Minor in Music Studies
The flexible nature of the minor in Music Studies gives students the ability to personalize their course of study as they undertake a balanced approach to the varied disciplines of music, including performance, ethnomusicology, cultural studies, histories of music, theories of music, technology, and composition. Students work with advisers to create a coherent, meaningful, and personalized minor.
Requirements
The minor consists of six four-credit courses (or four-credit equivalencies).
One course in music theory is required from the following:
| MUS 123 | INTRO MUS THEORY AT THE PIANO | 4 |
| MUS 130 | CC: FOUNDATION OF MUSIC THEORY | 4 |
| MUS 206 | THEORY I:HARMONY,MELODY,RHYTHM | 4 |
| MUS 223 | THEORY II:COLOR & CHROMATICISM | 4 |
| MUS 224 | THE LANGUAGE OF JAZZ | 4 |
Required course
Elective courses
Four electives courses must include at least one course from each of these three categories: Culture and History; Theories of Music; Making Music
Culture and History courses
Two semesters of Service-Learning Practicum (MUS 217-218) may count as the equivalent of one Culture and History course
Theories of Music courses
Making Music courses
Four semesters of ensemble (MUS 220) may count as the equivalent of one Making Music course
Four semesters of lessons (MUS 115 or 215) may count as the equivalent of one Making Music course
A. Greenwald, S. P. Liu, M. Thomas, D. Wilson