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. Theory Concentration area - 30 s.h.
   

   Advanced theory (11 s.h.):

   MUSC 4327. Counterpoint (3) (F)

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

   MUSC 4506. Directed Study in Music Theory (2) (F,S,SS) (P: MUSC 2166) (MUSC 4506 must culminate in a project or research paper which will require the approval of a three-member committee, two of whom must be members of the theory, composition, and musicology faculty.)

   MUSC 4536. Schenkerian Analysis (3) (S-OY)

   Composition (4 s.h.):

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

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

   Music history and literature electives (6 s.h.)

   MUSC electives (4 s.h.)

   Free electives (5 s.h., 9 s.h. for keyboard majors)