Nursing
Bachelor of Music
Coursework Location(s)
Main/Tucson
Areas of Interest
- Arts & Media
- Education & Human Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies
Let your imagination pave the way for a profession in musical composition, a field that touches human emotions in myriad ways from powerful film scores to moving philharmonic performances. The Bachelor of Music in Performance major with a Composition emphasis prepares student composers to meet the challenges and opportunities of an ever-changing profession. The Fred Fox School of Music offers coursework in which students receive intensive private instruction in music composition in traditional and electro-acoustic media from award-winning faculty members. In addition, students take classes in music theory, improvisation, music history, orchestration and conducting. The faculty strives to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the aesthetics of musical design and the operations of creators, performers and listeners as they use music to shape their world.
Sample Courses
- MUS 110A: Piano Class I
- MUS 240: Introduction to Music Composition
- MUS 422: Jazz Arranging
Career Fields
- Artistic direction
- Composition
- Education
- Film and television
- Media
Level of Math
LEVEL OF SECOND LANGUAGE
Pre-major Required?
NO
Sample Plans 2020 - Nursing
First Year
1st Semester
Credits
ENGL 101 First-Year Composition
3.00
MATH
3.00
MUS 110A Piano Class
1.00
MUS 120A Musical Skills and Structure I
3.00
MUS 130A Introduction to Music Literature
2.00
MUS 200 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 182 Individual Studies
2.00
Second Language
4.00
2nd Semester
Credits
ENGL 102 First-Year Composition
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
MUS 110B Piano Class
1.00
MUS 120B Musical Skills and Structure I
3.00
MUS 130B Introduction to Music Literature
2.00
MUS 200 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 182 Individual Studies
2.00
Second Language
4.00
Second Year
3rd Semester
Credits
Tier I General Education
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
MUS 210A Piano Class
1.00
MUS 220A Musical Skills and Structure II
3.00
MUS 240 Introduction to Music Composition
3.00
MUS 200 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 282 Individual Studies
2.00
4th Semester
Credits
Tier I General Education
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
MUS 210B Piano Class
1.00
MUS 220B Musical Skills and Structure II
3.00
MUS 240 Introduction to Music Composition
3.00
MUS 200 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 282 Individual Studies
2.00
Third Year
5th Semester
Credits
Tier I General Education
3.00
MUS 330A History of Western Music
3.00
MUS 340 Composition
3.00
MUS 370 Introduction to Conducting
2.00
MUS 427A Careers in Music
2.00
MUS 400 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 282 Individual Studies
2.00
6th Semester
Credits
Tier II General Education
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00
MUS 330B History of Western Music
3.00
MUS 340 Composition
3.00
MUS 427B Careers in Music
2.00
MUS 400 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 282 Individual Studies
2.00
Fourth Year
7th Semester
Credits
Tier II General Education
3.00
MUS 420A Counterpoint
3.00
MUS 440 Comositional Techniques
3.00
MUS 441 Electro-Acoustic Music
3.00
MUS 400 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 382 Individual Studies
2.00
8th Semester
Credits
MUS 420B Counterpoint
3.00
MUS 421 Orchestration
3.00
MUS 440 Comositional Techniques
3.00
MUS 442 Electro-Acoustic Studio Resources
3.00
MUS 498 Senior Capstone: Recital
1.00
MUS 400 Large Ensemble
1.00
MUSI 382 Individual Studies
2.00