Composition Major (B.M.)

University Core Curriculum: 22 Credits

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General Education Requirements: 16-21 Credits

• World Languages  (4-8)*
  (through 102 or higher)
  Select from: French, German, Italian, or Spanish
• Physical Activity  (2)

Composition Major: 91 Credits

• MUSC 1560 - Introduction to Composition (2)
• MUSA 2570 - Composition I (2)
• MUSA 2580 - Composition II (2)
• MUSA 3540 - Composition III (2)
• MUSA 3550 - Composition IV (2)
• MUSA 4560 - Composition V (2)
• MUSA 4570 - Composition VI (2)
• MUSC 0999 - Music Seminar/Recital Attendance (0)
• MUSC 1200 - Basic Conducting (2)
• MUSC 1510 - Theory I: The Syntax of Music (3)
• MUSC 1511 - Theory Lab I (1)
• MUSC 1520 - Theory II: Diatonic Harmonic Idioms (3)
• MUSC 1521 - Theory Lab II (1)
• MUSC 2400 - Introduction to Music Literature (2)
• MUSC 2412 - Musicology I: Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (2)
• MUSC 2500 - Introduction to Music Technology (2)
• MUSC 2530 - Theory III: Formal and Chromatic Expansion (3)
• MUSC 2531 - Theory Lab III (1)
• MUSC 2540 - Theory IV: Analysis and Formal Structures (3)
• MUSC 2541 - Theory Lab IV (1)
• MUSC 2551 - Keyboard Harmony I (1)
• MUSC 2552 - Keyboard Harmony II (1)
• MUSC 2649 - Piano Proficiency (0) **

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• MUSC 3220 - Choral Conducting (2) or
• MUSC 3230 - Instrumental Conducting (2)

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• MUSC 3423 - Musicology II: Music of the Baroque and Classic Eras (3)
• MUSC 3433 - Musicology III: Music of the 19th Century to the Present (3)
• MUSC 3520 - Choral Arranging (2)
• MUSC 3530 - Orchestration (2)
• MUSC 3560 - Theory V: Post-Tonality to the Present (3)
• MUSC 4499 - Senior Seminar in Music (2)
• MUSC 4510 - Counterpoint (3)
• MUSC 4599 - Senior Composition Recital (0)
• MUSC 4698 - Degree Recital (0)
• Performance Area Principal: First Year (4), Second Year (4), Third Year (4), and Fourth Year (2) (14)
• Secondary (4)**
• Major Ensembles (2 crds each yr; for info, see Ensemble Requirements by Major in the Music Division  section) (8)
• Music Elective(s) (3)