Senate Doc #2589S

                                                    Approved   3/9/89



                                  APC Document #16

                        Admission to Major Requirements in Music





        a)    Effective Date:  Fall, 1989



        b)    Delete:   NA



        c)    Add: (UNCA 1988-89 catalog, page 160, as the third

        paragraph)



        ADMISSION TO THE MAJOR IN MUSIC:  Students wishing admittance to

        either the B.A. or B.S. Degree Program in Music must:  (1) pass an

        instrumental or vocal audition placing them into Applied Music 291

        (or higher);  (2) complete Class Piano II or demonstrate equivalent

        competency;  and (3) either pass the UNCA Music Theory/Aural Skills

        Entrance Examination or successfully complete Introductory Music

        Theory (Musc 131).  Audition guidelines are available from the

        Music Department.  





        d)    Environmental Impact Statement: The number of inquiries

        into the music degree programs has been steadily increasing due to

        increased visibility, both statewide and nationally;  we expect the

        overall number of music majors to also increase.  We expect the

        principal impact of this policy to be an increased number of music

        majors who actually complete the music degree program once

        admitted.  



        We expect a slight increase in the number of students enrolling in

        Music Theory (Musc 131) which may require us to offer it in both

        the fall as well as the spring semesters.  



        No additional resources are anticipated as a result of the

        continuance of this policy.  



        e)    Rationale: We instituted this policy in the spring of

        1988.  It appears to satisfactorily meet our need to identify those

        students who are in possession of the most basic knowledge and

        skills necessary to successfully complete our music degree program

        requirements (which include a Degree Recital as well as Senior

        Comprehensive Examinations in Music Theory and Music History).  


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