Program Overview

Academic Map

The Academic Map is a term-by-term sample course schedule designed to keep students on track to graduate in four years. The milestones listed to the right of each term are necessary for timely progress to complete a major.

Music Composition

Program Overview

The Music Composition program is available only at the main campus in Tallahassee, FL, and is not available via Online/Distance Learning. Admission to this program requires a successful audition on an appropriate instrument or voice.

Sample Schedule and Required Milestones by Term

The following is a sample schedule and required milestones for each term:

Term 1

• ENC1101 Freshman Composition (3 hours)
• 1st GE Core Mathematics (3 hours)
• MUN2XXX Ensemble course (1 hour)
• MUS1010 Student Recital Attendance (0 hours)
• MUT1111 Basic Theory I (3 hours)
• MUT1241L Sight Singing I (1 hour)
• MV_131X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)
• MVK1111A Class Piano 1

Required Milestones:

• Complete ENC1101 ( C minus)

Term 2

• ENC2135 Research, Genre, and Context (3 hours)
• 2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics (3 hours)
• MUS1010 Student Recital Attendance (0 hours)
• MUT1112 Basic Theory II (3 hours)
• MUT1242L Sight Singing II (1 hour)
• MV_131X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)
• MUN2XXX Ensemble course (1 hour)
• MVK1111B Class Piano 1

Required Milestones:

• Complete ENC2135 ( C minus)
• Complete 1st GE Mathematics course ( C minus)

Term 3

• MUC2221 Composition (2 hours)
• MUL2110 Survey of Music Literature or MUH2512 Music Cultures of the World (2 hours)
• MUN2XXX Ensemble course (1 hour)
• MUS1010 Student Recital Attendance (0 hours)
• MUT2116 Basic Theory III (3 hours)
• MUT2246L Sight Singing III (1 hour)
• MV_232X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)
• MVK2121A Class Piano 1

Required Milestones:

• Complete 2nd GE Mathematics or Statistics course ( C minus)
• Complete MUT1111
• Complete MUT1241L

Term 4

• MUC2221 Composition (2 hours)
• MUL2110 Survey of Music Literature or MUH2512 Music Cultures of the World (2 hours)
• MUS1010 Student Recital Attendance (0 hours)
• MUT2117 Basic Theory IV (3 hours)
• MUT2247L Sight Singing IV (1 hour)
• MV_232X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)
• MUS2360 Introduction to Technology in Music (1 hour)
• MVK2121B Class Piano 1
• GE Social Science (Writing/E-Series/SIP/Div) (3 hours)

Required Milestones:

• Complete MUT1112
• Complete MUT1242L
• Complete at least second semester of MUS1010

Term 5

• MUC3231 Composition (3 hours)
• MUH2111 Survey of Music History I (3 hours)
• MUN4XXX Ensemble course (1 hour)
• MUS1010 Student Recital Attendance (0 hours)
• MUT3421 Eighteenth Century Counterpoint (3 hours)
• MVK3131A Class Piano 1
• MV_333X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)
• MUS3541 Digital Music Synthesis (3 hours)
• MUG3104 Conducting (1 hour)

Required Milestones:

• Complete MUL2110
• Civic Literacy requirement

Term 6

• MUC3231 Composition (3 hours)
• MUH3212 Survey of Music History II (3 hours)
• MUN4XXX Ensemble course (1 hour)
• MUS1010 Student Recital Attendance (0 hours)
• MUTXXXX (3 hours)
• MUT3280 Post Tonal Aural Skills (2 hours)
• MVK3131B Class Piano 1
• MV_333X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)

Required Milestones:

• Request progress check in the College of Music

Term 7

• GE Natural Science w/Lab (4 hours)
• MUC4241 Composition (3 hours)
• MUN4XXX Ensemble course (1 hour)
• MUTXXXX (3 hours)
• MUTXXXX (2 hours)
• MV_434X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)

Required Milestones:

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Term 8

• GE Natural Science (3 hours)
• MUC4241 Composition (3 hours)
• MUC4950 Composition Senior Recital (0 hours)
• MUTXXXX (2 hours)
• MV_434X Applied Music Principal (2 hours)
• GE Requirements (SIP/OCCR) (6 hours)

Required Milestones:

• Apply for Graduation in the first two weeks

Employment Information

Salary Information

For more information on salary, refer to national averages and industry standards.

Representative Job Titles Related to this Major

• Composer
• Conductor
• Performer
• Choir or Choral Director
• Instructor

Representative Employers

• Junior Colleges
• Conservatories
• Colleges
• Entertainment Centers
• Universities
• Recording Studios
• Publishers
• Record/Music Companies
• Private Clubs