School of
Music and Dance
Bachelor of Music in Composition/Electro-Acoustic Composition
Professional Degree
| Aural Skills (highly recommended) | ||
| M106A | 1 unit | Introduction to Aural Skills I |
| M106B | 1 unit | Introduction to Aural Skills II |
| M206A | 1 unit | Aural Skills I |
| M206B | 1 unit | Aural Skills II |
| Music Technology | ||
| M104 | 1 unit | Music Technology I |
| M204 | 1 unit | Music Technology II |
| Class Piano | ||
| M110A | 1 unit | Class Piano I |
| M110B | 1 unit | Class Piano II |
| M110C | 1 unit | Class Piano III |
| M110D | 1 unit | Class Piano IV |
| Keyboard majors will wave M110A and 110B | ||
| Comprehensive Musicianship | ||
| M105 | 2 units (if needed) | Comprehensive Musicianship: Introduction |
| M205A | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Basic Harmony I |
| M205B | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Basic Harmony II |
| M305A | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Renaissance & Baroque Counterpoint |
| M305B | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Classical & Romantic Period Harmony |
| M405A | 3 units | Comprehensive Musicianship: Twentieth-Century Harmony |
| CM History | ||
| M151 | 3 units (GE credit) | Introduction to Music |
| M308A | 2 units | Medieval & Renaissance |
| M308B | 2 units | Baroque & Classical |
| M408A | 2 units | Romantic & Twentieth Century |
| M408B | 2 units | Jazz History & Improvisation |
| Conducting | ||
| M347 | 1 unit | Conducting |
| M348 or M349 | 1 unit | Choral or Instrumental Conducting |
| Performing Ensembles | ||
| M170-189 | 6 units | Performing Ensembles I |
| M369-389 | 6 units | Performing Ensembles II |
| Private Studies in Composition | ||
| M251 | 4 units | Composition |
| M251 | 2 units | Instrumental or Vocal |
| Junior-Level Performance Examination | Must be passed to continue with M451 | |
| M451 | 4 units | Composition |
| M451 | 2 units | Instrumental or Vocal |
| Composition Laboratory | ||
| M207 | 2 units | Lower Division |
| M507 | 2 units | Upper Division |
*An additional 11 elective units (lower and upper division) may be taken from music or other departments. |
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| *Students must attend 12 approved recitals for each semester of private studio instruction at SDSU | ||
| *Students must usher at four approved recitals during the first and second semester and perform for a maximum of eight minutes on a divisional recital each semester during years 2, 3 and 4 excluding the semesters in which the junior and senior recitals are given. | ||
*All students must pass the aural skills examination before graduation (1, 2 and 4-part dictation, error detection, chromatic harmony and sight-singing). |
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| *All students must complete 49 units of General Education. | ||
| *Juries are required for each fall semester of M251 and M451. In the spring students may choose to perform a jury or accept the teacher’s final grade. Voice students are expected to provide an accompanist for lessons, juries and performances. | ||
| Junior Level Examination: submission of composition portfolio to composition committee. | ||
| Students must demonstrate a foreign language equivalency of two university semesters of French, German or Italian. | ||
| Required Music Courses | 72 units | |
| General Education | 49 units | |
| Elective courses | 11 units | |
| Degree Total | 132 units | |