Music Minor

Overview

The Music minor offers students a balanced program that combines academic coursework in music history, theory, and style analysis with performance opportunities in chamber ensembles, jazz ensemble, and applied music lessons. Students are encouraged to refine their performance skills through regular participation in music ensembles and lessons, enhancing their musical abilities and academic understanding.

Requirements (20 credits)

To complete the Music minor, students must earn a total of twenty credits, consisting of six credits of Music History, eleven credits of Music Theory, and three credits of Performance coursework.

Music History

Complete six credits from the following:

MUS 1013	Music and the World Wars	3
MUS 1111	Sense of Music	3
MUS 1014	American Musical Cultures	3
MUS 1018	Aesthetic Revolutions	3
MUS 1024	Verdi and Shakespeare	3
MUS 1350	Baroque and Classical Music History	3
MUS 1351	Romantic and Modern Music History	3
MUS 1352	Late Romantic and Modern History	3
MUS 1353	Early Modern Theories of Music	3
MUS 1354	Film Music Studies	3
MUS 1371	Rock, Rhythm and Blues	3
MUS 1391	Three Jazz Giants	3
MUS 4930	Topics in Music	3

Music Theory

Complete eight credits from the following:

MUS 2105	Music Fundamentals	3
MUS 2011	Elementary Ear Training I	1
MUS 2012	Elementary Ear Training II	1
MUS 2113	Music Theory III	3
MUS 2114	Music Theory IV	1

Students may be exempt from MUS 2105 by passing a placement test, administered by the department chair, at least one semester before enrolling in MUS 2111.

Performance

Complete three credits from the following:

MUS 1117	Introduction to Piano I	3
MUS 2120	Introduction to Composition	1
MUS 2121	Introduction to Composition II	1
MUS 3461	Performance: Chamber Music	1
MUS 3467	Jazz Ensemble	1
MUS 4111	Private Study/Applied Music	1 TO 3