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MFA Two-Year Academic Plan
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MFA Two-Year Academic Plan

 

Please note:  The following applies to students entering Fall 2011 only

Year 1 / Semester 1

Course #

Course Title

Credits

32-6221

Scoring I: Composing Dramatic Music

4

32-6630

History of Cinema

3

32-6631

The Film Score: Survey of the Craft

3

32-6901

Lab (Tutorial)

1

Credits

11

Year 1 / Semester 2

Course #

Course Title

Credits

32-6222

Scoring II: Color and Complexity

4

32-6632

Aesthetics of Cinema

3

32-6901

Lab (Tutorial)

1

32-6971

Game Scoring

3

Credits

11

Year 2 / Semester 3

Course #

Course Title

Credits

32-6223

Scoring III: Genre and Style

3

 

32-6898

Independent Project:

Music Composition for the Screen

2

32-6901

Lab (Tutorial)

1

32-6954

Music Editing

3

32-6997

Colloquium

2

Credits

11

Year 2 / Semester 4

Course #

Course Title

Credits

32-6224

Scoring IV: Directed Study in Composition

3

32-6229

Topics in Scoring

3

 

32-6898

Independent Project:

Music Composition for the Screen

2

32-6901

Lab (Tutorial)

1

32-6997

Colloquium

2

Credits

11

Year 2 / Semester 5

Course #

Course Title

Credits

32-6441

Conducting to Picture

2

32-6972

Career Development

1

32-6989

Internship / Apprenticeship

1

32-6998

Thesis / Practicum: Final Project

6

Credits

10

Total Credits

54