Undergraduate Minor in Music

The Music Department offers two options for students who wish to pursue a minor in music. Students electing Option 2 must audition on their instrument or voice to be accepted into that option.

Option 1

This option requires the completion of 20 credit hours in music with a grade of C or better in each course.

1. Twelve hours of Theoretical Foundations (MUS  1101 Theoretical Foundations I , MUS 1102 Theoretical Foundations II).

2. Six hours from the following: MUS 1000 Music Appreciation, MUS 1003 Early Jazz, MUS  1004 Contemporary Jazz, MUS  2201 History of Music* (An historical survey of the art of music in the West from its tentative beginnings in Greek and Jewish music through the compositions of Beethoven),  MUS 2202 History of Music* (A continuation of MUS 2201 from the music of Schubert and Weber through the present).

3. Two hours of ensemble (MUS  1900 series).

Option 2

This option requires the completion of 22-23 credit hours in music with a grade of C or better in each course.

1. Twelve hours of Theoretical Foundations (MUS  1101 Theoretical Foundations I , MUS 1102 Theoretical Foundations II).

2. Three hours from the following: MUS 1000 Music Appreciation, MUS 1003 Early Jazz, MUS  1004 Contemporary Jazz, MUS  2201 History of Music* (An historical survey of the art of music in the West from its tentative beginnings in Greek and Jewish music through the compositions of Beethoven),  MUS 2202 History of Music* (A continuation of MUS 2201 from the music of Schubert and Weber through the present).

3. Six hours of Applied Music (to be chosen from Applied Music Major courses or class instruction based upon audition.)***

4. Two hours of ensemble (MUS  1900 series).

*MUS 2201 and MUS 2202 by consent of the department.

**For students whose Applied area is Keyboard, three hours to be chosen from the Music Appreciation or History area will be substituted for the piano class component in Music 1101/1102.
***Lesson fees apply.