Music Composition, B.M.

Minimum Music Credits Required: 101

• MUC 001 - Performance Attendance, 0 credit hours (6 semesters)
• MUC 002 - Departmental Recital, 0 credit hours (8 semesters)
• MUC 101F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 102F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 110 - Music Technology and Notation, 1 credit hour
• MUC 111 - Tonal Harmony 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 113 - Tonal Harmony 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 112 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 114 - Solfège/Eurhythmics 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 116 - Introduction to Composition 1, 2 credit hours
• MUC 117 - Introduction to Composition 2, 2 credit hours
• MUC 133 - Keyboard Musicianship 1, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 134 - Keyboard Musicianship 2, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 201F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours
• MUC 202F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours
• MUC 205F - Major Ensembles, 1 credit hour ³
• MUC 211 - Tonal Harmony 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 212 - Solfège 3, 2 credit hours
• MUC 213 - Tonal Counterpoint, 2 credit hours
• MUC 215 - Composition Seminar, 0 credit hours
• MUC 216 - Composition Lessons 1, 3 credit hours ⁴
• MUC 217 - Composition Lessons 2, 3 credit hours ⁴
• MUC 221I - Music History & Literature 1: World and Medieval Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 223I - Music History & Literature 2 Renaissance and Baroque Music History, 3 credit hours
• MUC 233 - Keyboard Musicianship 3, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 234 - Keyboard Musicianship 4, 1 credit hour ²
• MUC 291 - Conducting, 2 credit hours
• MUC 301F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 302F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours ¹
• MUC 309 - Entrepreneurship and Advocacy, 1 credit hour
• MUC 311 - Form and Analysis, 2 credit hours
• MUC 313 - Theory of Music Since 1900, 2 credit hours
• MUC 314 - Solfège 4, 2 credit hours
• MUC 315 - Electronic Music, 2 credit hours
• MUC 316 - Composition Lessons 3, 3 credit hours ⁴
• MUC 317 - Composition Lessons 4, 3 credit hours ⁴
• MUC 318 - Instrumentation and Orchestration, 2 credit hours
• MUC 319 - Advanced Orchestration, 2 credit hours
• MUC 321I - Music History & Literature 3 Music of the Classical and the Romantic Eras, 3 credit hours
• MUC 323I - Music History & Literature 4 Music Since 1900, 3 credit hours
• MUC 401F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours
• MUC 402F - Primary Instrument: Private Lessons, 2-4 credit hours
• MUC 415 - Contemporary Composition Techniques, 2 credit hours
• MUC 416 - Composition Lessons 5, 3 credit hours ⁴
• MUC 417 - Composition Lessons 6, 3 credit hours ⁴
• MUC 418 - Senior Composition Recital, 1 credit hour ⁵
• Music Electives, 6 credit hours⁶

Minimum Liberal Arts Credits Required: 29

• ENG 131 - Workshop in Exposition and Argument, 3 credit hours
• MTH 135 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 3 credit hours or higher
• FYE 100 - First-Year Experience, 3 credit hours
• HPE Wellness Courses, 2 credit hours
• Foreign Language, 8 credit hours⁷
• Liberal Arts Electives or Minor Field of Study, 10 credit hours⁸

Notes:

¹ Two credits per semester for 8 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 Three credits per semester for 6 semesters.
⁵ A full-length recital of original compositions.
⁶ 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.
⁷ 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.
⁸ See www.bw.edu/resources/registration/info/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.