Catalog 2013-2014

MUS 270 Composition

May be repeated for additional credit. Taught as a studio lesson, this course guides the student in the acquisition of technique and aesthetic considerations for music composition through creative work and compositional exercises. Students may enroll for 1 credit hour (25-minute weekly lesson), or 2 credit hours (50-minute weekly lesson). Course requirements vary, depending on the number of credit hours being taken.  Students enrolled for 2 credit hours are expected to bring new work in progress to each lesson, and have a performance of at least one completed work presented in public during each semester of enrollment.

Credits

1-2

Prerequisite

MUS 123 or permission of instructor

Distribution

(A)

Offered

fall and spring