Requirements for the Major, Minor
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All students majoring in music must complete the following courses:

Prerequisites:
MUS 1/Music: Imagination & Technique (prerequisite to intermediate and upper level theory/composition)
MUS 3/Introduction to Western Art Music (prerequisite to upper level music history)
  • MUS 27/28 Music Theory I, II (8 credits)
  • MUS 199/Senior Project: Seminar (4 credits)
At least one course (4 credits) from the following:
  • MUS 31/World of Opera and Musical Theater (4)
  • MUS 33/Music of the Whole Earth (4)
  • MUS 34/History of Jazz (4)
  • MUS 36/Women and Music (4)
  • MUS 40/Music in the American Century (4)
  • MUS 55/Selected Studies in Music (4)
At least three courses (12 credits) from the following:
  • MUS 101/Music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Eras (4)
  • MUS 103/Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras (4)
  • MUS 111/Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (4)
  • MUS 115/Style Analysis (4)
  • MUS 141/Topics in Music History (4)
At least two courses (8 credits) from the following:
  • MUS 46/Counterpoint (4)
  • MUS 60/Music Composition, repeatable for credit (4)
  • MUS 124/Techniques of Twentieth-Century Composition (4)
  • MUS 134/Orchestration (4)
  • MUS 137/Electronic Music Composition (4)
At least 10 credits from the following:
  • MUS 9/Instrumental/Vocal Instruction (1-4 credits)
  • MUS 15/Chorale (2-8 credits)
  • MUS 17/The Drew Madrigal Singers (1-4 credits)
  • MUS 22/University Chamber Orchestra (2-8 credits)
  • MUS 24/Selected Ensembles (1-4 credits)
  • MUS 30/Techniques of the Voice (4)
  • MUS 52/Piano Studies
  • MUS 125/Advanced Instrumental/Vocal Instruction (2-8 credits)

A maximum of 16 credits, in any combination, from music instruction and/or performance courses may be counted toward the minimum 128 credits required for the B.A. degree. 

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Requirements for the Minor
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For a formal minor in music, students must complete at least 25 intermediate and upper level credits in music, chosen in consultation with the department and distributed as follows:

.Prerequisites:
MUS 1/Music: Imagination & Technique (prerequisite to intermediate and upper level theory/composition)
MUS 3/Introduction to Western Art Music (prerequisite to upper level music history)

At least one course (4 credits) from the following:
  • MUS 31/World of Opera and Musical Theater (4)
  • MUS 33/Music of the Whole Earth (4)
  • MUS 34/History of Jazz (4)
  • MUS 36/Women and Music (4)
  • MUS 40/Music in the American Century (4)
  • MUS 55/Selected Studies in Music (4)
At least two courses (8 credits) from the following:
  • MUS 101/Music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Eras (4)
  • MUS 103/Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras (4)
  • MUS 111/Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (4)
  • MUS 115/Style Analysis (4)
  • MUS 141/Topics in Music History (4)
At least one course (4 credits) from the following:
  • MUS 46/Counterpoint (4)
  • MUS 60/Music Composition, repeatable for credit (4)
  • MUS 124/Techniques of Twentieth-Century Composition (4)
  • MUS 134/Orchestration (4)
  • MUS 137/Electronic Music Composition (4)
At least 5 credits from the following:
  • MUS 9/Instrumental/Vocal Instruction (1-4 credits)
  • MUS 15/Chorale (2-8 credits)
  • MUS 17/The Drew Madrigal Singers (1-4 credits)
  • MUS 22/University Chamber Orchestra (2-8 credits)
  • MUS 24/Selected Ensembles (1-4 credits)
  • MUS 30/Techniques of the Voice (4)
  • MUS 52/Piano Studies
  • MUS 125/Advanced Instrumental/Vocal Instruction (2-8 credits)

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