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BACHELOR OF MUSIC - MUSIC COMPOSITION
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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF MUSIC
MAJOR: MUSIC COMPOSITION
CONCENTRATIONS: THEORY/COMPOSITION


CURRICULUM CREDITS

UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 110 Critical Reading and Writing 3
(minimum grade C-)

First Year Experience (FYE) 1
University Breadth Requirement
Up to 3 credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences Breadth Requirements.
12

Discovery Learning Experience (DLE) 3

Multi-cultural Courses 3

COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
Writing: (minimum grade C-) 3
A second writing course involving significant writing experience including two papers with a combined minimum of 3,000 words to be submitted for extended faculty critique of both composition and content. This course must be taken after completion of 60 credit hours. Appropriate writing courses are normally designated in the semester's Registration Booklet. (See list of courses approved for second writing requirement.)

Mathematics: One of the following 0-4
MATH 113 Contemporary Mathematics (designed for students who do not intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 114 College Mathematics and Statistics (designed for students who do not intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 115 Pre-Calculus (designed for students who intend to continue the study of mathematics)
MATH 221 Calculus I
MATH 241 Analytic Geometry and Calculus A

Completion of the intermediate-level course (106) in German, French, Italian, or Spanish. The number of credits needed and initial placement will depend on the number of years of high school student of foreign language. Students with three or more years of high school work in a single foreign language, or who have gained proficiency in a foreign language by other means, may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an exemption examination through the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department. 0-12

COLLEGE BREADTH REQUIREMENTS

Group A 6
Creative Arts and Humanities. Six credits representing two different areas (excluding Music).
One course may be used to satisfy the University Breadth Requirement.


Group B 6
History and Cultural Change. Six credits representing two different areas (excluding Music).
One course may be used to satisfy the University Breadth Requirement.

Group C 6
Social and Behavioral Sciences. Six credits representing two different areas.
One course may be used to satisfy the University Breadth Requirement.

Group D 6
Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology.  Six credits representing two different areas.
One course may be used to satisfy the University Breadth Requirement.

MAJOR REQUIRMENTS
Applied Music
MUSC 100 Recital Attendance (six semesters required) 0
MUSC 151 Private Study 2
MUSC 152 Private Study 2
MUSC 251 Private Study 2
MUSC 252 Private Study 2
MUSC 351 Private Study 2
MUSC 352 Private Study 2
Ensemble (six semesters) 6
MUSC 321 Still Breathing 2

Core Courses
MUSC 175/MUSC 176 Class Piano: Elementary I and II 2
MUSC 275/MUSC 276 Class Piano: Intermediate I and II 2
MUSC 185/MUSC 186 Ear Training and Sight Singing I and II 4
MUSC 285/MUSC 286 Advanced Ear Training and Sight Singing I and II 4
MUSC 195/MUSC 196 Harmony I and II 6
MUSC 295/MUSC 296 Advanced Harmony I and II 6
MUSC 335 Basic Conducting 2
MUSC 392 Contrapuntal Writing 2
MUSC 393 Keyboard Harmony I 2
MUSC 431 Orchestration 2
MUSC 495 Form and Analysis 3

Music History and Literature
MUSC 211 Introduction to Music History 3
MUSC 311 Music History: 400-1600 3
MUSC 312 Music History: 1600-1827 3
MUSC 313 Music History: 1827 to the Present 3
MUSC 407 Contemporary Music Literature 3
MUSC 205 Music of the World 3

Composition
MUSC 298 Beginning Composition (4 semesters) 4
MUSC 420 Advanced Composition 12
MUSC 401 Senior Degree Recital 0


Music Electives 3


Grade of C- or better required in all courses in major.

CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF 128



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