A professional degree designed to prepare undergraduate music composition and recording arts majors to meet the entrance requirements for graduate schools, schools of music, conservatories, and professional pursuits.
Students who complete the B.M. in Music Composition and Recording Arts will be proficient in the following student learning outcomes:
- Compose and arrange music within specific guidelines
- Analyze various musical scores and identify the contrapuntal devices that are used
- Record and produce music with major music software and hardware
- Demonstrate the knowledge of using microphones for live or studio recording projects
- Score and produce music using music notation programs and virtual instruments
- Score music for common orchestral instruments
- Demonstrate the knowledge of the basic theory of musical acoustics
- Demonstrate the knowledge of the applied theory of musical acoustics
Music Core Curriculum
Item #
Title
Hours
2
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3
2
Sub-Total Hours
55
MU 211 and MU 212 must be taken concurrently with MU 217 and MU 218
MU 311 and MU 312 must be taken concurrently with MU 317 and MU 318
Major Requirements
Item #
Title
Hours
Sub-Total Hours
16
Free Electives
Sub-Total Hours
3
Each course taken by the student may be applied to one program: general education, major, minor or free electives.
General Education Requirements
Total Hours
121