Music Minor

Core Curriculum:

• Three credits (two semesters) of private instrumental or vocal lessons
• Two semesters of ensemble participation, chosen from the following ensembles: chorus, chamber singers, chamber music, African drum and dance ensemble, opera and musical theatre workshop, jazz ensemble, or orchestra. With the permission of the instructor, students may choose either to enroll for credit or audit.
• MUS 105 - Music Theory I: Introduction to Tonal Practice (3 Cr.)
• MUS 106 - Music Theory II: Homophonic Practice of the 18th and 19th Centuries (3 Cr.)
• MUS 115 - Music in Western Civilization, 1000-1750 (3 Cr.)
• MUS 117 - Music in Western Civilization, 1750-1900 (3 Cr.)
• MUS 121 - Musicianship I (3 Cr.)

Music Minor Electives:

Select two courses from the following options (one must be a 300-level course).

• MUS 104 - Introduction to World Music (3 Cr.)
• MUS 108 - Introduction to Opera (3 Cr.)
• MUS 109 - The History of Jazz (3 Cr.)
• MUS 205 - Music Theory III: Counterpoint (3 Cr.)
• MUS 210 - Computer Music (3 Cr.)
• MUS 213 - Multimedia: Computer Music and Digital Video (3 Cr.)
• MUS 223 - Improvisation (1.5 Cr.)
• MUS 249 - Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries (3 Cr.)
• MUS 291 - Student Recital (1.5 Cr.)
• MUS 313 - Computer Music and Multimedia Seminar (1.5 OR 3 Cr.)
• MUS 329 - Composition Seminar (3 Cr.)
• MUS 353 - Jazz Theory (3 Cr.)
• MUS 360 - Classical Style and Beethoven (3 Cr.)