Undergraduate Division

Non-Majors

The Jacobs School of Music offers a number of music courses, performance study options, and ensembles especially designed for students majoring in fields other than music. In addition, qualified non-majors are welcome to participate in music major academic courses, performance courses, or ensembles on a space-available basis.

Under certain conditions, credit for these courses is accepted toward degree requirements in other schools and departments. At the time of registration, proper approval must be secured from the chairperson of the student’s major department or the dean of the school, as well as from the director of undergraduate studies in the Jacobs School of Music.

Minor in Dance

The minor requires at least 18 credit hours, including the requirements listed below. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300-499 level. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor. A GPA of at least 2.0 for all courses taken in the minor - including those where a grade lower than C- is earned - is required. 

1. Required Core

a. Core of Dance Techniques. One (1) course:

  • THTR-D 109 Core of Dance Technique (3 cr.)

b. Introduction to Dance Studios One (1) course:

  • THTR-D 231 Introduction to Dance Studies (3 cr.)

2. Social and Historical Dance and Theatre Studies One (1) course:

  • THTR-D 332 Twentieth-Century Concert Dance (3 cr.)
  • THTR-T 370 History of Theatre and Drama I (3 cr.)
  • THTR-T 371 History of Theatre and Drama II (3 cr.)
  • AAAD-A 295 Survey of Hip Hop (3 cr.)
  • AAAD-A 320 Black Dance History (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-A 208 Topics in the Anthropology of the Arts and Expressive Behavior (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 203 Stigma and the Expressive Arts: Cultivating Compassion (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 386 Performance, Culture, and Power in the Middle East and North Africa (3 cr.)
  • ANTH-E 463 Anthropology of Dance (3 cr.)
  • CMLT-C 147 Images of the Self: East and West (3 cr.)
  • FOLK-E 295 Survey of Hip Hop (3 cr.)
  • EDUC-M 334 Drama in Eductaion (2-3 cr.)
  • EDUC-Z 305 Theatre for Young Audiences (Tya) (3 cr.)

3. Dance Techinques Both of the following with at least three (3) credit hours at the 300-499 level:

a. Modern Dance. Three (3) credit hours:

  • THTR-D 155 Beginning Modern Dance (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 255 Intermediate Modern Dance (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 355 Advanced Modern Dance (2 cr.)
  • Another modern dance technique course with approval of the department

b. Dance Technique Electives. Three (3) credit hours:

  • AAAD-A 100 African American Dance Company: Foundations and Practices (2 cr.)
  • AAAD-A 221 Dance in the African Diaspora (3 cr.)
  • THTR-D 154 Beginning Tap Dance (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 156 Introduction to Jazz Dance Technique (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 254 Intermediate Tap Dance (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 256 Intermediate Jazz Dance (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 354 Advanced Tap Dance (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 456 Advanced Jazz Dance (2 cr.)
  • THTR-D 457 Jazz Dance Repertory (1 cr.)
  • MUS-J 100 Ballet Elective/Secondary (2 cr.)

4. Advanced Dance Electives. Three (3) courses:

  • THTR-D 353 Musical Resources for Dance (2 cr.)
  • THTR-D 441 Dance Production I (2 cr.)
  • THTR-D 461 Methods of Movement Analysis (1 cr.)
  • THTR-D 483 Topics in Dance (1-4 cr.)
  • THTR-T 301 Musical Theatre Dance Styles I (2 cr.)
  • THTR-T 302 Musical Theatre Dance Styles II (2 cr.)
  • THTR-T 410 Movement for the Theatre I (3 cr.)
  • THTR-X 476 Practicum in Community Dance Partnerships (3 cr.)
  • Additional Dance Technique course at the 300-499 level
  • Additional course from the Social and Historical Dance and Theatre Studies list above
  • Another THTR course at the 300-499 level with approval of the department
  • SPH-A 387 Management of Dance Injuries (3 cr.)

Minor in Music

Applications for minors may be submitted online at https://music.indiana.edu/degrees-programs/non-majors/minor-music-app.html once the student's records have moved from University Division to a declared major in a school.

Information about the minor can be found at https://music.indiana.edu/degrees-programs/non-majors/index.html.

The minor must include at least 20 credit hours, of which at least 15, including a minimum of one core course, must be taken at the Jacobs School of Music. A minimum grade of C- is required in each course to be counted toward this minor.

Core

6 credit hours

  • Z101 Music for the Listener (3 cr.).
  • Z111 Introduction to Music Theory (3 cr.)

T109 Rudiments of Music (3 cr.), T151 Music Theory and Literature (3 cr.), Z211 Music Theory II (3 cr.), or more advanced music theory courses may be substituted for students who qualify.

Ensemble/Live Performance

2-3 credit hours

  • Ensemble (1-2 cr.): X1 All-Campus Ensemble (1 cr.) or AAAD-A110 African American Choral Ensemble (2 cr.); or by audition, X30 Ballet Ensemble (2 cr.), X40 University Instrumental Ensembles (2 cr.), X50 Marching Hundred for Non-Music Majors (2 cr.), X60 Historical Performance Ensembles (2 cr.), X70 University Choral Ensembles (2 cr.), X80 Singing Hoosiers for Non-Majors (2 cr.), or AAAD-A120 Soul Revue (2 cr.)
  • Z100 The Live Musical Performance (2 cr.)
  • Z130 Musical Performance Contexts (3 cr.)
  • Z161 Steel Drumming (2 cr.)
  • Z162 Hand Drumming (2 cr.)
Music Electives

12 credit hours

    • L101 Beginning Guitar Class (2 cr.)
    • L102 Intermediate Guitar Class (2 cr.)
    • L121 Beginning Guitar Class and Styles (3 cr.)
    • L122 Intermediate Guitar Class and Styles (3 cr.)
    • P110 Beginning Piano Class 1, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.)
    • P115 Accelerated Beginning Piano Class 1, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.) 
    • P120 Beginning Piano Class 2, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.)
    • V101 Voice Class (2 cr.)
    • V102 Voice Class II (2 cr.)
    • V105 Voice Class and Styles (3 cr.)
    • Z110 Non-Music Major Performance Elective (2 cr.)
    • Z165 Beginning Ukulele (2 cr.)
    • Z175 Intermediate Ukulele (2 cr.)

Substitutions for courses with a Z prefix must be approved by both the director of music undergraduate studies and their counterpart in the student’s home school. Music ensemble credit hours will not count toward the 12 credit hours of music electives. At least 9 of the 12 music elective credit hours must be at the 300 level or higher.

Minor in Music Production

18 credit hours

Prerequisites

  • Z111 Introduction to Music Theory (3 cr.) and Z211 Music Theory II (3 cr.); or Music Fundamentals Online or equivalent and T151 Music Theory and Literature (3 cr.)

Required Courses (12 cr.)

  • A100 Foundations of Audio Technology (3 cr.)
  • A410 Individual Music Production Projects (3 cr.)
  • K340 Songwriting for Music Production (3 cr.)
  • Z361 Introduction to MIDI and Computer Music (3 cr.)

Electives to be chosen from the following courses: (6 cr.)

  • A330 Modern Recording Studio Techniques (3 cr.)
  • A410 Individual Music Production Projects (3 cr.) (A total of 6 credit hours of A410 may be used toward the minor.)
  • K100 Composition Undergraduate Elective/Secondary (3 cr.) (may be repeated)
  • L121 Beginning Guitar Class and Styles (3 cr.)
  • P110 Beginning Piano Class 1, Non-Music Majors (3 cr.)
  • U300 Intro to Music Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
  • V105 Voice Class and Styles (3 cr.)
  • Z313 Legal Aspects of the Music Industry (3 cr.)
  • Undergraduate Elective/Secondary performance study (2 cr.) (may be repeated)

Minor in Music Scoring for Visual Media for Media School Students

15 credit hours

This minor is open to students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Media.

Required Courses (9 cr.)

  • K456 Introdcution to Scoring (3 cr.)*
  • K457 Advanced Techniques in Short Form Scoring (3 cr.)
  • K461 Synthestration I (3 cr.)

Electives to be chosen from the following courses: (6 cr.)

  • A100 Foundations of Audio Technology (3 cr.) (if not taken above) 
  • K100 Composition Undergraduate Elective/Secondary (3 cr.)
  • K302 Projects in Scoring for Visual Media (3 cr.)
  • K455 Topics in Music Scoring for Visual Media (1.5-3 cr.; repeatable for different topics)
  • K458 Advanced Techniques in Long Form Scoring (3 cr.)
  • K462 Synthestration II (3 cr.)
  • T124 Music Theory for Music Production (3 cr.)
  • T134 Popular Music Skills I (2 cr.)
  • Z224 Music and Culture in the James Bond Franchise (3 cr.)
  • Z226 Superheroes: Music in Cinema (3 cr.)
  • Z264 Music and Videogames (3 cr.)
  • Z284 Music in Global Cinema (3 cr.)
  • Z288 Videogame Music in World Cultures (3 cr.)
  • Z315 Music for Film (3 cr.)
  • Z361 Introduction to MIDI and Computer Music (3 cr.) (if not taken above) 
  • MSCH X370 Community and Media (3 cr.)

*Students with sufficient background in Music Scoring for Visual Media, as determined by the director of the Music Scoring for Visual Media, can replace K456 Introduction to Scoring (3 cr.) with 3 cr. of K455 Topics in Music Scoring for Visual Media. 

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