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Bachelor of Music Theory and Composition
Summary of Requirements

REQUIRED COURSES IN MUSIC
Course # Course Title Hours
AM ___
Principal Instrument or Voice
8
AM 023, 024 Keyboard Skills 3, 4 (or music electives if Piano principal) 2
ES ____
Major Ensemble 6
ES 308 New Music Ensemble (1,1) 2
JC 100, 200, 300, 400 Recital Attendance
0
ME 345 Exploring the Digital Arts 2
ME ____
Secondary Instrument Class (1,1) 2
MH 305, 306, 307W*, 308 Music History & Literature 1, 2, 3, 4 10
MH 406 History of Musical Styles or MH Electives 2
MT 101, 102, 201, 202 Music Theory 1, 2, 3, 4
8
MT 111, 112, 211, 212 Aural Skills 1, 2, 3, 4 4
MT 308 Orchestration 2
MT 311 Basic Conducting 2
MT 313 Form & Analysis 3
MT 317 Counterpoint 3
MT 319 Introduction to Composition
3
MT 419 Composition (3,3,3,3,3) 15
MT ____ Composition Recital 0
AM/ES/ME/MH/MT Music Electives 8
  TOTAL REQUIRED COURSES IN MUSIC 82



CORE CURRICULUM (remaining requirements)
Course # Course Title Hours
EN 102; ID 103; SH 102; PE 101, 102

10
ID 201, 202 Change & Tradition

6
Divisions 1,3,4,5 Humanities, SocSciences, NatSciences, Mathematics 14
  TOTAL CORE CURRICULUM
30
  FREE ELECTIVES
24
  TOTAL CREDIT HOURS
136

* MH 307W, when taken in the junior or senior year, fulfills the university's writing intensive requirement.

Students are required to attend eight (8) approved performances each semester that they are a full-time student.