Music

The Minor

Students complete a minimum number of 18 semester hours for the Music Minor. At least one course in Ethnomusicology (including courses in Non-Western Musics and Oral Traditions of the West) and one course in Western Music in the Written Tradition must be included. Students may complete options A, B or C depending upon competency.

A. ENTRY-LEVEL

• MUS 141 Introduction to Music: Western Emphasis OR
  MUS 161 Introduction to Non-Western Musics OR
  MUS 340s/360s Topics courses

AND

• MUS 171 Music Theory I: Introduction and Foundation

If competency is demonstrated through exam for MUS 141 or 171, an upper-level course must be substituted.

B. UPPER-LEVEL

• MUS 441 History of Western Music 900–1799 OR
  MUS 442 History of Western Music 1800–present OR
  MUS 460 Ethnomusicology: Methods and Issues

AND

• One additional upper-level history or theory course
  (MUS 371, 441, 442 or 471)

• A competency exam may be taken as the prerequisite for upper-level courses.

C. Six additional semester hours of the student's choice
(including Applied Music, MUS 380s).

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