Music Minor
For those students interested in a formal, cohesive music curriculum but who are not interested in music as a major, a Music minor is available. The Music minor requires 23-24 credits, at least 6 of which must be upper-division.
Curriculum Requirements
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Program Courses | ||
MUSC 118 | Keyboard II 1 | 1 |
or MUSC 261 | Keyboard Sight Reading I | |
MUSC 145 | Applied Music 2 | 4 |
MUSC 153 | Sight-Singing and Dictation I 3 | 2 |
MUSC 154 | Music Theory I 3 | 2 |
MUSC 163 | Sight-Singing and Dictation II | 2 |
MUSC 164 | Music Theory II | 2 |
MUSC 200 | Concert Music 4 | 0 |
MUSC 323 | Basic Conducting | 2 |
Select two courses, with instructor's approval, from the following: | 4-5 | |
Music History and Literature: Medieval Through Early Baroque | ||
Music History and Literature: Mid-Baroque Through Classic | ||
Music History and Literature: Late Romantic Through Early 20th Century | ||
Music Theory/History and Literature of the 20th Century | ||
Music Cultures of the World | ||
Ensemble Courses | ||
Select 4 credits of ensemble, as appropriate to applied principal, from the following: | 4 | |
Biola Chorale | ||
Chamber Music Ensemble | ||
Symphony Orchestra | ||
Chamber Choir | ||
Jazz Ensemble | ||
Symphonic Winds | ||
Handbell Choir | ||
Vocal Jazz Ensemble | ||
Women's Chorus | ||
Worship and Popular Music Ensemble | ||
Men's Chorus | ||
Total Credits | 23-24 |
1 | MUSC 118 is for non-keyboard minors. Prerequisite to MUSC 118 is MUSC 100, or proficiency. MUSC 261 is for keyboard minors. |
2 | Must take 4 credits in principle instrument, composition or voice, through proficiency level 224. Sophomore B.A. music degree proficiency required. See Conservatory Office for standards description. |
3 | Entry-level standard required. |
4 | Must take 4 semesters. |