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Theory and Composition (Theory), BMUS

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Catalog Year: 2025 - 2026 General Studies Gold
Degree: Bachelor of Music, BMUS
College/School: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Plan Code: FAMUSTTBM
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120
minimum credit hours
47
Upper division minimum
credit hours

Curriculum Checksheet

Requirement Minimum Grade Credit Hours
MHL 140 Sounds and Cultures (GCSI)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
Upper Division MHL Elective AND Upper Division Humanities, Arts and Design (HUAD)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
Upper Division MHL Elective AND Upper Division Humanities, Arts and Design (HUAD)
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 125 Music Theory I
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 221 Music Theory II
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 222 Music Theory III
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 223 Music Theory: 20th Century
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 294 Topic: Introduction to Music Cognition
OR MTC Elective
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 320 Modal Counterpoint
OR MTC 321 Tonal Counterpoint
2 - 3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 2 - 3
MTC 327 Form and Analysis I
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 425 Studies in 20th- and 21st-Century Theory
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 428 Form and Analysis II
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 452 Research Methods in Music Theory and Cognition
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 3
MTC 496 Theory Project
3 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:Y
 Y 3
MTC 499 Individualized Instruction
4 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 4
Upper Division MTC Elective
10 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 10
Transfer coursework for ensemble and studio instruction must be approved in advance and is determined by audition and transcript evaluation.
MUP 111 Studio Instruction
8 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 8
MUP 131 Class Piano
1 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 1
MUP 132 Class Piano
1 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 1
MUP 209 Beginning Choral Conducting
OR MUP 210 Beginning Instrumental Conducting
1 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 1
MUP 231 Class Piano
1 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 1
MUP 232 Class Piano
1 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 1
7 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 7
9 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 9
ASU 101 or College-Specific First-Year Seminar
ASU 101 or college-specific equivalent First-Year Seminar required of all first-year students.
MUP 101 The ASU School of Music Experience
1 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 1
First-Year Composition
ENG 101 First-Year Composition AND ENG 102 First-Year Composition
OR ENG 105 Advanced First-Year Composition
OR ENG 107 First-Year Composition AND ENG 108 First-Year Composition
6 Credit Hours
Minimum Grade:C
 C 6
Notes
All baccalaureate degree students must fulfill university graduation requirements, including a minimum of 120 credit hours, with at least 45 credit hours in upper-division courses. https://catalog.asu.edu/undergraduatereq
All undergraduate students must complete General Studies requirements. https://catalog.asu.edu/ug_gsr
Mathematics Placement Assessment score determines placement in first mathematics course.
Students should work with their academic advisor, and consider course prerequisites, in order to complete all degree requirements in four years.
General Studies designations listed next to courses were valid for the 2025 - 2026 academic year. Please refer to the course catalog for current General Studies designations at time of class registration. General Studies credit is applied according to the designation the course carries at the time the class is taken.
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