College Core Requirements

Music Core Requirements

All students in the School of Music are required to enroll in the following music courses:

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
First Year Core
MUS 110A	MUSIC THEORY I	2
MUS 120A	MUSIC THEORY II	2
MUS 130A	MUSIC THEORY III	2
MUS 111	AURAL TRAINING I	1
MUS 121	AURAL TRAINING II	1
MUS 131	AURAL TRAINING III	1
MUS 113	GROUP PIANO I	1
MUS 123	GROUP PIANO II	1
MUS 133	GROUP PIANO III	1
Second Year Core
MUS 212A	MUSIC THEORY IV ¹	2
MUS 222-A	MUSIC THEORY V - A ²	2
or MUS 222-B	MUSIC THEORY V - B
or MUS 222-C	MUSIC THEORY V - C
MUS 232A	MUSIC THEORY VI-A: CONCEPTS AND MATERIALS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ³	2
or MUS 232B	MUSIC THEORY VI-B: ANALYSIS OF MUSICAL FORM
MUS 211	AURAL TRAINING IV ⁴	1
MUS 221	AURAL TRAINING V ⁴	1
MUS 231	AURAL TRAINING VI ⁴	1
MUS 213	GROUP PIANO IV ⁵	1
MUS 223	GROUP PIANO V ⁵	1
MUS 233	GROUP PIANO VI ⁵	1
Choose three of the following musicology courses: ⁶		12
MUS 224	MUSIC, HISTORY, AND CULTURE I
MUS 225	MUSIC, HISTORY, AND CULTURE II
MUS 226	GLOBAL MUSIC CULTURES
MUS 310	INTRODUCTION TO ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
Upper Level Core
MUS 303	BASIC CONDUCTING PRACTICUM	0
MUS 304	BASIC CONDUCTING	4
MUS 323	MUSICOLOGY SEMINAR	2

¹: Jazz Studies majors take JZZ 300 in place of MUS 212A.
²: Jazz Studies majors take JZZ 301 in place of MUS 222A/B/C.
³: Jazz Studies majors take JZZ 302 in place of MUS 232A/B.
⁴: Jazz Studies majors take JZZ 205, 206 and 207 in place of MUS 211, MUS 221 and MUS 231.
⁵: Jazz Studies majors take JZZ 202, 203 and 204 in place of MUST 213, MUS 223 and MUS 233.
⁶: Jazz Studies majors take one fewer musicology course. They supplement this missing credit in their major coursework.