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Undergraduate Bulletin 2015-2016

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Undergraduate Bulletin 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Music Minor

The music minor is completed with either an emphasis in performance or an emphasis in music history, theroy, or composition.

Minor Requirements:

Emphasis in Performance

Fundamentals:
MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano I
History Survey:
MUS 274 - Western Music History: An Overview
Theory
MUS 107 - Music Theory I
MUS 108 - Music Theory II
Other:
MUS 277 - Entrepreneurship for Creative and Performing Artists
Eight semester hours in the appropriate applied music at or beyond the intermediate level
Guitar:
MUS 136 - Private Instruction-Guitar
MUS 246 - Private Guitar Instruction - Advanced
Students completing the emphasis in guitar performance are required to take MUS 231 - Group Guitar II instead of MUS 101 .
Percussion:
MUS 135 - Private Instruction-Drumset And Percussion
MUS 245 - Private Drumset and Percussion Instruction - Advanced
Piano:
MUS 115 - Private Instruction-Piano
MUS 220 - Private Piano Instruction - Advanced
Voice:
MUS 122 - Private Instruction-Voice
MUS 232 - Private Voice Instruction - Advanced

Additional Information:

Students should consider completing MUS 178 - Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano II in addition to MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano I .

Students who do not have formal training in music will need to complete MUS 129 - Fundamentals of Music Theory before enrolling in MUS 107 - Music Theory I .

Emphasis in Music History/Theory or Composition

MUS 101 - Fundamentals of Music and Class Piano I
MUS 129 - Fundamentals of Music Theory
MUS 107 - Music Theory I
MUS 108 - Music Theory II
MUS 269 - World Music
MUS 274 - Western Music History: An Overview
Choose either

Music History/Theory: Two additional courses in music history and/or theory (including ear training)
or

Composition: Six semester hours in composition private instruction, selected in consultation with the music discipline director:
MUS 130 - Private Instruction-Composition
MUS 200 - Private Instruction: Composition-Advanced
MUS 230 - Composition and Music Software Private Instruction