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Music Composition Degree (120 Credits)
This major offers professional preparation in music with specialization in composition. The curriculum is designed to prepare students in contemporary classical composition and allied fields.
Requirements include: senior qualifying exam; piano proficiency exam; 2.5 average in all music courses; C or better in all music courses; senior recital.
Requirements include: senior qualifying exam; piano proficiency exam; 2.5 average in all music courses; C or better in all music courses; senior recital.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (200 level) | 2 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
MUS 164 | 1 |
MUS 1811 | 0 or 1 |
MUS 2512 | 3 |
MUS 2522 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble3 | 1 |
Second Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300 level) | 2 |
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG] | 3 |
Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
MUS 1821 | 0 or 1 |
MUS 2534 | 3 |
MUS 2544 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble3 | 1 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300 level) | 2 |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]5 | 4 |
MUS 256 | 2 |
MUS 2811 | 0 or 1 |
MUS 3512 | 3 |
MUS 3522 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble3 | 1 |
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN] | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300 level) | 2 |
MUS 256 | 2 |
MUS 3534 | 3 |
MUS 3544 | 1 |
MUS 359 [HUM] [M] 4,6 | 3 |
MUS Ensemble (Choral)7 | 1 |
Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Applied MUS (300 level) | 2 |
MUS 256 | 2 |
MUS 360 [M]2 | 3 |
MUS 4518 | 2 |
MUS Ensemble3 | 1 |
Music Electives | 2 |
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]5 | 4 |
Second Term | Credits |
Applied MUS 202 or 302 | 2 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
MUS 3614 | 3 |
MUS 456 | 4 |
MUS 483 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble3 | 1 |
Music Electives | 2 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Applied MUS 202 or 302 | 2 |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
MUS 4552 | 2 |
MUS 456 | 4 |
MUS 4822 | 1 |
MUS Ensemble3 | 1 |
Music Electives | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
Integrative Capstone [CAPS] | 3 |
MUS 4529 | 2 |
MUS 456 | 4 |
MUS Ensemble3 | 1 |
Music Electives | 4 |
Complete Qualifying Exam | |
Composition Half Recital |
Footnotes
1 | Class piano credits not required. |
2 | Fall only. |
3 | Chosen from MUS 428-444. |
4 | Spring only. |
5 | Two lab sciences required to fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Requirement. |
6 | MUS 359 fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences additional 3-unit requirement. |
7 | Music Ensembles (Choral): 1 credit required from MUS 428, 429, 430, 431, 433, or 439. |
8 | Fall, alternate years only. |
9 | Spring, alternate years only. |
- Music
Courses
- Music
Schedules of Studies
- Bachelor of Arts in Music
- Bachelor of Arts in Music with Elective Studies in Pre-Law
- Music Business
- Music Composition
- Music Education - Choral/General Endorsement Option
- Music Education - Choral/Instrumental/General Endorsement Option
- Music Education - Elective Studies in Education Option
- Music Education - Instrumental/General Endorsement Option
- Music Performance - Brass, Percussion, Strings, Winds Option
- Music Performance - Jazz Studies (Percussion, Saxophone, String Bass, Trumpet, Trombone, Guitar, and Keyboard)
- Music Performance - Keyboard Option
- Music Performance - Keyboard with Elective Studies in Pedagogy Option
- Music Performance - Voice Option
Minors
- Jazz Studies
- Music Minor
- Music Technology
Certificates
- Entertainment Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Music Production Certificate