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MUSIC 40First-Year Seminar in Music

1 credit · Music · Penn State

MUSIC 040 First-Year Seminar in Music (1) (BME, BM, BMA, BA). This course is offered to all music majors during their first semester. The goals of this seminar are 1) to engage students in learning and orient them to the scholarly and performing community from the outset of their undergraduate studies in a way that will bridge to later experiences in their chosen music degree programs, 2) to explore a broad and diverse array of musical styles, genres, and music making, and 3) to facilitate students' adjustment to the expectations, demanding workload, increased liberties, and other aspects of the transition to college life.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Fall (4 programs).

Required in (5)

  • Music Education, B.M.E.
  • Music Technology, B.M.
  • Music, B.A.
  • Music, B.M.
  • Musical Arts, B.M.A.