For admission to upper level theory-composition concentrations, a student must have a minimum 3.0 GPA in music courses at the end of the sophomore year. Minimum degree requirement is 128 s.h. as follows:

1. Foundations curriculum requirements (For information about courses that carry foundations curriculum credit see Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum) including those listed below - 42 s.h.

   Recommended:

   PHYS 1050. Physics and the Environment (4) (F,S,SS) (FC:SC)

   PHYS 1090. Physics of Sound (3) (S) (FC:SC)

   PHYS 1091. Physics of Sound Laboratory (1) (S) (FC:SC)
   
   

2. Common core - 58 s.h.

   Core MUSC courses (30 s.h.):

   MUSC 1156 (F), 1166 (S). Basic Musicianship (3,3)

   MUSC 1176 (F), 1186 (S). Basic Musicianship Laboratory (1,1) (C for 1186: MUSC 1166)

   MUSC 1406 (S), 2406 (F), 2416 (S). Music History and Literature (3,3,2) (WI, WI, WI)

   MUSC 2156 (F), 2166 (S). Basic Musicianship (3,3) (P: MUSC 1166)

   MUSC 2176 (F), 2186 (S). Basic Musicianship Laboratory (1,1) (P: MUSC 1186; C for 2176: MUSC 2156; C for 2186: MUSC 2166)

   MUSC 2248. Music of the World’s Peoples (2) (F,S,SS)

   MUSC 3156 (F), 3166 (S). Conducting (1,1) (P: MUSC 2166, 2186)

   MUSC 3176. Basic Musicianship V (2) (WI) (P: MUSC 2166, 2186)

   Applied major (14 s.h.):

   Present half senior recital

   Applied minor (2-6 s.h.):

   MUSC 1105, 1115. Beginning Group Piano (1,1) (F,S)

   MUSC 2105, 2115. Intermediate Group Piano (1,1) (F,S) (P: MUSC 1115)

   (Keyboard majors apply these 4 s.h. toward music electives, resulting in an applied total of 16 s.h. for keyboard majors.)

   2 s.h. minor instrument

   Performance groups (6 s.h.):

   Minimum of 4 semesters large ensemble

   Music majors may count only two semester hours of Marching Band Field Experience (MUSC 1706, 1 s.h.) for large ensemble credit. Marching Band (MUSC 1705, 2 s.h.) may not count toward large ensemble credit for music majors. Music majors taking more than 2 s.h. of MUSC 1706 or 1705 must sign a release form to be made available in the music office and in the SOM Undergraduate Handbook. The form will help clarify that hours above the required 2 s.h. of MUSC 1706 will not count as part of the Music Education degree plan at ECU, and that these extra hours may lead to additional hours on a student’s transcript before graduation.
   
   

3. Composition Concentration area - 30 s.h.
   

   (A full recital of the student’s compositions, approved by the theory, composition, and musicology faculty, must be presented at the end of the senior year.):

   Electronic music option (14 s.h.)

   MUSC 3326 (F), 3336 (S). Composition (2,2) (P: MUSC 2336 or consent of instructor)

   MUSC 3366 (F), 3386 (S). Electronic Music Composition (2,2) (P: MUSC 2326 or consent of instructor)

   MUSC 4366 (F), 4376 (S). Advanced Composition in Electronic Media (3,3) (F) (P: MUSC 3386 or consent of instructor)

   Traditional media option (14 s.h.)

   MUSC 3326 (F), 3336 (S). Composition (2,2) (P: MUSC 2336 or consent of instructor)

   MUSC 3366 (F), 3386 (S). Electronic Music Composition (2,2) (P: MUSC 2326 or consent of instructor)

   MUSC 4326 (F), 4336 (S). Composition (3,3) (P: MUSC 3336 or consent of instructor)

   Music history and literature (6 s.h.)

   MUSC 4446. Music of the Modern and Postmodern Eras (3)

   Music history and literature electives (4 s.h.)

   Advanced theory (8 s.h.)

   MUSC 4327. Counterpoint (3) (F)

   MUSC 4328. Language of Post-tonal Music (3) (S-EY)

   Choose one of the following:

   MUSC 4536. Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis (3) (S-OY) (P: MUSC 2166; or consent of instructor.

   MUSC 5336. Advanced Orchestration (2)

   Free electives (2 s.h., 6 s.h. for keyboard majors)