2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog

Major in Music Composition (BM)

92 credits

Required Courses

MUHI 200Survey of Music Literature

2
MUHI 330Music History

3
MUHI 331Music History 2

3
MUSC 499Recital

.5-1
MUST 101Sight Singing and Ear Training

1
MUST 102Sight Singing and Ear Training

1
MUST 111Music Theory

2
MUST 112Music Theory

2
MUST 121Introduction to Computer Music

3
MUST 122Acoustics for Musicians

3
MUST 201Sight Singing and Ear Training

1
MUST 202Sight Singing and Ear Training

1
MUST 211Music Theory

2
MUST 212Music Theory

2
MUST 221Music Composition 1

2
MUST 222Music Composition 2

2
MUST 241Computer Music 1

3
MUST 311Music Theory: Form and Analysis

2
MUST 312Music Theory: Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint

2
MUST 321Composition

2
MUST 350Computer Composition 1

2
MUST 411Instrumentation and Orchestration

2
MUST 417Theory of Twentieth-Century Music and Twenty-First-Century Music

3
MUST 495Composition-Project Recital

1 TO 3

8 credits from

MUSC 340Large Instrumental Ensemble

.5 TO 3
MUSC 341Large Instrumental Ensemble

.5 TO 3
MUSC 350Large Vocal Ensemble

1 TO 3
MUSC 351Large Vocal Ensemble

.5 TO 3
MUSP 436Ensemble for New Music

1 TO 2
Total Credit Hours:8

2 credits from

MUSP 325Secondary Study (Piano)

1
MUSP 326Group Piano

1
Total Credit Hours:2

12 credits from

MUSP 201Principal Study

1 TO 4
MUSP 401Principal Study

1 TO 4
Total Credit Hours:12

Concentration 1: Instrumental and vocal

MUST 322Composition

2
MUST 420Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint

3
MUST 431Composition

2
MUST 432Composition

2

2 credits from

MUST 410Choral Arranging

2
MUST 413Band Arranging

2
Total Credit Hours:2

9 credits from

MMP 301Songwriting

2
MUST 341Creative Practices in Sonic Arts Technology

2
MUST 342Computer Music 2

3
MUST 410Choral Arranging

2
MUST 412Compositional Practices of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

2 TO 3
MUST 413Band Arranging

2
MUST 414Jazz Arranging

2
MUST 416Theory of Nineteenth-Century Music

3
MUST 421Analytical Technique

3
MUST 443Advanced Topics in Computer Music

3
MUST 444Human-Computer Interface Design

3
MUST 445Music Perception

3
MUST 450Computer Music Composition 2

2
MUST 491Independent Study in Music Theory

1 TO 3
MUST 492Special Topics

2
Total Credit Hours:9

Concentration 2: Sonic arts technology

MMP 235Recording Technology 1

3
MUST 341Creative Practices in Sonic Arts Technology

2
MUST 342Computer Music 2

3
MUST 450Computer Music Composition 2

2

10 credits from

MMP 100Survey of the Music Industry

3
MMP 236Recording Technology 2

3
MMP 301Songwriting

2
MMP 330Live Sound and Recording

3
MMP 335Mixing and Mastering

3
MUST 322Composition

2
MUST 410Choral Arranging

2
MUST 412Compositional Practices of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

2 TO 3
MUST 413Band Arranging

2
MUST 414Jazz Arranging

2
MUST 416Theory of Nineteenth-Century Music

3
MUST 420Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint

3
MUST 421Analytical Technique

3
MUST 431Composition

2
MUST 432Composition

2
MUST 443Advanced Topics in Computer Music

3
MUST 444Human-Computer Interface Design

3
MUST 445Music Perception

3
MUST 491Independent Study in Music Theory

1 TO 3
Total Credit Hours:10

Total Credit Hours: 92