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Guitar Performance

The OCU Guitar program is a highly competitive program that is a unique synthesis of classical, folk, historical performance, jazz, and popular music. Graduates of the Bass School of Music leave campus not only with a diploma, but with a discipline and versatility that positions them for successful professional lives.

  • All degrees require a minimum of 124 earned credit hours. 
  • Students must be enrolled in 12 credit hours to be considered a full-time student.
  • All courses listed on this degree plan are required for the completion of this degree, however, the course sequence is a suggestion only. Each student will meet with his or her advisor to discuss the most appropriate sequence for that student.

FRESHMAN YEAR

First Semester

MUS 1112 Theory I — 2
MUS 1122 Aural Skills I — 2
AMI 1372 Applied Guitar — 2
AMA 1571 Class Piano I — 1
MUEN Major Ensemble — 1
Gen Ed — 3
Gen Ed — 3

Total Credits: 14

Second Semester

MUS 1212 Theory II — 2
MUS 1222 Aural Skills II — 2
AMI 1472 Applied Guitar — 2
AMA 1671 Class Piano II — 1
MUEN Major Ensemble — 1
Advisor-Approved Elective — 1
Gen Ed — 3
Gen Ed — 3

Total Credits: 15

SOPHOMORE YEAR

First Semester

MUS 2112 Theory III — 2
MUS 2122 Aural Skills III — 2
AMI 1372 Applied Guitar — 2
MUS 3322 Fretboard Harmony I — 2
MUEN Major Ensemble/Guitar Ensemble -or- Jazz Combo — 1
MUS 1123 Music & the Human Experience — 3
Advisor-Approved Elective — 1
Gen Ed — 3

Total Credits: 16

Second Semester

MUS 35XX Theory Topical Course — 2
MUS 35XX Theory Topical Course — 2
MUS 3133 Writing About Music — 3
MUS 3142 Conducting Fundamentals — 2
AMI 1472 Applied Guitar — 2
MUS 3422 Fretboard Harmony II — 2
MUEN Major Ensemble/Guitar Ensemble -or- Jazz Combo — 1
MUS 2252 Guitar Improvisation — 2

Total Credits: 16

JUNIOR YEAR

First Semester

MUS 3113 Orchestration — 3
MUS 2242 Jazz Improvisation — 2
AMI 1372 Applied Guitar — 2
MUEN 1361 Guitar Ensemble — 1
MUS 4233 Musicology Seminar — 3
Advisor-Approved Elective — 1
Gen Ed — 3

Total Credits: 15

Second Semester

MUS 4412 18th Cent. Counterpoint — 2
MUS 3242 Conducting - Instrumental or Vocal — 2
AMI 1472 Applied Guitar — 2
MUEN 1361 Guitar Ensemble — 1
MUED 3932 Guitar Pedagogy — 2
AMI 3441 Junior Recital — 1
Gen Ed — 3
Gen Ed — 3

Total Credits: 16

SENIOR YEAR 

First Semester

MUS 4112 Forms & Analysis — 2
MUS 4313 Composition I — 3
MUS 4822 Guitar Literature Seminar I — 2
AMI 1372 Applied Guitar — 2
MUEN 1361 Guitar Ensemble — 1
Gen Ed — 3
Gen Ed — 3
Total Credits: 13

Second Semester

MUS 4922 Guitar Literature Seminar II — 2
AMI 1472 Applied Guitar — 2
MUEN 1361 Guitar Ensemble — 1
AMI 4441 Senior Recital—  1
Gen Ed & Lab — 4
Gen Ed — 3
Gen Ed — 3

Total Credits: 16

Required Courses: 22 Hours

ENGL 1113 Composition I 
ENGL 1213 Composition II 
POLS 1113 Governance in America 
LAS 1063 Liberal Arts Seminar** 
HIST 1003/1103 US History to/Since 1876 
REL 1003/2513 The Bible & Culture/Intro to World Religions 
SCI 1003 & 1041 Methods of Science Inquiry & Integrated Science Lab

**Transfer students with at least 29 transferable hours (excluding CLEP, AP and IB credit) may substitute a single course of three or more credit hours for the LAS requirement. This course may be from the OKCU curriculum or transferred from another university. It may not meet any other degree requirement.


Philosophy/Ethics: 3 Credit Hours

PHIL/REL 2163 Moral Issues In Contemporary Culture 
PHIL/REL 2213 Moral And Social Philosophy 
MGMT 2223/PHIL 2203 Business Ethics And Leadership 
PHIL/PHRH 2513 Ethics Of Communication, 
-or- 
PHIL/REL 2703 Christian Ethics


Literature: 3 Credit Hours

ENGL 2103 Western Literature 
ENGL 2603 World Literature 
ENGL 2403/2413/2703 Survey of British Literature 
ENGL 2713/2813 Survey of American Literature


Mathematics: 3 Credit Hours

MATH 1503 College Algebra 
PSYC 2303/POLS 2303/SOC 2303 Statistics For Behavioral Sciences 
Econ 2123 Business Statistics 
-or- 
a higher level math course


Social Science: 3 Credit Hours

PSYC 1113 Intro to Psychology 
SOC 2013 Intro to Sociology 
-or- 
ECON 2113 Principles of Microeconomics


Modern Language: 6 Credit Hours

Six Hours (Through Beginner II Level) in A Single Language; 
-or- 
Four Years (Eight Semesters) of A Single Language in High School; 
-or- 
Equivalent Competency as Determined by the Department of Modern Language; 
-or- 
For international students whose first language is other than English, a TOEFL score of 550 or above (equivalent score on the IBT is 80 or above). Online coursework will not be accepted.


Service Learning

See course schedule each semester for courses approved as service learning courses.


The Arts and Cross-Cultural Study

The arts study requirement is satisfied by any course beginning with the prefix MUS. The cross-cultural study requirement is fulfilled by: 
REL 2513 Introduction to World Religions 
ENGL 2603 World Literature 
-or- 
MUS 1123 Music and the Human Experience.

Faculty

Matthew Denman
Matthew Denman
Assistant Professor of Guitar
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