The core music theory curriculum for studio composition and studio production students, consisting of six sequential courses (I–IV for studio production). Studies in musical structure and syntax. An integrated presentation of melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, and timbre. Models III covers acoustics, proportion, harmonic series, monophony, and species counterpoint. It applies the general principles of Fux's 16th century counterpoint to the personal, contemporary idioms of your own compositions.