Sample courses that might be required for a degree in Music:

Music Courses

• Music Theory
• Music Composition
• Music Publishing With Computers
• Form and Analysis
• Twentieth Century Techniques
• Eighteenth Century Counterpoint
• Sixteenth Century Counterpoint
• Orchestration
• Electro Acoustic Composition
• Performance Media
• Music History I - IV
• Conducting
• Applied Major Instrument - 8 semesters
• Music Performance

Colleges will also require you to take some core undergraduate courses in addition to some electives. Required core courses and electives will vary from college to college. Here are a number of examples:

Arts and Humanities

• Arts
• History
• Languages
• Literature
• Music

Math

• Algebra
• Calculus
• Computer Science
• Logic
• Statistics

Natural Sciences

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• Physics

Social Sciences

• Anthropology
• Economics
• Government
• Psychology
• Sociology