College of Arts and Sciences

School of the Arts

Performing Arts
Music Minor

Requirements (19-20cr):

CORE COURSES (8-9cr)

  • MUS-P100 Piano Elective/Secondary (2cr.)

and select 2 from the following:

  • MUS-M111 Music Literature (4 cr.)
  • MUS-M174 Music for the Listener (3 cr.)
  • MUS-T109 Rudiments of Music 1 (3 cr.) 

HISTORY AND CULTURE (6 cr) Select one of the following:

  • MUS-A190 Arts, Aesthetics, and Creativity (3 cr.)
  • MUS-M333 Hip-Hop Music and Culture (3 cr.) 
  • MUS-M430 Introduction to Contemporary Music (3 cr.)
  • MUS-M201 The Literature of Music 1 (2-3 cr.)
  • MUS-M202 The Literature of Music 2 (2-3 cr.)
  • MUS-M393 History of Jazz (3 cr)
  • MUS-M 400 Undergraduate Readings in Musicology (1-6 cr)
  • MUS-Z201 History of Rock and Roll Music (3 cr.)
  • MUS-Z315 Music for Film (3cr.)
  • MUS-Z373 The American Musical (3 cr.) 

CREATIVE PRACTICE (2 cr) Select one of the following:

  • MUS-L101 Beginning Guitar (2 cr.)
  • MUS-P100 Piano Elective/Secondary  (2cr.)
  • MUS-V100 Voice Elective/Secondary (2 cr.) 

ELECTIVE (3 cr)

Any MUS courses not already applied to the minor

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