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Bachelor of Music – Composition

BM Degree Total

120 credits

Music Course Total	79 credits
General Education Course Total	30 credits
Unrestricted Elective Credits⁶	11 credits

Year One
Fall	Spring	Course Title	Credits per Semester \|		Total Credits
MUS 3072	MUS 3072	Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars	3	3	6
MUS 51X0	MUS 51X0 or	Ensembles²	1	1	2
MUS 52X0	MUS 52X0	Ensembles
MUS 3813		Instrumentation	2	-	2
	MUS 3823	Counterpoint: Modal	-	2	2
	MUS 3471	Music Technology: Synthesis and Multimedia	-	2	2
MUS 1301		Introduction to Recording & Music Technology	2	-	2
MUS 1613	MUS 1614	Foundations of Music: Theory I & II	2	2	4
MUS 1631	MUS 1632	Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills I & II	2	2	4
MUS 1623	MUS 1624	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills I & II	2	2	4
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0	0	0
FYS 1000		Making & Reflecting	3	-	3
	ENG 1200 or	Writing About...	-	3	3
	FYS 1200	Engaging & Responding:
Year One Total			17	17	34
Year Two
Fall	Spring
MUS 3072	MUS 3072	Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars	4	4	8
MUS 2301		Professional Pathways for Musicians	1	-	1
MUS 3824		Counterpoint: Diatonic & Beyond	2	-	2
	MUS 3814	Orchestration	-	2	2
MUS 2613	MUS 2614	Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV	2	2	4
MUS 2623	MUS 2624	Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV	1	1	2
MUS 2711	MUS 2712	History of Musical Styles I & II	3	3	6
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0	0	0
HUM 2100		Critical Dialogues (FAD)	3	-	3
	HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	-	3	3
Year Two Total			16	15	31
Year Three
Fall	Spring
MUS 3072	MUS 3072	Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars	4	4	8
	MUS 3472	Music Technology: Digital Audio and Recording	-	2	2
MUS 2615		Foundations of Music: Theory V	2	-	2
MUS 2625		Foundations of Music: Aural Skills V	1	-	1
MUS 3880		Introduction to Conducting	2	-	2
	MUS 3882	Instrumental Conducting II	-	2	2
MUS 1090	MUS 1090	Performance Hour	0	0	0
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)³	3	3	6
		General Education Requirement³	-	3	3
		Unrestricted Elective Credits¹	2	2	4
Year Three Total			14	16	30
Year Four
Fall	Spring
MUS 3072	MUS 3072	Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars	3	3	6
	MUS 4082	Composition Recital & Thesis Presentation	-	1	1
MUS 3473		Film Composition	2	-	2
		General Education Requirement (2 courses)³	3	3	6
		General Education Requirement³	-	3	3
		Unrestricted Elective Credits¹	4	3	7
Year Four Total			12	13	25

Unrestricted Elective Credits may be fulfilled at any time during teh four years of the program using any course offered on the UNCSA campus. Courses offered by an Art School other than Music must receive approval of both the Dean of the School of Music (or designee) and the Dean (or designee) of the Art School offering the course.

Any combination of MUS 51X0 and MUS 52X0 may be used to fulfill the minimum requirement.

General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hours
FYS 1000	First Year Seminar: Making and Reflecting	3 credit hours
ENG 1200 or FYS 1200	Writing About /Engaging and Responding	3 credit hours
HUM 2100	Critical Dialogues (Foundations of American Democracy)	3 credit hours
HUM 2200	Paths to the Present	3 credit hours
SOC, ATY, or PSY	Social or Behavioral Sciences	3 credit hours
LIT, WRI, ENG, FRE, GER, ITA, or COM	Language, Literature, and Culture	3 credit hours
HIS, HUM, ARH, PHI, or THH	Humanities or History	3 credit hours
MAT or SCI	Math or Science	3 credit hours
Gen Ed Electives	Choice of General Education Electives*	6 credit hours

*General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (ARE, ARH, ARM, ATY, COM, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, LIT, MAT, MST, PHI, PSY, SCI, SOC, TAI, THH, WRI) This includes courses offered by the Division of Liberal Arts, and with specific permission by the Dean of Liberal Arts, can include courses offered by one of the Art Schools, provided that the course is outside the student's major area of concentration (Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Film, or Music).