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Music Composition—Bachelor of Music

Degree: Bachelor of Music

Website: Department of Music

College/School: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 

Apply to UIW: Application for the Bachelor of Music in Composition

Accreditation: National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Bachelor of Music in Composition

The Bachelor of Music in Composition is a professional degree program that prepares students for careers as composers and/or for graduate studies in composition and related fields such as film composing and music theory. Successful completion of this degree requires that the candidate give a public recital of his or her original compositions. To enter the program, students must be able to read notated music and demonstrate strong technical proficiency in voice or on an instrument. Composition students at UIW concentrate on concert music, although instruction in film, popular, and experimental styles is also available through courses in electronic music.

Admissions

Admission to the Bachelor of Music in Composition degree program is a two-fold process.

Requirements: 

  1. Admission to the University of the Incarnate Word.
  2. Admission, through audition, to the Department of Music.

Students who, at the time of their entrance audition, are deemed unprepared for freshman-level MUAP lessons or MUSI courses may be placed in one or more of the following courses: MUAP 1144, MUSI 1311, MUSI 1381, MUSI 1100, MUSI 1300. These courses are prerequisites to the pursuit of a music degree at UIW and are not counted as part of the degree or as free electives.

Bachelor of Music in Composition Degree Plan

Note: All entering freshmen seeking the Bachelor of Music in Composition emphasis must register for either MUAP 1176 or MUAP 1154 and must register for a major ensemble.

UIW Undergraduate Core Curriculum

UIW core coursework is required. Review the Undergraduate Core Curriculum Here and review the degree plans for each concentration for scheduling of the core curriculum classwork. In addition, 45 Community Service hours are part of all bachelor's degree programs. See Community Service.

 

UIW Core Curriculum 
 Composition and Rhetoric  6 credit hours 
 Literature and Art 6 credit hours 
 Science and Mathematics 7 credit hours 
 History and Behavioral Science 6 credit hours 
 Philosophy and Religion  9 credit hours 
 Second Language  6 credit hours 
 Wellness and Physical Education  3 credit hours
  43 total core credit hours
   
 Community Service  45 clock hours (non-credit) 

Musicianship

The degree program requires 48 credit hours in musicianship.

MUSI 1110 must be completed twice.

MUSI 1110Freshman Music Seminar

1
MUSI 1191Aural Skills I

1
MUSI 1192Aural Skills II

1
MUSI 2193Advanced Aural Skills III

1
MUSI 2194Advanced Aural Skills IV

1
MUSI 1321Music Theory I

3
MUSI 1322Music Theory II

3
MUSI 2323Music Theory III

3
MUSI 3324Music Theory IV

3
MUSI 1111Keyboard Skills I

1
MUSI 1121Keyboard Skills II

1
MUSI 2110Keyboard Skills III

1
MUSI 2120Keyboard Skills IV

1
MUSI 3323Orchestration

3
MUSI 3327Counterpoint

3
MUSI 3341Music History I

3
MUSI 3342Music History II

3
And
MUSI 3348Studies in World Music

3
Or
MUSI 3351Music in Asian Theater

3
And
MUSI 4323Form and Analysis

3
MUSI 4341Research and Writing in Music

3
MUSI 4344Conducting

3
MUST 2325Studio Arranging

3
Total Credit Hours:48

 

Applied Music

16 credit hours of applied music are required.

 

Total Credit Hours:16

Principal Instrument or Voice

10 credit hours are required in principal instrument or voice.

Total Credit Hours:10
Vocal Track
MUAP 1176Private Instruction: Voice

1
MUAP 1177Private Instruction: Voice

1
MUAP 2276Private Instruction: Voice

2
MUAP 2277Private Instruction: Voice

2
MUAP 3276Private Instruction: Voice

2
MUAP 3277Private Instruction: Voice

2
Total Credit Hours:10
Instrumental Track
MUAP 1154Private Instruction: Instrumental

1
MUAP 1155Private Instruction: Instrumental

1
MUAP 2254Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 2255Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 3254Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 3255Private Instruction: Instrumental

2
MUAP 4254Instrumental Private Instruction VII

2
MUAP 4255Instrumental Private Instruction VIII

2
Total Credit Hours:10

Major Ensembles

6 credit hours of major ensembles. Ensembles are Cardinal Band, Cardinal Chorale, Orchestra or Wind Ensemble.

Total Credit Hours:6

Composition Instruction and Recital

12 credit hours Composition Instruction and Recital are required.

Total Credit Hours:12

Private Instruction in Composition

MUAP 2256Private Instruction: Composition

2
MUAP 2257Private Instruction: Composition

2
MUAP 3256Private Instruction: Composition

2
MUAP 3257Private Instruction: Composition

2
Total Credit Hours:12
Recital Requirement

Recital: Students seeking a Bachelor of Music in Composition will perform a senior composition recital that will be at least 1/2 hour in duration. See Recital Policies in the UIW Department of Music Student Handbook.

MUAP 4090Composition Recital

0

 

General Electives

General elective coursework is required to meet the minimum 120 credit hours for this degree program.