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Undergraduate Catalog Archive: Fall 2010 - Summer 2011
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Undergraduate Catalog F10-S11 Base Archive

Music Composition Major

Note: A condition for admission to this program is a 3.00 grade point average in the following courses: MUSI 1310, 1311, 1170,1171, 2210, 2214, 2170, and 2171. Students may be admitted to the program after completing the sophomore music theory courses. A 3.25 grade point average must be maintained in all music theory courses for graduation.
Requirements Hours
Applied composition
20

Four hours at the sophomore level; eight hours at the junior level; and eight hours at the senior level

Applied music (instrument or voice)
12

Four hours at the freshman level, four hours at the sophomore level, four hours at the junior level
MUSI 1160, 1161, 2160, and 2161. Group Piano I, II, III, IV
4
MUSI 1170, 1171, 2170, and 2171. Aural Skills I, II, III, and IV
4
MUSI 1310 and 1311. Music Theory I and II
6

MUSI 2210. Music Theory III
[MUSI 2210 and 2214 fulfills 3 hours of Math Reasoning Core]

2
MUSI 2214. Techniques of Music Since 1900
[MUSI 2210 and 2214 fulfills 3 hours of Math Reasoning Core]
2
MUSI 2361. Music and Culture
[fulfills 3 hours of Visual/Performing Arts Core]
3
MUSI 2362, 3363, 3364. Music History I, II, III
9
MUSI 3215. Introduction to Large Forms
2
MUSI 3216. Analysis
2

MUSI 4198. Senior Recital
1
MUSI 4122. Electronic Music 1
MUSI 4220 or 4230. Conducting
2
MUSI 4312. Orchestration
3
MUSI 4364. Music in the Twentieth Century I
or
MUSI 4365. Music in the Twentieth Century II
3
Advanced music literature/history elective
3
Large ensemble - two semesters
2
Large and/or small ensembles - four semesters
4
Total
85

Catalog Publish Date: August 19, 2010
This Page Last Updated: August 18, 2010
Effective Date of Archive: January 13, 2011