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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Applied Music - Instrumental Performance (BM) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Math/Statistics Course 3 KSC 030  
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
MUSIC 101   - A New Rhythm: Cultivating a Healthy Life in College and Beyond   1      
MUSIC 210   - Music Theory I    3    
MUSIC 211   - Piano Class I   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   OR 3   KSC 010  
ENGL 210   - Honors English   3      
MUSIC 212   - Piano Class II   1       
MUSIC 230  - Music Theory II   3      
MUSIC 231  - Aural Skills I   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
PHILO 130   - Introduction to Moral Philosophy   3      
Ethical Reasoning Overlay   KSC 060  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 213   - Piano Class III   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance    1-4    
MUSIC 320   - Music Theory III   3      
MUSIC 321  - Aural Skills II   1      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
Natural/Physical Science Course 4-5 KSC 040  
Social and Behavioral Requirement      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
GWSS 105  - Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies   3      
US Multicultural Overlay   KSC 050  
HIST 112  - World History From 1450   3      
Global Perspectives Overlay   KSC 060  
MUSIC 214  - Piano Class IV   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
MUSIC 360  - Music Theory IV   3      
MUSIC 361  - Aural Skills III   1      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 173   - Music as Protest and Propaganda in the United States   3      
MUSIC 365   - Conducting   1      
MUSIC 402  - Wind Ensemble   0-1      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 480  - Upper-Division Ensemble Performance   1      
MUSIC 469  - Instrumentation and Arranging   2      
MUSIC 466  - Music History I: Ancient Greece to Beethoven   3      
Total Credits: 14      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 249   - Introduction to Music of the World   3      
MUSIC 402  - Wind Ensemble   0-1      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 480   - Upper-Division Ensemble Performance   1      
MUSIC 501  - Half Recital   1      
MUSIC 467  - Music History II: Beethoven to Present    3    
Music/Humanities Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 402  - Wind Ensemble   0-1      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 480  - Upper-Division Ensemble Performance   1      
MUSIC 724   - 18th Century Counterpoint   2      
MUSIC 707  - History of Wind Bands   3      
MUSIC 731  - Music Business 1    2    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 239  - Low Brass Techniques and Materials   1      
MUSIC 402  - Wind Ensemble   0-1      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 480  - Upper-Division Ensemble Performance   1      
MUSIC 464   - Methods and Materials for the Studio    2    
MUSIC 502  - Full Recital   2      
MUSIC 725   - Theories of Contemporary Music   2      
MUSIC 714  - Advanced Orchestration   2      
Free Elective 1    
Total Credits: 14      
       
Total Programs Hours: 120