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Bachelor of Music – Composition

BM Degree Total

120 credits

Music Course Total	81 credits
General Education Course Total	30 credits
Unrestricted Elective Credits⁶	9 credits

Year One

Fall

Spring

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Composition Lessons¹

2

2

4

Composition Seminar

1

1

2

Orchestration I & II

2

2

4

MUS 51X0 or MUS 52X0

MUS 51X0 or MUS 52X0

Ensembles²

1

1

2

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

First Year Seminar³

3

-

3

Writing About...⁴

-

3

3

Year One Total

15

15

30

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

Self, Society and Cosmos

3

-

3

Paths to the Present (choose one course)

-

3

3

Year Two Total

16

16

32

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

Theory Analysis Elective

2

-

2

Music History/Literature Elective

2

-

2

Career Development Seminar I & II

1

1

2

Performance Hour

0

0

0

General Education Requirement (2 courses)

3

3

6

General Education Requirement

-

3

3

Year Three Total

13

12

25

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

Music History/Literature Elective

2

-

2

General Education Requirement (2 courses)

3

3

6

General Education Requirement

-

3

3

Year Four Total

12

12

24

Unrestricted Elective Credits⁵

9

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.