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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Applied Music - Composition (BM) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
ENGL 100  - Expository Writing I   3   KSC 010  
Mathematics and Statistics Requirement 3 KSC 030  
COMM 106  - Public Speaking I   3   KSC 020  
MUSIC 101  - A New Rhythm: Cultivating a Healthy Life in College and Beyond   1      
MUSIC 210   - Music Theory I   3      
MUSIC 211   - Piano Class I   1      
MUSIC 255  - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   OR 3   KSC 010  
ENGL 210   - Honors English   3   KSC 010  
MUSIC 212  - Piano Class II   1      
MUSIC 230   - Music Theory II   3      
MUSIC 231   - Aural Skills I   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
PHILO 130   - Introduction to Moral Philosophy   (Ethical Reasoning Overlay) 3      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 213   - Piano Class III   1      
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
MUSIC 320   - Music Theory III   3      
MUSIC 321   - Aural Skills II   1      
Natural and Physical Sciences Requirement 4-5 KSC 040  
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
GWSS 105   - Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies   3      
US Multicultural Overlay 3    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 17      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 214   - Piano Class IV   1      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
MUSIC 255   - Lower-Division Performance   1-4      
MUSIC 323   - Lower-Division Composition   1-18      
MUSIC 360   - Music Theory IV   3      
MUSIC 361  - Aural Skills III   1      
Social and Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Global Perspectives Overlay 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 455   - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
MUSIC 249   - Introduction to Music of the World   3      
MUSIC 323   - Lower-Division Composition    1-18   
MUSIC 365   - Conducting   1      
MUSIC 469  - Instrumentation and Arranging   2      
MUSIC 466  - Music History I: Ancient Greece to Beethoven   3      
MUSIC 734  - Technology of the Electronic Music Studio   2      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 173   - Music as Protest and Propaganda in the United States   3      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
MUSIC 323   - Lower-Division Composition   1-18      
MUSIC 455   - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
MUSIC 501  - Half Recital   1      
MUSIC 467  - Music History II: Beethoven to Present   3      
MUSIC 714   - Advanced Orchestration    2   
Music 700+ Music History Elective      
Free Electives {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
MUSIC 455  - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
MUSIC 523   - Upper-Division Composition   0-18      
MUSIC 731  - Music Business 1   2      
MUSIC 724  - 18th Century Counterpoint   2      
Music History Elective (see department list) 3    
Music and Humanities Elective 3    
Total Credits: 13      
       
Semester 2      
MUSIC 455   - Upper-Division Performance   0-4      
Any Large Ensemble - See Department List 1    
MUSIC 523   - Upper-Division Composition   0-18      
MUSIC 502   - Full Recital   2      
MUSIC 725  - Theories of Contemporary Music   2      
MUSIC 732  - Music Business 2   2      
MUSIC 735   - Digital Sound Synthesis   2      
Music and Humanities Elective 2    
Total Credits: 13      
       
Total Program Hours: 120