Conservatory of Music:
Composition
Composition
Master of Music:
Concentration in Composition
Graduate music majors who concentrate in composition must meet the following Conservatory requirements (46 credits), outlined below by semester and year, and earn a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at Purchase College.
| First Year: 22 credits | |
| Fall: | 10 credits |
| MPE 5110/Private Study: Composition | 3 credits |
| MCO 5115/Composition Seminar | 1 credit |
| MPE 5235/Composer in Residence | 2 credits |
| MTH 5000/Research and Writing for the Modern Musician | 2 credits |
| MTH 5 —/Music theory/analysis elective | 2 credits |
| Spring: | 12 credits |
| MPE 5110/Private Study: Composition | 3 credits |
| MCO 5115/Composition Seminar | 1 credit |
| MPE 5235/Composer in Residence | 2 credits |
| MTH 5 —/Music history elective | 2 credits |
| MTH 5 —/Music theory/analysis elective | 2 credits |
| MPE 5996/Composer in Residence Recital | 2 credits |
| Second Year: 24 credits | |
| Fall: | 12 credits |
| MPE 5110/Private Study: Composition | 3 credits |
| MCO 5115/Composition Seminar | 1 credit |
| MPE 5235/Composer in Residence | 2 credits |
| MTH 5025/Practicum in Music Pedagogy or MTH 5450/The Business of Music |
2 credits |
| MTH 5180/Electroacoustic Music I | 2 credits |
| MTH 5 —/Music theory/analysis elective | 2 credits |
| MTH 5840/Graduate Exit Exam: Classical | 0 credit |
| Spring: | 12 credits |
| MPE 5110/Private Study: Composition | 3 credits |
| MCO 5115/Composition Seminar | 1 credit |
| MCO 5340/20th-Century Orchestration | 2 credits |
| MPE 5235/Composer in Residence | 2 credits |
| MTH 5190/Electroacoustic Music II | 2 credits |
| MPE 5996/Composer in Residence Recital | 2 credits |
Updated June 10, 2008
