All 100 and 200-level courses are open to all students, though some courses require prerequisites or approval from the instructor. Some suggested courses for first-year students include:
Fall Term 2024
- A&I Seminar: Music and Advertising (MUSC.100)
- Music Fundamentals (MUSC.101)
- Golden Age of R&B (MUSC.232)
- Jazz Workshop (MUSC.196)
Winter Term 2025
- Musicianship Lab I (MUSC.103)
- Theory I: Principles of Harmony (MUSC.110)
- Ethnomusicology/World Music (MUSC.140)
- Western Music and Its Social Ecosystem (MUSC.215)
- Composition (MUSC.220)
Spring Term 2025
- Musicianship Lab II (MUSC.104)
- Music and Censorship (MUSC.127)
- Opera in the News (MUSC.217)
- Percept & Cogn of Music (MUSC.227)