伯克利音乐学院本科

作为流行音乐的顶级名校，伯克利音乐学院汇集了王力宏的过内著名歌手，还有小鲜肉即将入读，学校开设了12个分支，分别如下：

• Composition
• Contemporary Writing an Prouction
• Electronic Prouction an Design
• Film Scoring
• Jazz Composition
• Music Business/ Management
• Music Eucation
• Music Prouction an Engineering
• Music Therapy
• Performance
• Professional Music
• Songwriting

我们以歌词写作为例，来看下本科课程设置：

Require Courses There are 30 creits require for this major. To view the full program of stuy, which inclues core music, liberal arts, an general electives, see sample curriculumfor the bachelor's egree.

Instrumental skills: 

  ISKB-211 : Basic Keyboar Techniques 1 (1 creit) Select one of the following: 

  ISKB-212 : Basic Keyboar Techniques 2 (1 creit) 

  SW-238 : Keyboar Techniques for Songwriters (2 creits) 

  SW-236 : Guitar Techniques for Songwriting (2 creits)

Founational songwriting an lyric writing: 

  SW-211 : Songwriting 1 (2 creits) 

  SW-212 : Songwriting 2 (2 creits) 

  SW-221 : Lyric Writing 1 (2 creits) 

  SW-222 : Lyric Writing 2 (2 creits)

Technology requirement, select any two: 

  SW-161 : DAW for Songwriters: Pro Tools (2 creits)

  SW-181 : DAW for Songwriters: Ableton Live (2 creits) 

  SW-191 : DAW for Songwriters: Logic Pro X (2 creits) 

  SW-261 : Avance DAW for Songwriters: Pro Tools (2 creits) 

  SW-281 : Avance DAW for Songwriters: Ableton Live (2 creits) 

  SW-291 : Avance DAW for Songwriters: Logic Pro X (2 creits) 

  SW-360 : Ban Recor Prouction for the Songwriter (2 creits) 

  SW-362 : Avance Song Prouction Seminar (2 creits)

Other require courses: 

  SW-231 : Arranging for Songwriters (2 creits) Select one of the following: 

  SW-311 : Avance Songwriting (2 creits) 

  SW-321 : Avance Lyric Writing (2 creits) 

  SW-371 : Singer/Songwriter Workshop (2 creits) 

  SW-241 : Survey of Popular Song Styles (2 creits) 

  SW-335 : The Business of Songwriting (2 creits) 

  SW-398 : Directe Stuy in Songwriting (2 creits) 

  SW-497 : Senior Seminar in Songwriting (2 creits) 4 creits of approve specifie electives (see yourmajor grifor more information).

可以看出，除专业课程外学校也是非常看重学生在电子琴和吉他方面的能力的。申请前由相关背景的学生也会有一定的优势。