Film and Media Scoring
Credits Required
Bachelor of Music
Catalog Year: 2024F Program Code: BM4.FILM
The Film and Media Scoring major requires students purchase a technological bundle, which includes
specific software components that meet the curriculuar, musical, and professional goals of the major.
For more information, please visit: https://www.berklee.edu/sts/film-scoring
For information about Study Abroad, please contact your major chair or studyabroad@berklee.edu. SEMESTERS
Course Number Course Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
FILM AND MEDIA SCORING MAJOR: 32 Credits Required 32
FILM-200 Introduction to Film Scoring 2
ISKB-211 & ISKB-212 Basic Keyboard 1 & 2 1 1
SCRN-202 Introduction to Scoring Technology for Media Composers 2
SCRN-240 Introduction to Composition and Orchestration for Media Composers 2
CP-215 The Art of Counterpoint 2 2
FILM-205 Scoring Technology 1 2
FILM-207 Dramatic Scoring 1 2
FILM-305 Scoring Technology 2 2
FILM-340 Dramatic Orchestration for Film 2
FILM-307 Dramatic Scoring 2 2
FILM-351 Post-Romantic Scoring 2
FILM-405 Scoring Technology 3 2
FILM-407 Dramatic Scoring 3 2
FILM-487 Senior Portfolio and Seminar in Film Scoring 2
FILM-4xx* Advanced Film Scoring Elective* 2
Major Electives** 2
* Advanced Film Scoring Elective: any FILM, GAIM, or SCRN 400-level course not already completed.
** Major Electives: CM-312, CM-341, CM-342, CM-361, CM-441, COND-351, COND-361, COND-484, CP-311, CW-255, GAIM-265, GAIM-271, GAIM-371, GAIM-372,
GAIM-381, GAIM-471, GAIM-472, GAIM-479, GAIM-483, HR-325, IN-495, MLAN-312, MB-201, MB-211, PW-463, SCRN-483, SCRN-495, SW-273, SW-345, or any advanced
FILM course not taken as requirement.
MAJOR-SPECIFIC CORE MUSIC AND LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES - 22 Credits Required 22
ET 211, ET-223, or ET-231 Ear Training 3, Ear Training 3 Entering, or Solfege 1 2
ET-212, ET-224, or ET-232 Ear Training 4, Ear Training 4 Entering, or Solfege 2 2
COND-211 or COND-216 Conducting 1 or Conducting 1 with Live Keyboard 1
COND-217 Conducting 2 with Live Keyboard 1
LMSC-xxx Mathematics or Science (level 200 or higher) 3
LSOC-xxx or ASOC-xxx Social Science 3
MHIS-201, MHIS-202, or MHIS-203 History of Music in the European Tradition 2
MHIS-3xx Music History Elective: Any MHIS course level 300 or higher* (MHIS-331 recommended) 2
Lxxx-xxx or Axxx-xxx* Liberal Arts and Sciences/Africana Studies Electives* 3 3
* Any three credit courses from the following catagories: AFST, AHIS, AHUM, ASOC, AMAS, LENG, LMSC, LHIS, LSOC, LVIS, LMAS, LFRN, LJPN, LHUM, LPHL, or LSPN.
CORE MUSIC - 35 Credits Required 35
Performance
PIxx-111 Private Instruction - Level 1 (50 minutes) 2
PIxx-112 Private Instruction - Level 2 (50 minutes) 2
PIxx-211 Private Instruction - Level 3 (30 minutes) 1
PIxx-212 Private Instruction - Level 4 (30 minutes) 1
ILxx Instrumental Labs 1 1
ENxx Ensembles 1 1 1 1
Non-Performance
PW-111 Music Application and Theory 4
AR-111 or AR-123 Arranging 1 Entering or Arranging 1 Continuing 2
HR-112 or HR-114 Harmony 2 or Harmony 2 Entering 2
HR-211, HR-213, or HR-215 Harmony 3, Harmony 3 Entering, or Harmony 3 Intensive 2
HR-212, HR-214, or HR-216 Harmony 4, Harmony 4 Entering, or Harmony 4 Intensive 2
ET-111 Ear Training 1 2
ET-112 or ET-123 Ear Training 2 or Ear Training 2 Entering 2
CM-211 Tonal Harmony and Composition 1 2
CM-212 Tonal Harmony and Composition 2 2
CP-210 The Art of Counterpoint 1 3
∙ Students should enroll in an ensemble (ENxx) and private instruction (PIxx) during their first four full-time semesters.
∙ Two credits of performance studies (PSxx), excluding PSH, PST, & PSEM, may replace two credits of ensembles or labs.
∙ Additional PSxx courses, excluding PSH-xxx, may be taken as general electives or major elective credits, depending on major.
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES & AFRICANA STUDIES - 24 LAS/AFST Credits Required 24
MTEC-111 or MTEC-122 Introduction to Music Technology or Accelerated Introduction to Music Technology 2
LENS-10x Engaging Seminar 2
LHUM-400 Professional Development Seminar 2
LENG-111 Introduction to College Writing 3
LENG-223 Literature Topics 3
LHIS-xxx or AHIS-xxx History 3
AFST-221 Global Afrodiasporic Musics 3
LVIS-xxx Visual Studies 3
LMAS-xxx or AMAS-xxx Music and Society 3
English as a Second Language: An assessment is required for all non-native English speakers. Students may be required to complete ESL courses based on the results of the
assessment, which will apply as liberal arts and sciences electives or general electives.
GENERAL ELECTIVES - 7 Credits Required 3 1 3 7
SEMESTER CREDIT TOTALS - - > 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 15
Total Required Credits 120
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