Advising Course Plan - Music Composition Major with Theory Fundamentals

First Year
Fall		Units
FSEM 100	First Year Seminar	1
MUSC 160	Music Theory Fundamentals I	0.5
MUSC 173	Aural Training I	0.5
MUSC 175	Functional Keyboard I	0.0
MUSC 151	Music Culture	0.5
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
MUSC 279	Introduction to Composition	0.25
MUSC 252	Composition Seminar	0.0
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
	Term Units	3.5
Spring
MUSC 152	Musical Style and Analysis	0.5
MUSC 161	Music Theory Fundamentals II	0.5
MUSC 174	Aural Training II	0.5
MUSC 176	Functional Keyboard II	0.0
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
MUSC 279	Introduction to Composition	0.25
MUSC 252	Composition Seminar	0.0
General Education requirement (any S course) (WE)		1
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
	Term Units	3.5
Second Year
Fall
MUSC 172	Music Theory II	1
MUSC 273	Aural Training III	0.5
MUSC 275	Functional Keyboard III	0.0
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
MUSC 279	Introduction to Composition	0.25
MUSC 252	Composition Seminar	0.0
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
MUSC 277	Conducting I	0.5
General Education requirement (Language 101 or 102L level)		1
	Term Units	4
Spring
MUSC 272	Music Theory IV	1
MUSC 274	Aural Training IV	0.5
MUSC 276	Functional Keyboard IV	0.0
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
MUSC 279	Introduction to Composition	0.25
MUSC 252	Composition Seminar	0.0
MUSA 112	Primary Lower-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
MUSC 259 or DIGA 161A	Technology for Musicians Digital Audio Fundamentals	0.5 or 1
General Education requirement (Language 102L or higher) (or free elective)		1
	Term Units	4 to 4.5
Third Year
Fall
MUSC 271	Music Theory III	1
MUSC 375	Composition I	1
MUSC 252	Composition Seminar	0.0
MUSA 312	Primary Upper-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
MUSC 311	Music History I	1
DIGA 365	Electronic Music and Sound Design I	1
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
	Term Units	4.75
Spring
MUSC 376	Composition II	1
MUSC 225	Keyboard Accompanying II	0.25
MUSA 312	Primary Upper-Division Lessons for Music Majors	0.5
MUSX 362	Junior Recital	0.0
MUSC 312	Music History II	1
MUSC 371 or 471	Counterpoint Advanced Analysis	1
MUSC 300	Career Skills for the Entrepreneurial Musician	0.5
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
	Term Units	4.5
Fourth Year
Fall
MUSC 475	Composition III	1
MUSC 252	Composition Seminar	0.0
MUSA 111	Secondary Lessons for Music Majors	0.25
MUSC Course (Upper Division Music Literature Elective)		1
General Education requirement (any V course) (WE)		1
General Education requirement (any Q course)		1
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
	Term Units	4.5
Spring
MUSC 499	Senior Research Project	1
MUSC 252	Composition Seminar	0.0
MUSC 379	Orchestration and Arranging	1
MUSA 111	Secondary Lessons for Music Majors	0.25
MUSX 462	Senior Recital	0.0
General Education requirement (any H course) (WE)		1
MUSC 371 or 471	Counterpoint Advanced Analysis	1
MUSE Course (Ensemble as assigned)^**		.25
	Term Units	4.5
Total Unit: 33.25 to 33.75

(WE) means a Writing Enhanced course. Any four courses with the WE designation are required for graduation. FSEM and JSEM are automatically WE designated. Students may select Gen Ed courses with or without the WE designation as long as four are taken at some point before graduation. More than four WE courses are suggested in this document, but more than four are not required.

ENSEMBLES: Students must take two semesters of chamber ensemble as part of their “Ensembles as assigned” listed above. Students consult with their advisor and major ensemble conductors as to which semesters will contain chamber ensemble credit. Vocalists and Instrumentalists approach Chamber ensembles differently.

Many students receive music scholarship funds and may be required to perform in ensembles beyond the curricular requirements stated in the catalog.