MFA 2-year plan
Recommended 2-Year Program for MFA Music Composition for the Screen:
* Thesis credits may be taken earlier in the program, to a total of 6 credit hours to complete the thesis requirement.
| Year 1: Semester 1 | ||
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Course History of Cinema The Film Score: Survey of the Craft Composition I - Incidental Music for Drama Lab – Tutorial  |
Course No. 24-5551 32-6631 32-6221 32-6901 |
Credits 3 2 4 1 |
| Total Credits | 10 | |
| Year 1: Semester 2 | ||
| Course Global Folk Traditions Aesthetics of Cinema Film Orchestration I: A New Vocabulary Lab – Tutorial |
Course No. 32-6661 24-6632 32-6223 32-6901 |
Credits 4 3 3 1
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| Total Credits | 11 |
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| Year 2: Semester 3 | ||
| Course Composition II: Music and Movement Techniques of Synchronization Scoring Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Lab – Tutorial |
Course No. 32-6222 32-6954 32-6229 32-6901 |
Credits 4 3 3 1
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| Total Credits | 11 | |
| Year 2: Semester 4 | ||
| Course Film Orchestration II: Writing from the Instrument Thesis Development/Practicum Lab – Tutorial Elective – The Operatic Tradition (32-6664) or The Jazz Score (32-6225) |
Course No. 32-6224 32-6998 32-6901 |
Credits 3 6 1 2
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| Total Credits | 12 | |
| Year 2: Semester 5 (Summer Semester in LA) | ||
| Course Conducting to Picture Music Business Affairs Career Building Workshop Internship/Apprenticeship Thesis/Practicum – final project* |
Course No. 32-6441 32-6971 32-6972 32-6989 32-6441 |
Credits 2 2 1 1 4
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| Total Credits | 10 | |
Total Program Credits |
54 | |
* Thesis credits may be taken earlier in the program, to a total of 6 credit hours to complete the thesis requirement.