BACHELOR OF MUSIC: COMPOSITION

Faculty: Knight
Adjunct Faculty: Deemer, Maloy

Major Requirements Credit Hours: 89 hrs

FIRST YEAR
First semester: 10 hrs
MUS 1112 Theory I 2
MUS 1122 Aural Skills I 2
MUS 1133 Music Survey 3
Major instrument 1
AMA 1571 Class Piano I 1
Major ensemble* 1

Second semester: 8 hrs
MUS 1212 Theory II 2
MUS 1222 Aural Skills II 2
MUS 1211 Introduction to Music Composition 1
Major instrument 1
AMA 1671 Class Piano II 1
Major ensemble 1

SECOND YEAR
First semester: 9 hrs
MUS 2112 Theory II 2
MUS 2122 Aural Skills II 2
MUS 2312 Composition A 2
Major instrument 1
AMA 1771 Class Piano II 1
Major ensemble 1

Second semester: 10 hrs
MUS 2212 Theory IV 2
MUS 2222 Aural Skills IV 2
MUS 2412 Composition B 2
Major instrument 1
Minor instrument 1
AMA 1871 Class Piano IV 1
Major ensemble 1

THIRD YEAR
First semester: 15 hrs
MUS 3123 History of Music I 3
MUS 3113 Orchestration 3
MUS 3142 Conducting Fundamentals 2
MUS 3313 Composition Electronic I 3
Major instrument 1
Minor instrument 1
AMA 1371 Piano 1
Major ensemble 1

Second semester: 11 hrs
MUS 3223 History of Music II 3
MUS 3442 Conducting, Vocal
or MUS 3242 Conducting, Instrumental 2
MUS 3413 Composition Electronic II 3
Major instrument 1
AMA 1471 Piano 1
Major ensemble 1

FOURTH YEAR
First semester: 13 hrs
MUS 4513 Advanced Composition I 3
MUS 4113 Form and Analysis 3
MUS 4123 History of Twentieth-Century Music 3
Major instrument 1
AMA 1371 Piano 1
Major ensemble 1
Recital on major instrument 1

Second semester: 13 hrs
MUS 4413 Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint 3
MUS 4613 Advanced Composition 3
Major instrument 1
AMA1471 Piano 1
Major ensemble 1
Composition recital 1
Music literature elective 3
Piano level—5B (if not major instrument)
Recital level, (1/2 Recital)—6B
Graduation level—7B (on major instrument)
Minor instrument level—1B
GPA (composition/theory courses)—3.00

*The ensemble for composition majors is Ad Astra Women’s Chorus, Men’s Chorus, Chamber Singers, University Singers, or or additional choral ensemble designated as a major ensemble in the printed Class Schedule.