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:

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.

MUSn - Music Minor

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