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Bachelor of Music – Composition

BM Degree Total

125 credits

Music Course Total	85 credits
General Education Course Total	30 credits
Unrestricted Elective Credits⁶	10 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Composition Lessons¹

2

2

4

Composition Seminar

1

1

2

MUS 51X0 or MUS 52X0

Ensembles²

1

1

2

Orchestration I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Theory I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Aural Skills I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills I & II

2

2

4

Performance Hour

0

0

0

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

First Year Seminar³

3

-

3

Writing About...⁴

-

3

3

Year One Total

16

15

31

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Composition Lessons¹

2

2

4

Composition Seminar

1

1

2

Counterpoint I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV

1

1

2

Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills III & IV

2

2

4

History of Musical Styles I & II

3

3

6

Performance Hour

0

0

0

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

Self, Society and Cosmos

3

-

3

Paths to the Present (choose one course)

-

3

3

Year Two Total

17

16

33

Year Three

Fall

Spring

Composition Lessons¹

2

2

4

Composition Seminar

1

1

2

Music Technology: Synthesis and Multimedia

2

-

2

Music Technology: Digital Audio and Recording

-

2

2

MUS 361X or MUS 362X

Theory Analysis Elective

2

-

2

MUS 371X or MUS 372X

Music History/Literature Elective

-

2

2

Career Development Seminar I & II

1

1

2

Performance Hour

0

0

0

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

General Education Requirement (2 courses)

3

3

6

General Education Requirement

-

3

3

Year Three Total

12

14

26

Year Four

Fall

Spring

Composition Lessons¹

2

2

4

Composition Seminar

1

1

2

Graduation Recital

-

1

1

Film Composition

2

-

2

Instrumental Conducting I & II

2

2

4

MUS 371X or MUS 372X

Music History/Literature Elective

2

-

2

Intensive Arts Projects

1

-

1

General Education Requirement (2 courses)

3

3

6

General Education Requirement

-

3

3

Year Four Total

13

12

25

Unrestricted Elective Credits⁵

10

¹Lessons earn either 2 or 3 credits, determined by the concentration teacher with approval of the Dean of the School of Music (or designee).

²Any combination of MUS 51X0 and MUS 52X0 may be used to fulfill the minimum requirement.

³FYS 1100: First Year Seminar may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁴ENG 1200: Writing About… may be taken during either the fall or spring semester.

⁵Unrestricted Elective Credits may be fulfilled at any time during the four years of the program using any course offered on the UNCSA campus. Courses offered by an Arts 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 Arts School offering the course.