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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; achieve a cumulative 2.5 GPA and a grade of C or better in all music classes; senior recital.
First Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 12
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]3
Humanities [HUM]3
MUS 1641
MUS 18120 or 1
MUS 25133
MUS 25231
MUS Ensemble41
Foreign Language, if necessary0-4
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS 12
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]3
MUS 18220 or 1
MUS 25353
MUS 25451
MUS Ensemble41
Quantitative Reasoning [QUAN]3
Foreign Language, if necessary0-4
Second Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 12
Biological Sciences [BSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI]64
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]3
MUS 256 2
MUS 28120 or 1
MUS 35133
MUS 35231
MUS Ensemble41
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS 12
MUS 256 2
MUS 35353
MUS 35451
MUS 359 [HUM] [M] 53
MUS Ensemble (Choral)71
Physical Sciences [PSCI] with lab or SCIENCE 102 [SCI]64
Complete Writing Portfolio
Pass Piano Proficiency
Third Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 12
MUS 2562
MUS 360 [M]33
MUS 45182
MUS Ensemble41
Music Electives2
Social Sciences [SSCI]3
Second TermCredits
Applied MUS 202 or 3022
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS]3
MUS 36153
MUS 4564
MUS 4831
MUS Ensemble41
Music Electives2
Fourth Year
First TermCredits
Applied MUS 202 or 3022
Diversity [DIVR]3
MUS 45532
MUS 4564
MUS 48231
MUS Ensemble41
Music Electives3
Senior Qualifying Exam
Second TermCredits
Integrative Capstone [CAPS]3
MUS 45292
MUS 4564
MUS Ensemble41
Music Electives4
Senior Full Recital
Footnotes
1Applied Music: 10 credits required in one musical instrument (MUS 302-318, 320, 402-418, 420); 8 credits must be at the 300-400 level.
2Class piano credits not required.
3Fall only.
4Music Ensembles: 8 credits required from MUS 434, 435 (guitar ensemble only), 436, 437, or 438 on the student’s major instrument. 3 credits taken from ensemble courses designated as ARTS fulfill the [ARTS] UCORE requirement.
5Spring only.
6To meet University and College of Arts and Sciences requirements, students must take a [BSCI] course with lab and [PSCI] course with lab or SCIENCE 101 [SCI] and SCIENCE 102 [SCI]. SCIENCE 101 [SCI] is offered Fall semester and is a prerequisite for SCIENCE 102 [SCI]. SCIENCE 102 [SCI] is offered Spring semester.
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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