B.A. DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN MUSIC - COMPOSITION EMPHASIS


Areas A - E (See Core section of the Catalog)			42 semester hours
Area F		18 semester hours
MUSC 1500/1501		Elementary Music Theory I / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)
MUSC 1510/1511		Elementary Music Theory II / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)
MUSC 2500/2501		Advanced Theory I / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)
MUSC 2510/2511		Advanced Theory II / Lab (3 hours / 1 hour)
MUAP 1100		Applied Study (two courses - 2 hours)
Major Requirements			24 semester hours
	MUSC 3310	Music Technology II (2 hours)
	MUSC 3300	Tonal Counterpoint (2 hours)
	MUSC 3400	Introduction to Conducting (2 hours)
	MUSC 3600	Music History Survey I (3 hours)
	MUSC 3610	Music History Survey II (3 hours)
	MUSC 3660/4800	American Music (3 hours) or Studies in World Music (3 hours)
	MUSC 3550	Introduction to Instrumental and Choral Arranging (2 hours)
	MUEN 3000	Major Ensemble (4 hours)
	MUAP 3130	Applied Study Composition (3 hours)
Cognate Area		14 semester hours
MUSC 1990		Recital Attendance (0 hours)
MUAP 1100 level		Applied Instrument Study (2 hours)
MUEN 1000 level		Major Ensemble (4 hours)
MUSC 1300		Music Technology I (2 hours)
MUSC 3500		Form and Analysis (3 hours)
MUAP 4150		Senior Composition Recital (1 hour)

Choose two of the following:

Foreign Language

9-12 semester hours

Students must show competence in a foreign language at the level of the fourth university course (2002).

Electives

9-13 semester hours

Recommended:

MUSC 3045	Improvisation (1 hour)
MUSC 3470	Advanced Choral Conducting & Literature (3 hours)
MUSC 3480	Advanced Instrumental Conducting & Literature (3 hours)
MUSC 3650	Jazz History (3 hours)
MUSC 4210	Computer Music (2 hours)
MUSC 4310	Electroacoustic Music Composition (2 hours)
MUSC 4800	Studies in World Music (3 hours)

Total

120 semester hours