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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

MUS 481 Commercial Songwriting

Fall

Commercial Songwriting is designed to provide music students with practical opportunities to compose and arrange commercial and popular music. Students will study and analyze the musical elements and concepts that make commercial and popular music successful, followed by the creation of their own original compositions and/or arrangement. Prerequisite: MUS 480 .

3 credit hours