B.Mus in Music Composition From University of South Carolina Entry : Fees, Deadlines, Admissions and Scholarships

Year 1 – Fall

MUSC 115: Theory I 

MUSC 117: Aural Skills I 

MUSC 111: Applied Music (Private Lessons) 

MUSC 100: Recital Class (0) 

Ensemble (Major) 

Carolina Core: ENGL 101 (Composition) 

Carolina Core: Math/ARP (Analytical Reasoning)

Year 1 – Spring

MUSC 118: Theory II 

MUSC 215: Aural Skills II 

MUSC 111: Applied Music 

MUSC 100: Recital Class (0) 

Ensemble (Major) 

Carolina Core: ENGL 102 (Composition & Rhetoric) 

Carolina Core: GFL (Foreign Language 109/121)

Year 2 – Fall

MUSC 217: Theory III 

MUSC 218: Aural Skills III 

MUSC 111: Applied Music 

MUSC 100: Recital Class (0) 

Ensemble (Major) 

MUSC 312: Composition I (Private Lessons in Comp) 

Carolina Core: History (GHS)

Year 2 – Spring

MUSC 311: Applied Music (upper level)

MUSC 316: Composition II 

MUSC 333: Basic Conducting 

MUSC 100: Recital Class (0) 

Ensemble (Major) 

Carolina Core: Social Science (GSS) 

Carolina Core: Natural Science + Lab

Year 3 – Fall

MUSC 336: Composition III 

MUSC 311: Applied Music 

MUSC 100: Recital Class (0) 

Ensemble (Major) 

MUSC 353: Music History I (Medieval–Baroque) 

Carolina Core: Foreign Language (122 if needed) 

Elective

Year 3 – Spring

MUSC 416: Composition IV 

MUSC 311: Applied Music 

MUSC 100: Recital Class (0) 

Ensemble (Major) 

MUSC 354: Music History II (Classical–Modern) 

Chamber Ensemble (small group) 

Carolina Core: Natural Science (2nd science course)

Year 4 – Fall

MUSC 515: Composition V 

MUSC 311: Applied Music (final semester) 

MUSC 100: Recital Class (0) 

Ensemble (Major) 

Music History/Lit Elective (300+ level) 

Carolina Core (overlay CMS/INF/VSR) 

Elective

Year 4 – Spring

MUSC 516: Composition VI 

MUSC 525: Composition Seminar 

MUSC 540: Contemporary Techniques in Composition 

MUSC 100: Recital Class + MUSC 100A (Advocacy) 

Ensemble (Other Ensemble option) 

Carolina Core (AIU elective) 

Free Electives (as needed for 128)