Training
•Bullet: The Musical Arts composition major takes 16 hours of composition study (COMP 2100/4100), four semesters of 1100-level instrument or voice study (or MUED 1010-1040), Orchestration (MUTH 3110) and eight semesters of any MUSE ensemble
•Bullet: Faculty include Michael Alec Rose (Professor of Composition), Chelsea Loew (Assistant Professor of Composition and Music Theory) and Michael Slayton (Professor of Music Theory and Composition; Area Chair: Composition and Theory)
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Musical Arts composition majors pair 63 credit hours in music with at least 18 hours in a specific discipline outside music: a minor or major in another school, a pre-professional course of study such as pre-med or pre-law, or a self-designed interdisciplinary area approved by the Musical Arts faculty committee
•Bullet: The area of competence outside music is declared no later than the 10th day of the first semester of the junior year
