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MFA 2-year plan
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MFA 2-year plan

Recommended 2-Year Program for MFA Music Composition for the Screen:

Year 1: Semester 1
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
  Total Credits   11
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

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

  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
  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.