Music - The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
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Options in Performance, Composition and History & Literature
Core Requirements
1. Music History and Literature:
Take all the following courses:
- MUS 160 History of Music: Baroque/Classical (3)
Prerequisite: MUS 190.
- MUS 190* Listener's Approach to Music (3)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGL 100 or GE Composition (Area A1) or another GE Foundation course.
- MUS 360 History of Music: Medieval/Renaissance (3)
Prerequisites: MUS 190.
- MUS 374 History of Music: 19th/20th Century (3)
Prerequisites: MUS 190, 160 or consent of instructor.
- MUS 490* Introduction to Music Cultures (3)
Prerequisite: GE Foundation requirements.
* Section by advisement, double-counts as GE – C.1
2. Music Theory:
Take all the following courses:
- MUS 141A Musicianship I (2)
Corequisite: MUS 142A.
- MUS 141B Musicianship II (2)
Prerequisite: MUS 141A or satisfactory score on theory placement test. Corequisite: MUS 142B.
- MUS 142A Harmony I (3)
Corequisite: MUS 141A.
- MUS 142B Harmony II (3)
Prerequisites: MUS 141A & 142A or satisfactory score in theory placement test. Corequisite: MUS 141B.
- MUS 240 Advanced Musicianship (2)
Prerequisites: MUS 141B and 142B or satisfactory score on theory placement test.
- MUS 241 Counterpoint (3)
Prerequisites: MUS 141B and 142B.
- MUS 341 Form and Analysis (3)
Prerequisites: MUS 241 or consent of instructor.
- MUS 342 Materials of Modern Music (3)
Prerequisite: MUS 341.
3. Major Performance Organization:
- MUS 100/300, one unit each semester in residence
(keyboard majors only take maximum 4 semesters);
4. Music Forum:
- MUS 210A Writing About Music (1)
Prerequisite: None
- MUS 210B Introduction to Basic Music Technology (1)
Prerequisite: None
5. Keyboard Proficiency:
Successful completion of conservatory's piano proficiency
examination (equivalent to MUS 220B)
(piano majors excepted)
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