Music Minor (18 units)

The Music Minor integrates performance and intellectual understanding of music.  Students have many ways to fulfill the minor requirements based on their interests and needs.

• MUS 104:  Exploring Classical Music:  Music for Court and Stage (3) or 101: Music in Society (3)
• MUS 218:  Keyboard Musicianship (2)
• MUS 219:  Foundations of Harmony (3)

Applied Instruction: 3 units selected from:

• MUS 108,
• MUS 109,
• MUS 113, MUS 130, MUS 330 (Piano I, II, III)
• MUS 220-237     

Ensembles: 3 units selected from:            

• MUS 406
• MUS 407

Electives: 4 units selected from:                  

• MUS 406 or 407:  Ensembles (maximum of 1 unit of 406 or 407 beyond the 3 unit Ensemble requirement may count toward the electives)
• MUS 301:  Rock: An American Music (3)
• MUS 302:  World Music (3)     
• MUS 305:  Jazz: An American Art Form (3)            
• MUS 319:  Elementary Music Methods (2)          
• MUS 320:  Composition: Film Scoring (3)
• MUS 320C: Composition: Electronic Music (3)
• MUS 323:  Jazz Pedagogy (2)   
• MUS 324:  Contemporary Composition (2)
• MUS 334:  Fundamentals of Conducting (2)
• MUS 338:  Vocal and Instrumental Scoring (3)
• MUS 341:  Harmonic Connections: Voice-leading (3)
• MUS 342:  Form and Analysis (3)
• MUS 343:  Post-Tonal Theory (3)
• MUS 344:  Jazz Harmony in Theory and Practice
• MUS 360:  Music Tech: Midi and Finale (2)
• MUS 361:  Music Technology:  Recording, Production, and Live Sound (3)
• MUS 384:  Advanced Choral Conducting and Literature (2)
• MUS 444:  History of Music in the European Tradition (4)
• MUS 455:  Secondary Music Methods (3)                                             

Total Units: 18