Requirements for the Minor (20-30 credits)

I. Required Courses (9-13 credits)

Complete all of the following:

• course - Music Fundamentals or pass placement test

• course - Music in Context or pass placement test

• course - Music Theory I ; co-requisite course ​

Note: Students who place out of course and course need to take two additional credits in MUS to ensure that the minimum number of credits met in the minor is 20; the department recommends that students in this case take their two semesters of ensemble for credit.

II. Music and Culture (4 credits)

Complete 4 credits, selected from the following:

• course - History of Opera

• course - Music and the Soundscape of Film

• course - Music of the Whole Earth

• course - History of Jazz

• course - Women and Music

• course - African American Music History

• course - Music in the American Century

• course - A Cappella Through the Ages

III. Western Music History (4 credits)

Complete 4 credits, selected from the following:

• course - Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras

• course - Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras

• course - Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

• course - Topics in Music History

IV. Composition/Theory (4 credits)

Complete 4 credits, selected from the following:

• course - Music: Imagination and Technique

• course - Introduction to Conducting

• course - Counterpoint

• course - Music Composition

• course - Techniques of 20th- and 21st-Century Composition

• course - Orchestration

• course - Electronic Music Composition

V. Membership in at least one ensemble for at least two semesters

• course - Improvisation Ensemble

• course - Choral Union

• course - Chorale

• course - Madrigal Singers

• course - Pan-African Choral Performance

• course - University Orchestra

• course - Wind Ensemble

• course - Flute Ensemble

• course - Jazz Ensemble

• course - Chamber Music

VI. Meeting/Concert Attendance

Minors are expected to support all department events but are required to attend all Works in Progress recitals, all majors/minors meetings, and designated concerts/department events.