Plan of Study – Film Music Scoring **

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Film Music Scoring: Cert Comp

Film Music Scoring: Certificate of Completion

Certificate Requirements (Minimum of 16 semester hours required.)

Applied Piano (Minimum of 4 semester hours required. (Two semesters of Applied Piano))

MUAP1210 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP1220 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP2210 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP2220 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP3210 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP3220 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP4210 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP4220 Piano (2 s.h.)

Study of keyboard theory, techniques and repertoire designed to meet needs of individual students.

MUAP4100 Applied Composition (2 s.h.)

Study of music composition for acoustic and electronic media: methods; forms; orchestration; and performance techniques. Private lesson format. Prerequisites: MUS 2130, MUS 2140, MUS 2330, MUS 2340, and MUAP 4010. Does not replace the applied instrument/voice requirement of any concentration.

MUAP4770 Film Scoring I (2 s.h.)

First semester of a three-term sequence, beginning with study and utilization of computer software and hardware for composition for film and video. Prerequisites: MUS 1800, MUS 1130, MUS 1140, MUS 1330, MUS 1340, and basic keyboard skills demonstrated by proficiency examination. Some experience in musical composition is recommended.

MUAP4780 Film Scoring II (2 s.h.)

Continued study of methods of composing, arranging, and orchestrating music for film and video, using music technology. Prerequisite: MUAP 4770.

MUAP4790 Film Scoring III (2 s.h.)

Studies leading to composition of a feature-length film score, in collaboration with Broadcast and Cinema Arts senior seminar students. Prerequisites: MUAP 4770 and MUAP 4780.

MUS 1800 Introduction to Music Technology (2 s.h.)

Includes basic computer operations, study of hardware (including MIDI) and software for aural skill study, music notation and scoring, and music instruction. Basic knowledge of music fundamentals, piano keyboard, and personal computers is recommended.

MUS 4030 Form and Analysis (2 s.h.)

Structural elements of musical composition as applied to form, from the simple song forms to the sonata-allegro form; melodic, harmonic, and structural analysis of representative works.

Recommended Support Courses

Recommended Support (Minimum of 2 semester hours recommended.)

MUS 4040 Conducting and Performing Techniques (2 s.h.)

Integrated course with emphasis on baton technique, score reading, and arranging. Lecture 1 hour, laboratory 2 hours.

Required Support Courses

Support Courses (Minimum of 18 semester hours required.)

MUAP4010 Orchestration (2 s.h.)

Fundamentals of orchestration and arranging for instruments and voices, with an emphasis on the application of 18th to 21st century techniques. Prerequisite: four semesters of theory or departmental approval.

MUS 1130 Theory I (3 s.h.)

Fundamental harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic practices of the 18th and 19th centuries, including major and minor keys, intervals, cadences, primary triads in root and inverted positions, through an integrated visual/aural/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1140, Sight-singing and Ear Training I.

MUS 1140 Sight-singing and Ear Training I (1 s.h.)

Basic aural, visual, and vocal experiences in dictation and singing at sight: includes major and minor scalar and diatonic chordal outlines, rhythms in simple meter, and major and minor triads. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1130, Theory I.

MUS 1330 Theory II (3 s.h.)

Continuation of Theory I, including secondary, diminished, and augmented triads, non-chord tones, melodic composition, and secondary dominants, through an integrated visual/aural/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1340, Sight-singing and Ear Training II.

MUS 1340 Sight-singing and Ear Training II (1 s.h.)

Continuation of basic aural, visual, and vocal experiences in dictation and singing at sight; includes melodies constructed of primary triads, rhythms in compound meter, and major, minor, and diminished triads in inversion. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 1330, Theory II.

MUS 2130 Theory III (3 s.h.)

Continuation of Theory II, including fundamental harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic practices of the 18th and 19th centuries, including secondary chords, modulation, mode mixture, through an aural/visual/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2140, Sight-singing and Ear Training III.

MUS 2140 Sight-singing and Ear Training III (1 s.h.)

A continuation of aural, visual, and vocal experiences in sight singing and dictation; includes modulations to closely related keys, compound intervals, rhythmic sub-divisions, chromatic chords. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2130, Theory III.

MUS 2330 Theory IV (3 s.h.)

Continuation of Theory III, including fundamental harmonic and melodic practices of the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries through an integrated visual/aural/compositional approach. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2340, Sight-singing and Ear Training IV.

MUS 2340 Sight-singing and Ear Training IV (1 s.h.)

A continuation of Sight-Singing and Ear Training III; includes the study of unusual and mixed meters, syncopation, chromatic inflection, remote modulation, and modal scales. Must be taken concurrently with MUS 2330, Theory IV.