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Music Composition, B.Mus. Four-Year Degree Map for Bulletin Year 2023-2024 First Year Fall Classes - 16 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits ENGL 1010: English Composition I Pathways Required Core 3 ENGL 1012: English Composition II Pathways Required Core 3 Math & Quantitative Reasoning Pathways Required Core 3 Life & Physical Sciences Pathways Required Core 3 MUSC 1300: Its Language, History, and Culture Major (Also satisfies Pathways Creative Expression) 3 MUSC 3235: Theory I: Eighteenth-Century Studies Major 3 MUSC 1400: Fundamentals of Music Major (Also satisfies Pathways Creative Expression) 3 MUSC 3211: Introductory Studies in Musicianship: Ear Training I Major 2 MUSC 3221: Keyboard workshop I Major 1 MUSC 3222: Keyboard Workshop II Major 1 MUSC 3251: Composition I Major 3 MUSC 3252: Composition II Major 3 Second Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 14 credits Credits Individual & Society Pathways Flexible Core 3 MUSC 3213: Nineteenth-Century Studies: Ear Training III Major 2 U.S. Experience in Its Diversity Pathways Flexible Core 3 MUSC 3224: Keyboard Workshop IV Major 1 MUSC 3212: Eighteenth-Century Studies: Ear Training II Major 2 MUSC 3237: Theory III: Modern and Contemporary Studies Major 3 MUSC 3223: Keyboard Workshop III Major 1 MUSC 3241W: Music History and Score Analysis I: Ancient Music through 1750 Major 4 MUSC 3236: Advanced Keyboard Workshop 2 Major 3 MUSC 3700-81 Major 1 MUSC 3253: Composition III Major 3 MUSC 3254: Composition IV Major 3 Third Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits MUSC 3214: Twentieth-Century Studies: Ear Training IV Major 2 Scientific World Pathways Flexible Core 3 MUSC 3225 or 3791 Major (MUSC 3225 recommended) 2 World Cultures & Global Issues Pathways Flexible Core 3 MUSC 3242: Music History and Score Analysis II: Late 18th and 19th Century Major 4 MUSC 3226 or 3792 Major (MUSC 3226 recommended) 2 MUSC 3700-81 Major 1 MUSC 3243: Music History and Score Analysis III: Twentieth-Century to the Present Major 4 MUSC 3255: Composition V Major 3 MUSC 3256: Composition VI Major 3 MUSC 3315: Orchestration Major 3 Fourth Year Fall Classes - 15 credits Credits Spring Classes - 15 credits Credits College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 College Option Pathways College Option 3 MUSC 4430 through 4479, or MUSC 4900-level seminar Major 3 General Elective General Elective (MUSC 4862 recommended as Honors Elective) 3 General Elective General Elective (MUSC 4861 recommended as Honors Elective) 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 General Elective General Elective 3 Degree Details 36 Pathways Credits* 69 Major Credits 15 General Elective Credits Students may apply a minor towards their general elective credits. 120 Total Credits *The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Music Composition major includes two courses (MUSC 1300 and MUSC 1400) that also satisfy Pathways requirements. Therefore, students majoring in Music Composition only need to complete 36 additional Pathways credits. The major recommends foreign language or proficiency in addition to the courses listed above. A faculty approved portfolio and approval of the Conservatory faculty are also required for the degree. The portfolio will consist of representative works from required (Music 3251 through Music 3256), elective, and honors composition courses. Students must submit a portfolio of work for review by a music composition jury at the end of each semester of MUSC 3251-3256 or 4861-4862 (Music Composition). A special jury for students in MUSC 3252 includes evaluation of overall progress in the program, on the basis of which permission to continue in the music composition program is granted or denied. Students who wish to be considered for performance lessons, MUSC 3791 and 3792, in place of advanced keyboard classes, MUSC 3225 and 3226, must demonstrate proficiency in an audition no later than the beginning of their junior year. Final approval will be given by the director. All MUSC courses offered to satisfy the requirements for a major in Music must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Music majors must meet with their advisor in the department prior to every semester in order to review their degree progress and to receive registration permissions for their MUSC courses in the following term. The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied. In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis. Contact Information Department of Music 423 Whitehead Hall Douglas Cohen, Asst. Director dcohen@brooklyn.cuny.edu Go back to the Degree Maps List
36 Pathways Credits*
69 Major Credits
15 General Elective Credits
Students may apply a minor towards their general elective credits.
120 Total Credits
*The Pathways curriculum is typically 42 credits. However, the Music Composition major includes two courses (MUSC 1300 and MUSC 1400) that also satisfy Pathways requirements. Therefore, students majoring in Music Composition only need to complete 36 additional Pathways credits.
The major recommends foreign language or proficiency in addition to the courses listed above. A faculty approved portfolio and approval of the Conservatory faculty are also required for the degree. The portfolio will consist of representative works from required (Music 3251 through Music 3256), elective, and honors composition courses.
Students must submit a portfolio of work for review by a music composition jury at the end of each semester of MUSC 3251-3256 or 4861-4862 (Music Composition). A special jury for students in MUSC 3252 includes evaluation of overall progress in the program, on the basis of which permission to continue in the music composition program is granted or denied.
Students who wish to be considered for performance lessons, MUSC 3791 and 3792, in place of advanced keyboard classes, MUSC 3225 and 3226, must demonstrate proficiency in an audition no later than the beginning of their junior year. Final approval will be given by the director.
All MUSC courses offered to satisfy the requirements for a major in Music must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Music majors must meet with their advisor in the department prior to every semester in order to review their degree progress and to receive registration permissions for their MUSC courses in the following term.
The four-year degree map is designed to help you take the right courses in the right order so you can graduate in four years. It also helps you distinguish what courses qualify as Pathways courses, or Major courses, or General Elective courses. Ideally, you should follow the four-year degree map as closely as possible, but you are free to make some adjustments so long as the prerequisite requirements are satisfied.
In conjunction with the four-year degree map, you should review Degree Works, and the Brooklyn College website, for an approved list of courses in your major. Overall, it is best to review your academic plan with your advisor on a regular basis.
Department of Music 423 Whitehead Hall Douglas Cohen, Asst. Director dcohen@brooklyn.cuny.edu
