Music Composition, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 93

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUA 101 - ICTUS (Introduction to Conservatory Training, Understanding, and Skills), 2 credit hours
• MUC 101 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 1 credit hours¹
• MUC 102 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 1 credit hours¹
• MUC 106 - Freshmen Composition Lessons 1, 3 credit hours
• MUC 107 - Freshmen Composition Lessons 2, 3 credit hours
• MUA 110 - Theory 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUC 116 - Introduction to Composition 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 117 - Introduction to Composition 2, 2 credit hours
• MUA 120 - Aural Skills 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 133 - Keyboard Musicianship 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 134 - Keyboard Musicianship 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 201 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 1 credit hours¹
• MUC 202 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 1 credit hours¹
• MUC 205 - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour ³
• MUA 210 - Theory 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 215 - Composition Seminar, 0 credit hours (8 semesters)
• MUC 216 - Composition Lessons 1, 3 credit hours
• MUC 217 - Composition Lessons 2, 3 credit hours
• MUA 220 - Aural Skills 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 233 - Keyboard Musicianship 3, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 234 - Keyboard Musicianship 4, 1 credit hour ²
• MUA 240I - Music History & Literature 1: World and Medieval Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUA 241I - Music History & Literature 2: Renaissance and Baroque Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUA 242I - Music History & Literature 3: Music of the Classical and the Romantic Eras, 3 credit hours
• MUC 291 - Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 301 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 1 credit hours¹
• MUC 302 - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons , 1 credit hours¹
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUC 315 - Electronic Music, 2 credit hours
• MUC 316 - Composition Lessons 3, 3 credit hours
• MUC 317 - Composition Lessons 4, 3 credit hours
• MUC 318 - Instrumentation and Orchestration, 2 credit hours
• MUC 320 - Advanced Electronic and Computer Music, 2 credit hours
• MUA 340 - Topics in Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 415 - Contemporary Composition Techniques, 2 credit hours
• MUC 416 - Composition Lessons 5, 3 credit hours
• MUC 417 - Composition Lessons 6, 3 credit hours
• MUC 418X - Senior Composition Recital, 1 credit hour ⁴
• Music Electives, 4 credit hours⁵

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 27

• ENG 131 - Workshop in Exposition and Argument, 3 credit hours
• MTH 101 - Mathematics Modeling & Quantitative Analysis, 3 credit hours or higher
• FYE 100 - First-Year Experience, 1 credit hour
• HPE Wellness Courses, 2 credit hours
• Foreign Language, 8 credit hours⁶
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study, 10 credit hours⁷

Notes:

¹ One credit per semester for 6 semesters. Applied study on major instrument required freshman and sophomore years. Applied study on additional instruments, as determined by composition instructor, may replace applied major in junior and senior years.
² Secondary instrument is piano until Proficiency 4 is achieved. Depending upon placement results, piano study may occur in classes, lessons, or a combination. If the requisite proficiency is achieved in fewer than 4 semesters, continued piano study or study on another instrument is required. Secondary study beyond 4 semesters requires an additional fee.
³ One credit per semester for 8 semesters.
⁴ A full-length recital of original compositions.
⁵ An Emphasis Area in music may be substituted for the music elective requirement. Students who have earned 8 credits in required ensemble may count up to 2 additional credits toward the music elective requirement. At least 2 credits of music electives must be at the 300 level or higher.
⁶ One year of study of a single foreign language is required. A proficiency exam is administered to determine entry level of foreign language study. Students whose language requirement is reduced may take the equivalent number of credit hours in other liberal arts courses.
⁷ See Bachelor of Arts & Sciences Core  for more information about Core requirements. Note that specific University core requirements for Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and a minor field of study do not apply to Bachelor of Music degree programs. Students may select to either take ten credits from any areas of the Humanities, Natural Sciences, and/or Social Sciences, or to complete a minor field of study outside of the Conservatory.