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Along with the fundamental courses mandatory for all Bachelor of Music candidates, composition students participate in a five-term progression of lessons (both small group and individual), plus two terms of digital composition. Supplementary classes for composition majors cover orchestration, counterpoint, and form and analysis. During this program, students develop a collection of works showcasing proficiency across diverse instruments, styles, and structures. UTA's wealth of skilled performers enables composition students to hear and document their creations. The Theory-Composition Lab is equipped with notation tools, recording equipment, interactive software, and necessary hardware. Before graduating, composition majors showcase a recital featuring their original compositions.
Students must have completed official secondary school transcripts, diplomas, certificates and/or national test examination scores as appropriate for the educational systems in their country. In order to be considered for freshman admission students must have completed secondary school studies equivalent to that of United States high school graduation.
Official SAT I or ACT scores are required for entering freshmen with less than 24 semester hours of university level course work (equivalent to one year of full time study).
The minimum acceptable score on the TOEFL is 79 on the Internet-based test, 550 on the paper-based test and 213 on the computer-based test. The IELTS can be substituted for TOEFL scores. The minimum acceptable overall score of 6.5 is required for admission.