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Department Chair: Scott Lindroth

Director of Undergraduate Studies: Susan Dunn

Degree(s) Available: Bachelor of Arts, Minor

Major Requirements:

  • Music 65: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music I
  • Music 114: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music II
  • Music 116: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music III
  • Music 155: Music History I (to 1650)
  • Music 156: Music History II (1650-1850)
  • Music 157: Music History III (after 1850)
  • Either Music 190S or an approved 200-level course
  • Two semesters of study in an instrument or voice
  • Two semesters in a departmental ensemble
  • One music elective
  • One course each from two of the following groups:

Group A: The Post Tonal Era

117S: Theory and Practice of Post-Tonal Music, 139: Music and Modernism

Group B: Outside the Western Classical Tradition

134: Music in East Asia, 135: Music in South Asia, 136: World Music: Aesthetic and Antropological Approaches, 137: Music, Social Lives, and Scenes, 138S: Special Topics in Ethnomusicality, 141S: Special Topics in Jazz, 142: African American Music in the Twentieth Century.

Group C: Advanced Studies in Performance and Composition

161: Advanced Composition, 177: Advanced Study in Conducting, 179: Advanced Study in Musical Performance

Minor Requirements:

  • Music 65: Theory and Practice of Tonal Music I
  • One course in music history (155, 156, or 157)
  • One course credit from one of the following music courses: 74, 75, 76, 114, 134-138S, 141S, 142, 155-157
  • Two semesters of performance credit
  • Two other full course credit courses in Music, one of which must be above 113

Concentrations availble for minors

  • African and African-American Music
  • Composition and Music Theory
  • Jazz
  • Performance
  • World Music

Certificate Requirements: N/A


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  1. Music Department Website