Music Minor

Required Courses

Required Courses (8 credits + 4 semester 0-credit ensemble requirement):

• Applied music: 2 credits for two semesters, preferably consecutive, on the same instrument (4 credits)
• MUS 211 - Music Theory I Credits: 3
• MUL 211 - Music Theory Lab I Credits: 1
• Music Ensembles: four semesters (0 credit) - College Choir, Symphonic Band, Men’s Choir, Gordon Symphony Orchestra, Women’s Choir, Wind Ensemble

Electives

Additional Approved Electives (12 credits):

Prerequisites may apply; please check the course description.

Music minors may petition the chair of the department to take other music classes for which they do not have the sufficient prerequisites.

• MUS 212 - Music Theory II Credits: 3
• MUL 212 - Music Theory Lab II Credits: 1
• MUS 311 - Music Theory III Credits: 3
• MUL 311 - Music Theory Lab III Credits: 1
• MUS 315 - 20th-Century Techniques Credits: 4
• MUS 218 - Composition I Credits: 2
• MUS 219 - Composition II Credits: 2
• MUS 226 - Music History and Literature I Credits: 4
• MUS 326 - Music History and Literature II Credits: 4
• MUS 259 - Performance of Chamber Music Credits: 0 or 1 variable credit

•      1- credit option;  prerequisite of 2 semesters of applied lessons

• Music Ensemble: semesters beyond the 4 required; 1 credit option
• MUS 241 - A Survey of Musical Masterworks Credits: 4
• MUS 337 - Music in Worship Credits: 4
• MUS 245 - World Music Credits: 2
• FNA 112 - Arts in Concert Credits: 4
• Applied Music: same or different instrument  Credits: 2

Other Courses

Permitted Non-Credit or 0-Credit Courses (will not count toward 12 elective credits):

• Applied Music: same or different instrument (Non-Credit)
• MUS 010 Musicianship  
• MUS 259 Performance of Chamber Music  (0 credit option)
• Music Ensemble: semesters beyond the four required (0 credit option)