Sample Curriculum
Bachelor of Music-Composition
(194 total credit hours)
Required Common Curriculum
First-Year Seminar
Academic Writing
Writing and Research
Analytical Inquiry:
Natural & Physical World
Scientific Inquiry:
Natural & Physical World
-orForeign Language
Analytical Inquiry:
Society & Culture
Scientific Inquiry:
Society & Culture
ASEM
Common Curriculum Total
Elective Requirements
Electives
4
4
4
4
8
8
8
4
44
18
-Free electives may be music or non-music
-or-
Optional Minor
Minor (optional)
20-28
-Minor credits will count as elective
credits
Additional Requirements
Sophomore Performance
Proficiency Exam°
Performance of a new work on the
Lamont Composers Concert once
per quarter (1st quarter exception)
Convocation Attendance
Required Music Curriculum
Music Technology
Music Theory I
Aural Skills I
Music Theory II
Aural Skills II
Foundations of Musicology
Musicology Survey
Basic Conducting
Applied Lessons
Ensembles
Composition Seminar
Area Requirements
Music Curriculum Total
4
6
6
6
6
3
15
2
48
12
12
12
132
 Theory and Aural Skills are taken
simultaneously
 Applied lessons must be on major
instrument/voice with assigned instructor
Piano Proficiency
Class Piano
(0-12)
-Jazz at the Keyboard may be substituted for
Class Piano III
Area Requirements
Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis
Choose any:
-Advance Composition
-Form and Analysis
-Intro. to Schenkerian Analysis
-Orchestration
-Rhythm and Meter in Tonal Music
-Theories of Classical Form
-Tonal Counterpoint
Total Degree Hours
194
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