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)