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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

Credits per Semester |

Total Credits

Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars

3

3

6

Ensembles²

1

1

2

Ensembles

Instrumentation

2

-

2

Counterpoint: Modal

-

2

2

Music Technology: Synthesis and Multimedia

-

2

2

Introduction to Recording & Music Technology

2

-

2

Foundations of Music: Theory I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Keyboard Skills I & II

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Aural Skills I & II

2

2

4

Performance Hour

0

0

0

First Year Seminar³

3

-

3

Writing About...⁴

-

3

3

Year One Total

17

17

34

Year Two

Fall

Spring

Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars

4

4

8

Professional Pathways for Musicians

1

-

1

Counterpoint: Diatonic & Beyond

2

-

2

Orchestration

-

2

2

Foundations of Music: Theory III & IV

2

2

4

Foundations of Music: Aural Skills III & IV

1

1

2

History of Musical Styles I & II

3

3

6

Performance Hour

0

0

0

Critical Dialogues

3

-

3

Paths to the Present (choose one course)

-

3

3

Year Two Total

16

15

31

Year Three

Fall

Spring

Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars

4

4

8

Music Technology: Digital Audio and Recording

-

2

2

Foundations of Music: Theory V

2

-

2

Foundations of Music: Aural Skills V

1

-

1

Introduction to Conducting

2

-

2

Instrumental Conducting II

-

2

2

Performance Hour

0

0

0

General Education Requirement (2 courses)⁵

3

3

6

General Education Requirement⁵

-

3

3

Unrestricted Elective Credits¹

2

2

4

Year Three Total

14

16

30

Year Four

Fall

Spring

Major Applied Study: Composition Lessons & Seminars

3

3

6

Composition Recital & Thesis Presentation

-

1

1

Film Composition

2

-

2

General Education Requirement (2 courses)⁵

3

3

6

General Education Requirement⁵

-

3

3

Unrestricted Elective Credits¹

4

3

7

Year Four Total

12

13

25

¹Unrestricted 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.

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.

⁵General Education

UNCSA Liberal Arts Core:

3 credits FYS 1100: First Year Seminar
3 credits ENG 1200: Writing About …
3 credits HUM 2100: Critical Dialogues
3 credits HUM 2102-2112: Paths to the Present

3 credits Social or Behavioral Sciences
(Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology)

3 credits Language, Literature, and Culture
(Writing, Literature, English, Foreign Language, Communication)

3 credits Humanities
(History, Humanities, Art History, Philosophy, Theater History)

3 credits Math or Science (Math, Science)

6 credits General Education Electives/Interdisciplinary courses (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).