Music Composition, Minor

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Prerequisite Course

From the catalog

All students can take a music theory placement exam. Students who do not place into MUSC 1201 must first take the following:

• MUSC 1119 — Fundamentals of Western Music Theory

Required Courses

• MUSC 1001 — Music in Everyday Life
• MUSC 1201 — Music Theory 1
• One of:
  • MUSC 1301 — Introduction to Music Composition
  • MUSC 2420 — Music Composition Seminar 1

Electives

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • One of:
    • MUSC 1202 — Music Theory 2
    • MUSC 1204 — Analyzing Popular Genres
  • MUSC 2150 — Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation
  • MUSC 2420 — Music Composition Seminar 1
  • MUSC 2425 — Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage
  • MUSC 3541 — Music Analysis Seminar
  • MUST 1220 — Introduction to Music Technology
  • MUST 2102 — Composing with Digital Technologies
  • MUST 2320 — Sound Design

Required Courses (2)

• One of:
  • MUSC 1202 — Music Theory 2
  • MUSC 1204 — Analyzing Popular Genres
• One of:
  • MUSC 2420 — Music Composition Seminar 1
  • MUSC 3541 — Music Analysis Seminar

Electives (2)

From the catalog

Complete three of the following:

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • MUSC 1301 — Introduction to Music Composition
  • MUSC 2150 — Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation
  • MUSC 2420 — Music Composition Seminar 1
  • MUSC 2425 — Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage
  • MUSI 2101 — Demo Production for Songwriters
  • MUST 1220 — Introduction to Music Technology
  • MUST 2102 — Composing with Digital Technologies
  • MUST 2320 — Sound Design

GPA requirements

• 2.000 GPA required in the minor

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under music-composition-minor, and the official page is the authority.