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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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Music Performance: Organ, B.M.


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The Meadows School of the Arts has a tradition of excellence in organ performance and has been an inspirational environment for many organists from around the world in the past six decades. The Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance prepares students for a professional career in performance, pedagogy, and church music.

SMU Degree Requirements

An SMU undergraduate degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and must include completion of the University’s Common Curriculum , one major and a combination of electives and/or other majors or minors. Completion of certain majors requires more than 120 hours to finish the degree. The credit hours within this curriculum are distributed as follows:

Requirements for the Major


Core Courses


Private Study (18 Credit Hours)


MUTH Electives (6 Credit Hours)


At the 3000 level or above

PERE Large Ensemble (6 Credit Hours)


PERE Chamber Ensemble (1 Credit Hour)


Music/AMAE Electives (10 Credit Hours)


Total for the Major Only: 84 Credit Hours


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