2025-2026 Undergraduate General Catalog

Music Minor

19 Credit Hours

Required Courses: 13 credit hours

Take two terms of Large Ensemble for credit.

Take two terms of lessons for credit.

MUSI 1300Music Theory I

2

MUSI 1301Music Theory II

2

MUSI 1310Aural Skills I

1

MUSI 1311Aural Skills II

1

MUSI 1500Introduction to Music Technology

3

MUSI 1700 - 1799MUSI Applied Lessons (MUSI 1700-1799)

1

Total Credit Hours:13

Choose at least six credits from the following courses:

MUSI 1200The Understanding of Music

3

MUSI 1201Blues, Jazz, and Rock

3

MUSI 2210Music History and Literature to 1750

3

MUSI 2211Music History and Literature: 1750 to Present

3

MUSI 2420Vocal Pedagogy for Instrumental Majors

1

MUSI 2421Singer's Diction

2

MUSI 2422Brass Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 2423String Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 2424Woodwind Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 2425Percussion Pedagogy and Performance

2

MUSI 2426Vocal Pedagogy

3

MUSI 3210Music History and Literature of the Non-Western World

3

MUSI 3440Fundamentals of Conducting

3

Total Credit Hours:6

Total Credit Hours: 19

Total Credit Hours: 19

Majors and Minors must normally complete their Applied Music requirement in the same performance area.  A recital performance of at least 30 minutes duration is required during the junior or senior year for music majors.  No recital is required for music minors. 

Music Education - Vocal Emphasis majors must normally take the seven applied terms of 50 minute lessons.  Vocal Emphasis majors whose major applied area is piano or organ must take a minimum of four terms in major-level voice lessons.

Music Education - Instrumental Emphasis majors must normally take the seven applied terms of 50 minute lessons on one instrument or in one instrumental area (woodwinds, brass, strings, and percussion).  Instrumental Emphasis majors whose major applied area is piano or organ must take a minimum of four terms in major-level level lessons on one other approved instrument. Exceptions are permitted only upon petition to the School of Music.