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B.A. DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN MUSIC - COMPOSITION EMPHASIS

Areas A - E (See Core section of the Catalog)

42 semester hours

Area F

18 semester hours

MUSC 1500/1501

Elementary Music Theory I / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

MUSC 1510/1511

Elementary Music Theory II / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

MUSC 2500/2501

Advanced Theory I / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

MUSC 2510/2511

Advanced Theory II / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)

MUAP 1100

Applied Study (two courses - 2 hours)

Major Requirements

24 semester hours

 

MUSC 3310

Music Technology II (2 hours)

 

MUSC 3300

Tonal Counterpoint (2 hours)

 

MUSC 3400

Introduction to Conducting (2 hours)

 

MUSC 3600

Music History Survey I (3 hours)

 

MUSC 3610

Music History Survey II (3 hours)

 

MUSC 3660

American Music (2 hours)

 

MUSC 3550

Introduction to Instrumental and Choral Arranging (2 hours)

 

MUEN 3000

level Major Ensemble (4 hours)

 

MUAP 3130

Applied Study Composition (3 hours)

Cognate Area

14 semester hours

MUAP 1100 level

Applied Instrument Study (2 hours)

MUEN 1000 level

Major Ensemble (4 hours)

MUSC 1300

Music Technology I (2 hours)

MUSC 3500

Form and Analysis (3 hours)

MUAP 4150

Senior Composition Recital (1 hour)

Choose two of the following:

MUED 2050

Woodwind Methods (1 hour)

MUED 2060

Brass Methods (1 hour)

MUED 2070

Percussion Methods (1 hour)

MUED 2080

String Methods (1 hour)

Foreign Language

9-12 semester hours

Students must show competence in a foreign language at the level of the fourth university course (2002).

Electives

9-13 semester hours

Recommended:

MUEN 3045

Improvisation (1 hour)

MUSC 3470

Advanced Choral Conducting & Literature (3 hours)

MUSC 3480

Advanced Instrumental Conducting & Literature (3 hours)

MUSC 3650

Jazz History (3 hours)

MUSC 4210

Computer Music (2 hours)

MUSC 4310

Electroacoustic Music Composition (2 hours)

MUSC 4800

Studies in World Music (3 hours)

Total

120 semester hours

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