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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Music: Music Composition BM Four Year Plan


Music Composition BM Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition (3cr.)   MUSC 100 - Recital Attendance (0cr.)  (2/6)
MUSC 100 - Recital Attendance (0cr.)  (1/6) MUSC 152 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music II (2cr.)  
MUSC 151 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music I (2cr.)   MUSC 176 - Class Piano: Elementary II (1cr.)  
MUSC 175 - Class Piano: Elementary I (1cr.)   MUSC 186 - Aural Skills II (2cr.)  
MUSC 185 - Aural Skills I (3cr.)   MUSC 195 - Harmony I (3cr.)  
MUSC 298 - Beginning Music Composition (1cr.)  (1/4) MUSC 298 - Beginning Music Composition (1cr.)  (2/4)
Ensemble Elective (1/6)* Ensemble Elective (2/6)* 
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I (1cr.)   Breadth Requirement (2/8)
Breadth Requirement (1/8) Mathematics Requirement*
Credits: 15 Credits: 16
Second Year
MUSC 100 - Recital Attendance (0cr.)  (3/6) MUSC 100 - Recital Attendance (0cr.)  (4/6)
MUSC 196 - Harmony II (3cr.)   MUSC 252 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music IV (2cr.)  
MUSC 211 - Music, History, and Ideas (3cr.)   MUSC 276 - Class Piano: Intermediate II (1cr.)  
MUSC 251 - Private Study for Bachelor of Music III (2cr.)   MUSC 286 - Advanced Aural Skills II (2cr.)  
MUSC 275 - Class Piano: Intermediate I (1cr.)   MUSC 295 - Advanced Harmony I (3cr.)  
MUSC 285 - Advanced Aural Skills I (2cr.)  MUSC 298 - Beginning Music Composition (1cr.)  (4/4)
MUSC 298 - Beginning Music Composition (1cr.)  (3/4)  MUSC 311 - Music History: 400 through 1600 (3cr.)  
Ensemble Elective (3/6)* Ensemble Elective (4/6)* 
Foreign Language Elective (1/2)* Foreign Language Elective (2/2)*
Credits: 17 Credits: 17
Third Year**
MUSC 100 - Recital Attendance (0cr.)  (5/6) MUSC 100 - Recital Attendance (0cr.)  (6/6)
MUSC 296 - Advanced Harmony II (2cr.)  MUSC 313 - Music History: 1827 to the Present (3cr.)  (satisfies Second Writing Requirement)
MUSC 312 - Music History: 1600 through 1827 (3cr.)   (satisfies Second Writing Requirement)  MUSC 352 - Private Study for Music Education VI (2cr.)  
MUSC 335 - Basic Conducting (2cr.)   MUSC 393 - Keyboard Harmony (2cr.)  
MUSC 351 - Private Study for Music Education V (2cr.)  MUSC 420 - Private Study for Advanced Composition (3cr.)  (2/3)
MUSC 420 - Private Study for Advanced Composition (3cr.)  (1/3) Ensemble Elective (6/6)* 
Ensemble Elective (5/6)* Breadth Requirement (4/8)
Breadth Requirement (3/8) Breadth Requirement (5/8)
Credits: 16 Credits: 17
Fourth Year**
MUSC 321 - Ensemble: Instrumental, Piano, or Vocal (0 to 1cr.)  (1/2) MUSC 321 - Ensemble: Instrumental, Piano, or Vocal (0 to 1cr.)  (2/2)
MUSC 392 - Contrapuntal Writing (2cr.)   MUSC 205 - Music of the World (3cr.)  (satisfies Multicultural Requirement) 
MUSC 407 - Contemporary Music Literature (3cr.)   MUSC 401 - Senior Recital (0cr.)  
MUSC 420 - Private Study for Advanced Composition (3cr.)  (3/3) MUSC 423 - Private Study Capstone for Advanced Composition (3cr.)  (DLE and Capstone)
MUSC 484 - Recording Techniques (3cr.)   MUSC 431 - Orchestration (2cr.)  
MUSC 495 - Analysis and Interpretation (3cr.)   Breadth Requirement (7/8)
Breadth Requirement (6/8) Breadth Requirement (8/8)
Credits: 17 Credits: 13
Total Credits: 131
 
Minimum grade of C- required in all Major requirements.
     * See program page for approved courses.
 

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.