BACHELOR OF MUSIC - COMPOSITION (AS OF OCTOBER, 2012) The Bachelor of Music in Composition (43 + 38 + 41 credits = 122 credits minimum) 1. Basic Requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences (must have a total of 43 credits): ___ENGL100 (or110) ExpositoryWriting1 .................................................................................... 3 ___ENGL 200 (or 125) Expository Writing 2 ................................................................................ 3 ___SPCH 106 Public Speaking 1 ................................................................................................... 3 ___PSYCH 110 General Psychology ............................................................................................. 3 ___Any science course ................................................................................................................... 3 ___Primary Modern Language (2 courses) .................................................................................. 10 The remaining 43 credits may be completed in part by fulfilling the K-State requirements. 2. K-State 8 Requirements: Beginning with Fall Semester, 2011, each student must successfully complete credit-bearing courses/ experiences to cover all of the K-State 8 areas. A minimum of four different course prefixes (e.g., AGEC, MATH, FSHS) must be represented in the fulfillment of the K-State 8 requirements. For more information, see http://www.k-state.edu/kstate8/. 3. Major Field Requirements for All Options (38 credits): ___MUSIC 210, Music Theory I .................................................................................................... 3 ___MUSIC 225, Freshman Survey ................................................................................................. 2 ___MUSIC 230, Music Theory II ................................................................................................... 3 ___MUSIC 231, Aural Skills I ....................................................................................................... 1 ___MUSIC 320, Music Theory III ................................................................................................. 3 ___MUSIC 321, Aural Skills II ...................................................................................................... 1 ___MUSIC 322, Aural Proficiency ................................................................................................ 0 ___MUSIC 360, Music Theory IV ................................................................................................. 3 ___MUSIC 361, Aural Skills III ..................................................................................................... 1 ___MUSIC 417, Conducting .......................................................................................................... 2 ___MUSIC 530, Music History I.................................................................................................... 3 ___MUSIC 531, Music History II .................................................................................................. 3 ___MUSIC 532, Music History III ................................................................................................. 3 ___MUSIC 525, Instrumentation and Arranging ........................................................................... 2 ___MUSIC 501, Half Recital ......................................................................................................... 0 ___MUSIC 502, Full Recital .......................................................................................................... 0 ___MUSIC 050, Recital Attendance (seven semesters) ................................................................. 0 ___MUSIC 060, Piano Proficiency ................................................................................................ 0 Participation for credit in a large music ensemble (instrumental or choral, depending on the major performance area) is required each semester (8 credits).* The large music ensembles are: MUSIC 111/400 Concert Choir; MUSIC 112 University Chorus (spring semester only); MUSIC 113/412 University Band (spring semester only); MUSIC 115 Marching Band (fall semester only); MUSIC 116/401 Concert Band; MUSIC 117/402 Wind Ensemble; MUSIC 121/403 Collegiate Chorale; MUSIC 130/404 Symphony Orchestra; MUSIC 135/408 Men’s Glee Club; MUSIC 140/409 Women’s Glee Club 4. Additional Requirements for Composition Major (41): ___MUSIC 255/455, Major Instrument .......................................................................................... 8 ___Piano (or minor instruments if keyboard is the major inst) ...................................................... 4 ___Major Performing Organization (each semester) ___MUSIC 323, 523, Composition (at least 5 credits of 523) ..................................................... 12 ___MUSIC 615, 18th Century Counterpoint .................................................................................. 2 ___MUSIC 616, Theories of Contemporary Music ....................................................................... 2 ___MUSIC 631, Techniques of the Electronic Studio ................................................................... 2 ___MUSIC 632, Digital Sound Synthesis ...................................................................................... 2 ___MUSIC714, Advanced Orchestration ....................................................................................... 2 ___Music Electives ......................................................................................................................... 7 BACHELOR OF MUSIC DEGREE Composition Major Suggested Course of Study For students beginning in the fall of an odd-numbered year: Semester I (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 210 Music Theory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Engl 100 (or 110) Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Psych 110 General Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Spch 106 Public Speaking I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 TOTAL 15 Semester II (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 225 Freshman Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 230 Music Theory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 231 Aural Skills I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Science Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 K-State 8 (or other non-music). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 TOTAL 15 Semester III (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 320 Music Theory III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 321 Aural Skills II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 322 Aural Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Engl 200 (or 125) Expository Writing II . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Modern Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 TOTAL 16 Semester IV (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 323 L-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 360 Music Theory IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 361 Aural Skills III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K-State 8 (or other non-music) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Modern Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 TOTAL 17 Semester V (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 060 Piano Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 323 L-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 *Mus 525 Instrumentation and Arranging . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 530 Music History I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K-State 8 (or other non-music). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Music Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TOTAL 16 Semester VI (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 523 U-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 501 Half Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 531 Music History II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 *Mus 714 Advanced Orchestration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TOTAL 15 Semester VII (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 417 Conducting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 523 U-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 532 Music History III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 615 18th-Century Counterpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 *Mus 631 Tech. of Electronic Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TOTAL 15 Semester VIII (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 502 Full Recital (composition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 523 U-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 *Mus 616 Theories of Contemp. Mus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 *Mus 632 Digital Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K-State 8 (or other non-music) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TOTAL 15 For students beginning in the fall of an even-numbered year: Semester I (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 210 Music Theory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Engl 100 (or 110) Expository Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Psych 110 General Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Spch 106 Public Speaking I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 TOTAL 15 Semester II (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 225 Freshman Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 230 Music Theory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 231 Aural Skills I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Science Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 K-State 8 (or other non-music) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 TOTAL 15 Semester III (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 320 Music Theory III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 321 Aural Skills II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 322 Aural Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Engl 200 (or 125) Expository Writing II . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Modern Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 TOTAL 16 Semester IV (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 255 L-D Perf. (piano, or minor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 323 L-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 360 Music Theory IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 361 Aural Skills III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K-State 8 (or other non-music) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Modern Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 TOTAL 17 Semester V (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 060 Piano Proficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 323 L-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 530 Music History I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 *Mus 631 Tech. of Electronic Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K-State 8 (or other non-music) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Music Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TOTAL 16 Semester VI (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 523 U-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 501 Half Recital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 531 Music History II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 *Mus 632 Digital Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Music Electives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TOTAL 15 Semester VII (odd-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 417 Conducting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 523 U-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 *Mus 525 Instrumentation and Arranging . . . . . . . . . . 2 Mus 532 Music History III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 615 18th-Century Counterpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Elective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TOTAL 15 Semester VIII (even-numbered year) Mus 050 Recital Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mus 455 U-D Perf. (major) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mus 502 Full Recital (composition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Mus 523 U-D Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mus 616 Theories of Contemp. Mus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 *Mus 714 Advanced Orchestration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Music Performance Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K-State 8 (or other non-music) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TOTAL 15 *Mus 525 is the pre-requisite for Mus 714 Mus 631 is offered in fall of even-numbered years Mus 632 is offered in spring of odd-numbered years Mus 714 is offered in spring of even-numbered years NOTE: Courses outside of music include basic requirements for College of Arts and Sciences, K-State 8, and electives to total a minimum of 43 hours outside of music.