Only current NYU Screen Scoring undergraduates can apply to the dual degree.
In the dual-degree program, you will work closely with our faculty of internationally recognized media composers and industry professionals as you prepare for a career in composing for the screen. You will receive intensive training in music composition, technology, and contemporary trends of music for media while developing your skills in music production, music editing, orchestration, recording, and mixing. As a dual-degree student, you will participate in scoring recording sessions, have your music premiered live, work with filmmakers, game designers, and journalists, and receive masterclasses from a wide variety of industry professionals.
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Undergraduate Liberal Arts Requirements
College Core Curriculum (CORE)
Foreign Language
Expository Writing
- EXPOS-UA 1 Writing the Essay
- ACE-UE 110 The Advanced College Essay: Education and the Professions
Foundations of Contemporary Culture
- CORE-UA.xxx/ST-CORE-UE Text and Ideas
- CORE-UA xxx/ST-CORE-UE Cultures and Contexts
Foundations of Scientific Inquiry
- CORE-UA.xxx/ST-CORE-UE Quantitative Reasoning/Mathematics
- CORE-UA.xxx/ST-CORE-UE Physical Science/Life Science
Other Liberal Arts Requirements
- MPATC-UE 1500 Film Music Aesthetic and Historical Perspectives
- MPATC-UE 1067 Music History I: Medieval & Renaissance
- MPATC-UE 1068 Music History II: Baroque and Classical
- MPATC-UE 1077 Music History III: 19th Century
- MPATC-UE 1078 Music History IV: 20th Century
- MPATC-UE 1195 Songwriting History and Criticism I: (14 Songs)
- MPATC-UE 1196 Songwriting History and Criticism II: (14 Songs)
- MPAVP-UE 1351 Music Theatre History I
- MPAVP-UE 1352 Music Theatre History II
- MPAJZ-UE 160X Music in World Cultures (new)
- MPATC-UE 1123 Context and Analysis in World Music (new)
- MPAJZ-UE 1121 Jazz History
Undergraduate Specialization Requirements
Required Music Courses
- MPATC-UE 1302 Aural Skills I: Global Approaches to Music
- MPATC-UE 1321 Aural Skills II: Tonal Harmony & Voice Leading
- MPATC-UE 1301 Theory & Practice I: Global Approaches to Music
- MPATC-UE 1311 Theory & Practice II: Tonal Harmony & Voice Leading
- MPAPE-UE 72 Keyboard Skills I
- MPAPE-UE 73 Keyboard Skills II
- MPATC-UE 134x Advanced Aural Skills: any course
- MPATC-UE 1333 or MPAJZ-UE 1039 Advanced Theory & Practice: Non-Western Music or Jazz Theory and Ear Training
Screen Scoring Specialization Courses
- MPATC-UE 1050 MIDI and DAW Production Studio
- MPATC-UE 1424 Composers Forum
- MPATC-GE 2424 Composers Forum (double-counted course)
- MPATC-UE 1247 Scoring Foundations: Harmony & Narrative
- MPATC-UE 1021 Private Composition Lessons (6 times at 3 credits)
- MPATC-GE 2321 Private Composition Lessons (double-counted course; 2 times at 3 credits)
- MPATE-UE 1801 Fundamentals of Music Technology
- MPAMB-UE 100 or MPATC-UE 1156 Business Structure of the Music Industry or Rights, Revenue, and Relationships
- MPAPS-UE 1261 Percussion Practicum
- MPATC-UE 1088 Orchestration I
- MPATC-UE 1098 Orchestration II
- MPATC-GE 2081 Advanced Orchestration: Screen Scoring (double-counted course)
- MPATC-UE 1049 Contemporary Scoring
- MPATC-UE 1248 Composing for Film and Multimedia
- MPATC-GE 2555 Music Editing for the Screen (double-counted course)
- MPATC-UE 1192 Music Composition Undergraduate Capstone
Unrestricted Electives
Students take 7 graduate credits below and 9 undergraduate credits in any subject.
- MPATC-GE 2429 Music Notation (double-counted course)
- MPATC-GE 2041-8 (1 Scoring Techniques Course) Scoring Techniques: Film and Animation OR Scoring Techniques: Video Games
- MPATC-GE 2024 Seminar in Composition: Advanced Scoring Toolkit (double-counted course)
- MPATC-UE xxxx Undergraduate Electives
Graduate Requirements
Foundations
- MPATC-GE 2024 Seminar in Composition: Advanced Scoring Toolkit
- MPATC-GE 2550 Screen Music History, Analysis, and Aesthetics
Area of Concentration: Screen Scoring
- MPATC-GE 2424 Composers Forum
- MPATC-GE 2429 Music Notation
- MPATC-GE 2049 Contemporary Scoring
- MPATC-GE 2041-8 Scoring Techniques: Film and Animation or Scoring Techniques: Video Games
- MPATC-GE 2444 Music Editing for Screen Music
- MPATC-GE 2321 (students take 9 credits in private composition lessons) Private Composition Lessons
- MPATC-GE 2081 Advanced Orchestration: Screen Scoring
- MPATC-GE 2026 Colloquy in Music
Electives
- MPATC-GE 2025 African-American Music: Its Origins and Influence
- MPATC-GE 2041 Scoring Techniques: Video Games
- MPATC-GE 2042 Psychology of Music
- MPATC-GE 2048 Scoring Techniques: Film and Animation
- MPATC-GE 2080 Advanced Orchestration: Screen Scoring
- MPATC-GE 2082 Advanced Orchestration: Concert Music
- MPATC-GE 2090 Songwriters Forum
- MPATC-GE 2095 Songwriting History and Criticism I
- MPATC-GE 2096 Songwriting History and Criticism II
- MPATC-GE 2098 Orchestration II
- MPATC-GE 2031 Conducting Foundations
- MPATC-GE 2133 Conducting Intermediate
- MPATC-GE 2134 Conducting: Advanced Musical Theater
- MPATC-GE 2135 Conducting: Advanced Instrumental
- MPATE-UE 1135 Mixing in the Digital Audio Workstation
- MPATC-GE 2424 Composers Forum
- MPATC-GE 2506 Rights, Revenue, and Relationships
- MPATE-GE 202X Seminar in Composition
- MPATE-GE 2047 Advanced Computer Music
- MPATE-GE 2604 Game Audio
- MPATE-GE 2635 Audio for Games and Immersive Environments
- MPATE-GE 2620 Audio for Video
- MPATE-GE 2629 Advanced Audio Production
- MPATE-GE 2636 Advanced Topics in Music Technology: Production for Songwriters
- MPATE-GE 2650 Ear Training for Audio Engineers