Music Composition, B.M.

General Education Requirements

1. All undergraduate programs at Moravian University require the completion of a foundational core general education curriculum. The specific path depends on the student’s catalog enrollment year:

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2. Students enrolling in Fall 2025 and later: Follow the university-wide Moravian Integrated Learning Experience (MILE) curriculum.

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3. Students enrolled prior to Fall 2025: Follow the Learning in Common (LinC) curriculum guidelines.

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4. MILE Program (Fall 2025 and Later) The MILE core consists of a 10-unit curriculum. These requirements must be completed in addition to all Major Requirements listed below.

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5. Review the full timeline and requirements on the official Moravian Integrated Learning Experience (MILE) page.

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6. MILE General Education course list.

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7. Learning in Common (LinC) Requirements (Prior to Fall 2025) Bachelor of Music students concentrating in Music Education complete a modified set of Learning in Common requirements. They must complete the following categories:

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8. F1: Writing

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9. F2: Quantitative Reasoning

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10. F3: Modern Languages

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11. F4: Laboratory Science

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12. M2: Holism, Health, and Well-Being

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13. M3: Individuals and Organizations (EDUC 160)

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14. Upper-Division (U): One course required

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Music Major Core

1. MUS 113

   Global Musics
   4
2. MUS 140

   2 - Musicianship I
   2
3. MUS 141

   2 - Musicianship II
   2
4. MUS 171

   2 - Diatonic Harmony
   2
5. MUS 240

   2 - Musicianship III
   2
6. MUS 241

   2 - Musicianship IV
   2
7. MUS 272

   2 - Chromatic Harmony
   2
8. MUS 278

   2 - Medieval & Renaissance Music

   As published: “2 - Medieval & Renaissance Music OR MUS 253.2 Jazz History for students with a jazz concentration.”
   2
9. MUS 279

   2 - Practicum: Miscellaneous Jazz I

   As published: “2 - Music of The Baroque Period”
   1
10. MUS 283

    WI:Classical & Romantic Music
    4
11. MUS 352

    2 - 20 Century to 1945
    2
12. MUS 354

    2 - Cont Music Since 1945
    2

Specific Requirements for the Music Composition Major

1. 8 semesters of the Performance Unit are required

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2. Students may take more than the minimum required number of ensembles and can enroll in more than one ensemble per semester

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3. All music majors are required to perform in end-of-term juries on their major instrument or voice in every term in which they are enrolled in the performance unit. (A waiver is granted for student teachers.)

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4. In each fall and spring term, Full-time music majors are also required to attend 10 concerts and/or recitals and all performance classes.

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Music Performance

1. MUS 130

   1 - Beg Voice Techniques
   1
2. MUS 136

   1 - Beg Piano Techniques
   1
3. MUS 137

   1 - Beg Technology Tech
   1
4. MUS 236

   1 - Piano Techniques II
   1
5. MUS 322

   2 - Improvisation
   2
6. MUS 334

   2 - Introd to Conducting

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7. MUS 336

   2 - Conducting
   2
8. MUS 340

   2 - Form
   2
9. MUS 341

   2 - Musicianship V
   2
10. MUS 342

    2 - Orchestration
    2
11. MUS 373

    Seminar
    4
12. MUS 375

    1 - Orchestration

    As published: “2 - Recital”
    2
13. MUS 376

    1 - Practicum:Jazz-Ear Training Ii

    As published: “Recital”
    1
14. 4 credits of music elective

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15. 12 credits of general electives

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16. 7 credits of practica courses, consult with a music advisor to determine which practica should be taken.

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Free Electives