I. Required Courses (9-13 credits)

• MUS 102 - Music Fundamentals
• MUS 103 - Introduction to Western Art Music
• MUS 227 - Music Theory I
• MUS 227L - Music Theory I Lab

II. Music and Culture (4 credits)

• MUS 231 - History of Opera
• MUS 233 - Music of the Whole Earth
• MUS 234 - History of Jazz
• MUS 236 - Women and Music
• MUS 238 - African American Music History
• MUS 240 - Music in the American Century

III. Western Music History (4 credits)

• MUS 301 - Music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras
• MUS 303 - Music of the Classic and Romantic Eras
• MUS 311 - Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
• MUS 315 - Style Analysis
• MUS 341 - Topics in Music History

IV. Composition/Theory (4 credits)

• MUS 101 - Music: Imagination and Technique
• MUS 223 - Introduction to Conducting
• MUS 230 - Techniques of the Voice
• MUS 246 - Counterpoint
• MUS 260 - Music Composition
• MUS 324 - Techniques of 20th- and 21st-Century Composition
• MUS 334 - Orchestration
• MUS 337 - Electronic Music Composition

V. Membership in at least one ensemble for at least two semesters

• MUS 110 - Choral Union
• MUS 215 - Chorale
• MUS 217 - Madrigal Singers
• MUS 220 - Pan-African Choral Performance
• MUS 222 - University Chamber Orchestra
• MUS 224 - Wind Ensemble
• MUS 225 - Flute Ensemble
• MUS 226 - Jazz Ensemble
• MUS 229 - Chamber Music

VI. Meeting/Concert Attendance

Minors are expected to support all department events but are required to attend all Works in Progress recitals, all majors/minors meetings, and designated concerts/department events.