Music Minor Requirements – 36 Total Credits

The Minor in Music is an excellent way for students to pursue their passion for music from a broad perspective, but also offers the flexibility for a student to customize a course of study specific to their particular interests.

Musical Foundations and Theory – Required 6 credits*

Required Classroom Courses – Required 12 credits

From any courses listed below.

  • ARBC 222: Music in the Middle East (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 111: Music History before 1800 (formerly MUSC 211)
  • MUSC 112: Music History After 1800 (formerly MUSC 215)
  • MUSC 145: Music of Latin America (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 203: Theory I: The Principles of Harmony (cannot count as both Theory and Elective)
  • MUSC 204: Theory II: Musical Structures (cannot count as both Theory and Elective)
  • MUSC 205: Disability in Popular Music: Representations, Roles, and Receptions
  • MUSC 208: Computer Music and Sound (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 209: Analog Sound and Music (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 213: J-Pop: Listening to Music in Modern Japan (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 214: Beats, Rhymes & Life: Hip Hop History and Analysis
  • MUSC 217: Opera: Stage, Screen, Recording
  • MUSC 221: The Principles of Music Creation
  • MUSC 227: Perception and Cognition of Music
  • MUSC 228: Perception and Cognition of Music Lab
  • MUSC 231: Researching Popular Music (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 232: Golden Age of R & B
  • MUSC 239: The Philosophy of Music
  • MUSC 242: Tango: More Than a Dance (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 244: Music Studies at the Border (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 247: 1950s/60s American Folk Music Revival (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 308: Seminar in Music Analysis (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 313: Video Game Music: History, Interpretation, Practice
  • MUSC 331: Researching Popular Music (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 332: Golden Age of R & B
  • MUSC 338: Music as Heritage: Festivals, Museums, and Tourism (not offered 2026-27)
  • MUSC 341: Rock Lab and Lab (not offered 2026-27)
  • OR any course numbered MUSC 303 – MUSC 340

300-level Seminar – Required 6 credits

One course from courses numbered MUSC 303 – MUSC 340.

A course which fulfills the seminar requirement may not be “double counted” toward other requirements, e.g., Required Classroom Courses or Music Electives.

Music Electives – Required 12 credits

Any MUSC, MUSE, and/or MUSL (2XX, 3XX).

A course which fulfills the elective requirement may not be “double counted” toward other requirements, e.g., Music Foundations and Theory or Music Seminar.

Other electives include,

  • AFST 225: Black Music, Resistance, and Liberation (not offered 2026-27)
  • GERM 150: Culture & Counter Culture: Music, Text, Resistance (not offered 2026-27)

Additional Departmental Notes

Students pursuing work in an interdisciplinary area (e.g., ethnomusicology, media studies, music psychology) may petition for elective courses outside of Music to count towards the minor.