Courses

Undergraduate

Dr. Amir Zaheri instructing a music studentThe School of Music offers the following undergraduate courses in composition and music theory:

  • Composition
  • Digital Synthesis of Electronic Music
  • Techniques of Electronic Music Composition
  • 16th-Century Counterpoint
  • 18th-Century Counterpoint
  • Advanced Counterpoint
  • Advanced Orchestration
  • Analysis of 20th-Century Music
  • Form and Analysis
  • Orchestration
  • Schenkerian Analysis
  • Special Topics in Composition
  • Theory I, II, III, and IV

For more information on the undergraduate courses in music theory, please see the UA undergraduate catalog.

Graduate

The School of Music offers the following graduate courses in composition and music theory:

  • Advanced Composition
  • Advanced Counterpoint
  • Advanced Orchestration
  • Advanced Schenkerian Analysis
  • Analysis of Tonal Music
  • Analysis of 20th-Century Music
  • Atonal Music
  • Graduate Theory Review
  • Problems in Music Theory
  • Schenkerian Analysis
  • Serial Music
  • Special Topics in Composition

For more information about our graduate courses, please see the UA graduate catalog and the School of Music Graduate Handbook, which also contains specific course requirements for the MM in music theory.