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2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Music Major with concentration in Composition


Music, BM
Music Major with concentration in Composition
*Sample Four Year Plan

First Year Fall Semester
SCH
First Year Spring Semester
SCH
APSU 1000-Freshmen Seminar 1 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
History Core 3 COMM 2045-Public Speaking 3
MUS 2030 - World Music 3 MUS 1155-Music Theory II 3
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1156-Ear Training II 1
MUS 1057-Music Theory I 3 MUS 1XXX - Applied Lesson  LD (primary area) 1
MUS 1058-Ear Training I 1 MUS 1XX0-Ensemble 1
MUS 1XX0-Ensemble 1 ENGL 1010-English Composition I 3
MUS 1XXX-Applied Lesson LD (primary area) 1 MUS 1550 - Applied Composition LD 2
MUS 1100 - Applied Piano 1 MUS 1100 - Applied Piano 1
TOTAL SCH 14 TOTAL SCH 15
Second Year Fall Semester
SCH
Second Year Spring Semester
SCH
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
MUS 2055-Music Theory III 3 MUS 2155-Music Theory IV 3
MUS 2056-Ear Training III 1 MUS 2156-Ear Training IV 1
MUS 1XXX - Applied Lesson  LD (primary area) 1 MUS 1XXX - Applied Lesson  LD (primary area) 1
MUS-1XX0-Ensemble 1 MUS 1XX0-Ensemble 1
ENGL 1020 - English Composition or II
MUS 3160 - Intro to Music Technology
3 ENGL 1020-English Composition II or
MUS 3160-Intro to Music Technology
3
MUS 1550 - Composition 2 MUS 1550-Composition 2
MUS 1100 - Applied Piano 1 MUS 1100 - Applied Piano 1
Natural Science Core 4 Natural Science Core 4
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 16
Third Year Fall Semester
SCH
Third Year Spring Semester
SCH
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
MUS 3XXX - Applied Lesson (primary area) 1 MUS 3550 - Applied Composition UD 2
MUS 3XX0 - Ensemble 1 MUS 3810 - Choral Conducting
MUS 3820 - Instrumental Conducting
2
MUS 4810-Orchestration 3 Social and Behavioral Sciences Core 3
MUS 3010-Music History I 3 MUS 3020-Music History 3
MUS 3800-Basic Conducting 2 MATH Core 3
MUS 3550 - Applied Composition UD 2 MUS 3XXX - Applied Lesson (primary area) 1
MUS 4350 Music After 1900 OR
Humanities/Fine Arts Core
3 MUS 3XX0 - Ensemble 1
TOTAL SCH 15 TOTAL SCH 15
Fourth Year Fall Semester
SCH
Fourth Year Spring Semester
SCH
MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0 MUS 1060-Recital Attendance 0
MUS 3550- Applied Composition UD 2 MUS 3550- Applied Composition UD 2
MUS 4350 Music After 1900 OR
Humanities/Fine Arts Core
3 MUS 4120-Music Analysis II 3
ENGL 2330-Topics in World Literature 3 MUS 4950-Senior Recital 2
MUS 4110-Music Analysis I 3 Social and Behavioral Sciences Core 3
MUS 4330 Music Before 1750 OR
History Core
3 History Core or
MUS 4340-Music from 1750-1900
MUS 4460-Music of Many Cultures
3
MUS 3XXX - Applied Lesson (primary area) 1 MUS 3XXX - Applied Lesson (primary area) 1
MUS 3XX0 - Ensemble 1 MUS 3XX0 - Ensemble 1
    Music Elective/Ensemble 1
TOTAL SCH 16 TOTAL SCH 15
    Total Student Credit Hours for Degree 122

*For this degree a student must complete a total of 33 upper division (3000-4999) credit hours.

NOTES:

  •  The Junior level hearing is completed in the Spring Semester
  •  Senior Exit Exam in the Spring semester of senior year.
  • Additional semester of Class Piano may be needed to pass the required proficiency
  • APSU Core courses are listed in a prescribed order