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Composition Curriculum  

Curriculum for the Composition speciality

Subjects1st year2nd year3rd year4th yearTotal
ECTS
hrsECTS
hrsECTS
hrsECTShrsECTShrs
Culture, thinking and history (Core Classes)
Music and Culture I, II i III 6
 90
 3
 45
  
  
  
  
 9
135
Professional Development 
  
  
  
  
  
  
 3
 45
 3
45
Aesthetics I i II  
  
  
  
 4
 60
  
  
 4
60
Language and Techniques of Music (Core Classes)
Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics
  
  
 3
22,5  
  
  
  
 3
22,5
Musical Analysis Methodologies
 4
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 4
45
General Aural Skills
 3
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 3
45
Foundations of Composition
 4
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 4
45
Additional Instrumental Training (Mandatory Classes)
Secondary Instrument 1 to 6 6
 15
 6
 15
 6
 15
  
  
 18
45
Ensemble Music (Mandatory Classes)
Choir 1 2
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 2
45
Instrumental Ensemble 1 and 2
 4
 45
  
  
  
  
  
  
 4
45
Composition and Instrumentation (Mandatory Classes)
Main Composition 1 to 8
 20
 37,5
 20
 37,5
 20
 37,5
 20
 37,5
 80
150
Theoric and Composition Seminar 1 to 8
 4
 60
 4
 60
 4
 60
 4
 60
 16
240
Instrumentation and Orchestration I, II, III and IV
 3
 45
 6
 90
 3
 45
  
  
 12
180
Compositional Techniques I, II and III  
  
 6
 90
 3
 45
  
  
 9
135
20th-Century Composition Techniques
  
  
  
  
  
  
 3
 45
 3
45
Theory and History (Mandatory Classes)
Analysis of Music I and II
  
  
 3
 45
 3
 45
  
  
 6
90
Analysis of 20th‑ and 21st‑Century Music
  
  
  
  
 3
 45
  
  
 3
45
Specific Ear Training
  
  
 2
 45
  
  
  
  
 2
45
History of 20th‑ and 21st‑Century Music
  
  
 4
 45
  
  
  
  
 4
45
Catalan Composers of the 20th and 21st Centuries  
  
  
  
 3
 45
  
  
 3
45
Twentieth Century Music Theory
  
  
  
  
  
  
 4
 45
 4
45
Seminar in Music Theory and Composition
  
  
  
  
  
  
 3
 45
 3
45
Conducting Techniques (Mandatory Classes)
Secondary Orchestra Conducting I and II  
  
  
  
 3
 45
 3
 45
 6
90
Music Technology (Mandatory Classes)
Introduction to Music Technology
 2
22,5
  
  
  
  
  
  
 2
22,5
Recording and Post‑Production Techniques I
 2
22,5  
  
  
  
  
  
 2
22,5
Electroacoustic Composition
  
  
 3
 45
  
  
  
  
 3
45
Composition for Audiovisual Media I
  
  
  
  
 3
 45
  
  
 3
45
Computer Assisted Composition
 
  
  
  
 3
 45
  
  
 3
45
Electives
Elective Credits  
  
  
  
  
  
 12
 180
 12
180
Final Term Project (TFG)
Research Methodologies
  
  
  
  
 2
 30
  
  
 2
30
Bachelor's Thesis  
  
  
  
  
  
 8
 15
 8
15
TOTAL
60
517,560
54060
562,5
60
517,5
240
2137,5