B-04. Freshman Barrier Examination

<a name="undergrad/FBE"></a> <h3>Freshman Barrier Examination</h3> All students intending to major in composition must pass the Freshman Barrier Examination before continuing in Intermediate Composition I (MUCP 2180). This includes students who have completed MUCP 1180-1190 with a grade of B or better as well as transfer students with at least two semesters of college-level composition courses who place into MUTH 2400-2410 or higher. Students who have completed MUCP 1180-1190 but do not intend to major in composition are not required to take this examination. <ol> <li>This 45-minute oral examination, administered by the composition division chair, is in two parts: <ol TYPE=a> <li>Repertoire and terminology: <ul> <li>Recognition of major contemporary composers and works through score and listening examples. <li>An understanding of basic musical concepts and terminology pertinent to contemporary styles and techniques. </ul> <li>Aural examination, testing recognition of pitch materials used in contemporary music: <ul> <li>Melodic: whole-tone, pentatonic, octatonic, modal. <li>Harmonic: major, minor, augmented, diminished; extended tertian, quartal, quintal, secondal. </ul> </ol> <li>Students who do not pass the Freshman Barrier Examination may enroll in Secondary Composition I (MUCP 2080) and may retake the examination within one year of completing MUCP 1190. Students who pass the examination at that time may petition to substitute up to two semesters of MUCP 2080 toward the Intermediate Composition (MUCP 2180-90) requirement for the degree. <li>Students who take the Freshman Barrier Examination after auditing MUCP 1180-90 may be requested to submit their listening/reading journals from those courses at the time of the examination. <li>The Freshman Barrier Examination may be taken no more than twice; students who do not pass the examination after the second attempt will not be allowed to major in composition.</li> </ol> <br>