Theory/Composition Major Checklist

Note that, in the theory/composition program, you must complete 45 hours of 300/400-level classes.

Applied Music

AMUS 115: Individual Instruction (8 credits)
AMUS 315: Individual Instruction (6 credits)
AMUS 333: Recital Seminar (0 credit hours, 8 semesters)
AMUS Ensemble, 8 credit hours minimum total, at least one ensemble per semester
AMUS 350: Composition, 4 credit hours
AMUS 400: Adv. Composition, 2 credit hours

Music

MUS 120: Music Theory I, 3 credit hours
MUS 130: Music Theory II, 3 credit hours
MUS 141: Keyboard Skills I, 2 credit hours
MUS 142: Keyboard Skills II, 2 credit hours
MUS 143: Keyboard Skills III, 2 credit hours
MUS 276: Intro to Music Technology, 3 credit hours
MUS 280: Music Theory III, 3 credit hours
MUS 290: Music Theory IV, 3 credit hours
MUS 307: Conducting, 2 credit hours
MUS 320: Analysis Mus Form, 2 credit hours
MUS 343: Beg. Comp I, 2 credit hours
MUS 350: Tonal Counterpnt, 2 credit hours
MUS 370: Music History I, 3 credit hours
MUS 404: Inst. Arr., 2 credit hours
MUS 470: Music History II, 3 credit hours
MUS 490: Senior Recital, 2 credit hours
Elective in Non-Western Music History/Literature, 3 credit hours (choose from MUS 360, MUS 364, or MUS 450G)

Math

MATH 105: Algebra , 3 credit hours
MATH Elective (MATH), 3 credit hours

English

ENGL 101: Intro Acad Writing, 3 credit hours
ENGL 102: Writing & Research, 3 credit hours
ENGL Elective (LIT), 3 credit hours

Science

Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours
Elective (SCI), 3 credit hours

SCI Elective must be chosen from both biological (BIOL) and physical (CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS) sciences; two courses of which must be from the same science.