolved to a course

        Requirements

        5 items
        1. MUS 432
          Counterpoint
          Not resolved to a course
        2. MUS 434
          Orchestration
          Not resolved to a course
        3. MUS 439
          Advanced Composition 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        4. MUS 487
          Independent Project 0-6 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        5. All 487 projects which are to used to fulfill the elective requirement must be approved by the Undergraduate Studies Committee one semester before the course is to be undertaken. Such projects may include a lecture-recital or full recital with researched program notes.
          Not resolved to a course

        Study of Individual Instrument or Voice

        2 items
        1. a. A minimum of four semesters from courses in the series MUS 161-MUS 187 Performance Study (2 credits each) or MUS 361-MUS 387 Advanced Performance Study (4 credits each).
          Not resolved to a course
        2. b. Mandatory co-registration in a performance ensemble for each semester of lessons. Instrumentalists should enroll in MUS 262 - University Orchestra , MUS 263 - University Wind Ensemble , or MUS 264 - Big Band Jazz Ensemble . Singers should enroll in MUS 261 - Stony Brook Chorale . Pianists and guitarists should enroll in MUS 391 - Chamber Music .
          Not resolved to a course

        Foreign Language

        0 items

          Music Honors Program

          0 items

            SBC Courses

            3 items
            1. Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
              Not resolved to a course
            2. Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
              Not resolved to a course
            3. Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
              Not resolved to a course

            Sample Course Sequence

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              Source. Stony Brook University, catalog Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalog.stonybrook.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1538&returnto=1134. Captured page pages/0247.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.