Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified.

Note: Acceptance into the minor requires an audition.

Prerequisite Course

All students can take a music theory placement exam. Students who do not place into MUSC 1201 must first take the following:
MUSC 1119Fundamentals of Western Music Theory4

Music Core

Complete 4 semester hours from one of the following:4
Music in Everyday Life
Music in Everyday Life
and Lab for MUSC 1002
Music Theory 1

Music Lessons

Complete music lessons for a total of 4 semester hours (courses are repeatable):4
Music Lessons 1
Music Lessons 2

Music Ensembles

Complete five of the following:5
Chorus
Concert Band
Orchestra
Wind Ensemble
Jazz Ensemble
Rock Ensemble
Blues/Rock Ensemble
Pop Music Performance
Chamber Ensemble
Jazz Choir and Combo
World Music Ensemble
Fusion Ensemble
Pep Band
Open Microphone Performance Workshop

Music Elective

Complete one of the following:4
Rock Music
Jazz
Film Music
Music Therapy 1
What's Playing at Symphony?
Topics in Diverse Musical Cultures
Wired for Sound
Introduction to Music Composition
Black Popular Music
Songs That Made History
Algebra and Geometry of Music
Making a Musical: Analysis, Craft, and Creation
Jazz Improvisation
Conducting
Introduction to Songwriting
Advanced Songwriting
Popular Music Since 1945
Topics in Western Art Music
Topics in Global Music Cultures
Punk Rock
40,000 Years of Music Technology
Musical Communities of Boston
Topics in Musical Communities
The Festival Experience
Divas, DJs, and Double Standards
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Music
Music, Sound, and the Screen
The World of Choral Music
Music Composition Seminar 1
Arranging and Orchestration for Film, Media, and the Concert Stage
Music Perception and Cognition
Sounding Human
Music and the Racial Imagination
Sound and the Sacred
Music, Noise, Silence
Ethnography and the Arts
Music Analysis Seminar
Music and the Brain Research
Music and Social Justice
Hip Hop in the Music Industry
The Independent Performing Songwriter: Creation, Commerce, and Well-Being
Introduction to Music Technology

Music Recitals

MUSC 3410Recital 11
MUSC 4622Recital 21

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor