MFA 2-year plan
2-Year Program Sequence for MFA Music Composition
for the Screen
| Year 1: Semester 1 | ||
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Course History of Cinema The Film Score: Survey of the Craft Composition I - Music and Drama Lab – Tutorial  |
Course No. 24-5551 32-6631 32-6221 32-6901 |
Credits 3 3 4 1 |
| Total Credits: | 11 | |
Year 1: Semester 2 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Course Film Orchestration II: Writing From the Instrument Thesis Development/Practicum Lab – Tutorial |
Course No. 32-6224 32-6998 32-6901 |
Credits 3 5 1 |
| Total Credits: | 9 |
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Year 2: Semester 5 (Summer Semester in LA) |
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| Course Conducting to Picture Video Game Scoring 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 6
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| Total Credits: | 12 | |
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.