Undergraduate Course Curriculum
Composition and Theory Degree
|
| First Year |
|
Semester 1 |
|
Semester 2 |
| Concert Music |
|
0 |
|
0 |
| Composers' Forum |
|
0 |
|
0 |
| Basic Composition |
|
2 |
|
2 |
| Honors Music Theory |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Honors Ear-Training and Sight-Singing |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Applied Music |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Musical Organization |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Group Piano |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Freshman Writing |
|
4 |
|
-- |
| Liberal Arts Elective |
|
-- |
|
4 |
| French or German |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Total |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
| Second Year |
|
Semester 1 |
|
Semester 2 |
| Composers' Forum |
|
0 |
|
0 |
| Composition |
|
2 |
|
2 |
| Honors Music Theory |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Honors Ear-Training and Sight-Singing |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Modal Counterpoint |
|
2 |
|
-- |
| Tonal Counterpoint |
|
-- |
|
2 |
| Applied Music |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Music Organization |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| French or German |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Total |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
| Third Year |
|
Semester 1 |
|
Semester 2 |
| Composers' Forum |
|
0 |
|
0 |
| Composition |
|
2 |
|
2 |
| Instrumentation |
|
2 |
|
2 |
| Honors Music Theory |
|
2 |
|
-- |
| Contemporary Techniques |
|
-- |
|
2 |
| Applied Music |
|
2 |
|
2 |
| Musical Organization |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Conducting |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Music History |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| English Literature |
|
4 |
|
4 |
| Total |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
| Fourth Year* |
|
Semester 1 |
|
Semester 2 |
| Composers' Forum |
|
0 |
|
0 |
| Senior Composition |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Fugue |
|
2 |
|
-- |
| Analytical Techniques |
|
2 |
|
-- |
| Applied Music |
|
2 |
|
2 |
| Musical Organization |
|
1 |
|
1 |
| Music History |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Liberal Arts Elective |
|
-- |
|
4 |
| Elective |
|
3 |
|
3 |
| Total |
|
16 |
|
16 |
*Semesters may be reversed