Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Pre-requisites

MUSC 100 level theory knowledge
Satisfactory entrance level composition/performance skills
Competitive science/math scores on SAT/ACT

Students will be recruited based on Music and Science proficiency.

The curriculum is listed below. Some courses in Engineering will be considered for co-listing in Engineering and Music.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester (18)

• APMS 109 Musicianship Lab I (1)
• MUSC 151 Harmony (3)
• APMS 221 Music Composition/Performance (2)
• ENGL 101 Writing (4)
• MATH 121 Calculus I (4)
• PHYS 131 General Physics I and Lab (4)

Spring Semester (17)

• APMS 110 Musicianship Lab II (1)
• MUSC 152 Advanced Harmony (3)
• APMS 221 Music Composition /Performance (2)
• CPST 322 Object-Oriented Programming with Java (3)
• MATH 122 Calculus II (4)
• PHYS 132 General Physics II and Lab (4)

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester (18)

• APMS 210 Musicianship Lab III (1)
• MUSC 201 Tonal Theory (3)
• MUSC 231 Electronic Music History (3)
• ENGR 201 Circuits I (3)
• MATH 221 Calculus III (4)
• Foreign Language (4)

Spring Semester (17)

• APMS 210 Musicianship Lab IV (1)
• MUSC 202 20th Century Music (3)
• MUSC 230 Computer Applications in Music (3)
• BMEN 273 Biomedical Electronics (3)
• MATH 224 Introduction to Applied Mathematics (4)
• Humanities/Social Science Distribution (3)

Junior Year

Fall Semester (12)

• MUSC 242 World Musics (3)
• CPST 323 Programming in C++ (3)
• BMEN 606 Biomedical Acoustics (3)
• Humanities/Social Science Distribution (3)

Spring Semester (12)

• MUSC 442/642 Algorithmic and Computer Music Composition (3)
• CPST 360 IT Hardware and Software Fundamentals (3)
• MUSC 334 History of Jazz (3)
• Humanities/Social Science Distribution (3)

Senior Year

Fall Semester (12)

• MUSC 491 Senior Design Project I (3)
• MUSC 440/640 Music and Digital Signal Processing (3)
• MUSC 337 Studies in the Great Composers (3)
• Humanities/Social Science Distribution (3)

Spring Semester (12)

• MUSC 492 Senior Design Project II (3)
• MUSC 441/641 Music Performance System (3)
• MUSC 4XX Elective (3)
• MUSC 4XX Elective (3)