First Semester*

• MUSI 1301 - Music Fundamentals
• MUSC 1370 - Modern Performance Techniques

• Commercial Music Ensemble (see advisor)*

• MUSI 1181 - Class Piano, Beginning Level

• Music (group class or private lesson)** Credits / Units: 2

• MUSB 1305 - Survey of the Music Business
• ARTV 1371 - Introduction to Video Production Technology
• MATH 1332 - College Mathematics

Second Semester

• MUSC 1313 - Commercial Music Theory I
• MUSC 1311 - Commercial Music Sight Singing and Ear Training I

• Class Musical Instruction or Applied Commercial Music (group class or private lesson)**

• Class Musical Instruction or Applied Commercial Music (group class or private lesson)**

• MUSC 1303 - History of Popular Music or 1310 Masters of Bluegrass
• MUSC 1327 - Audio Engineering I
• ENGL 1301 - Composition I

Third Semester

• MUSC 1330 - Computer Music Notation I
• MUSC 2311 - Commercial Music Sight Singing and Ear Training II
• MUSC 2313 - Commercial Music Theory II

• Commercial Music Ensemble** (2 semester hours)  

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• or  MUSI 2192 - Guitar Class III

• Adv. Applied Com. Music (private lesson)****

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• SPCH 1321 - Business and Professional Speech

Fourth Semester

• MUSB 2370 - Performance and Promotion for Independent Artists
• MUSC 1321 - SongWriting
• MUSC 1405 - Live Sound I

• Commercial Music Ensemble** (2 semester hours)

• Advanced Applied Com. Music (private lesson)**** (2 semester hours)

• PSYC 2301 - General Psychology

Notes

*Although not a requirement for this certificate, students are strongly encouraged to take HUDV 1100 during the first semester of enrollment.

**Consult advisor for proper choice of course. Commercial Music Ensembles: MUSP 1200, MUSP 1209, MUSP 1240, MUSP 1246, MUSP 1250, MUSP 1251, MUSP 1253, MUSP 1270.

***Consult an advisor for proper choice of courses. Group Musical Instruction: MUSP 1202, MUSP 1213, MUSP 1212, MUSP 2202, MUSP 2205. Applied Commercial Music MUSP 1103, MUSP 1104, MUSP 1105, MUSP 1106, MUSP 1110, MUSP 1111, MUSP 1115, MUSP 1117, MUSP 1121, MUSP 1123, MUSP 1127, MUSP 1128, MUSP 1203, MUSP 1204, MUSP 1205, MUSP 1206, MUSP 1210, MUSP 1211, MUSP 1215, MUSP 1217, MUSP 1221, MUSP 1223, MUSP 1227, MUSP 1228.

****Consult an advisor for proper choice of courses. Advanced Applied Commercial Music: MUSP 2130, MUSP 2131, MUSP 2132, MUSP 2133, MUSC 2135, MUSP 2137, MUSP 2140, MUSP 2143, MUSP 2147, MUSP 2149, MUSP 2152, MUSP 2230, MUSP 2231, MUSP 2232, MUSP 2233, MUSP 2235, MUSP 2237, MUSP 2240, MUSP 2243, MUSP 2247, MUSP 2249, MUSP 2252.