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Music Composition Degree

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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.
First Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS (200 level)2
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]3
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]3
MUS 1641
MUS 18110 or 1
MUS 25123
MUS 25221
MUS Ensemble31
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)2
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]3
Humanities [HUM]3
MUS 18210 or 1
MUS 25343
MUS 25441
MUS Ensemble31
Second Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)2
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]54
MUS 256 2
MUS 28110 or 1
MUS 35123
MUS 35221
MUS Ensemble31
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]3
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)2
MUS 256 2
MUS 35343
MUS 35441
MUS 359 [HUM] [M] 4,63
MUS Ensemble (Choral)71
Social Sciences [SSCI]3
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS (300 level)2
MUS 2562
MUS 360 [M]23
MUS 45182
MUS Ensemble31
Music Electives2
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]54
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS 202 or 3022
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS]3
MUS 36143
MUS 4564
MUS 4831
MUS Ensemble31
Music Electives2
Fourth Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 202 or 3022
Diversity [DIVR]3
MUS 45522
MUS 4564
MUS 48221
MUS Ensemble31
Music Electives3
Second TermCredits
Integrative Capstone [CAPS]3
MUS 45292
MUS 4564
MUS Ensemble31
Music Electives4
Complete Qualifying Exam
Composition Half Recital

Footnotes
1Class piano credits not required.
2Fall only.
3Chosen from MUS 428-444.
4Spring only.
5Two lab sciences required to fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences Requirement.
6MUS 359 fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences additional 3-unit requirement.
7Music Ensembles (Choral): 1 credit required from MUS 428, 429, 430, 431, 433, or 439.
8Fall, alternate years only.
9Spring, alternate years only.

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