MFA Curriculum, normal course sequence beginning in Fall semester

All courses are 4 credits and offered in hybrid learning format except MFA Thesis which is 6 credits and ECM Performance which is 2 credits.

Traditional Track

FALL SEMESTER

• Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (4 credits)
• Electroacoustic Composition (4 credits)
• Cross-Cultural Music Theory and Composition (4 credits)
• Creative Musical Coding (4 credits)

SPRING SEMESTER

• Sound Studies and Audio Art (4 credits)
• Signal Processing and Interactive Music (4 credits)
• Scoring for Film and New Media (4 credits)
• Sound Recording & Mixing (4 credits)

Summer Session I

• Hardware Engineering and Coding (4 credits)
• Studio Seminar & Colloquium (4 credits)

Summer Session II

• MFA Thesis (6 credits)
• Electronic and Computer Music Performance – (2 credits)

*Curriculum maps and course offerings subject to change

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