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NEC Academic Catalog: 2024-2025
Composition
Degree Requirements
Studio (4 credits per semester)
CMP 500
Studio Composition (Graduate)
4
Total Credit Hours:
16
Composition
CMP 555
/
CMP 655
Graduate Composition Seminar
2
CMP 556
/
CMP 656
Graduate Composition Seminar
2
Total Credit Hours:
4
CMP 555
and
CMP 556
(First year)
Music Theory
THYG xxx
Any credit-bearing course with a THYG prefix
2
Total Credit Hours:
8
Musicology
MHST 5xx
Any MHST course with a 500-level course number
2
Or
MHST 6xx
Any MHST course with a 600-level course number
2
Total Credit Hours:
2
Performance/Rehearsal Techniques
CMP 541
Performance and Rehearsal Techniques
2
Total Credit Hours:
2
Electives
Total Credit Hours:
8
Portfolio Review
CMP 593
1st Year Review
0
CMP 693
Final Review
2
Total Credit Hours:
2
Total Credit Hours: 42