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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Music
Department of Music, College of Arts and Sciences
 
Chair: Christina Dahl
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Deborah Heckert
Assistant to the Chair: Martha Zadok
Undergraduate Secretary: Germaine Berry
 
Office: 3304 Staller Center for the Arts
Phone: (631) 632-7330

The minor in Music, general studies, is designed to provide undergraduate students with a knowledge of historical and analytical approaches to the study of music in addition to the opportunity to perform in an ensemble. It is particularly well-suited to students who wish to study music as a discipline of the humanities. Coursework includes an introduction to the study of music, courses in music analysis, two semesters in a performance ensemble, and a choice of courses on specialized topics, including the study of popular musics, non-western musical traditions, music and gender, music technology, and the works of individual composers.

Minor Requirements

All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher. At least three credits from Requirement 2 or 3 in either track must be upper division. The minor requires 20 credits.

A Note on the Performance Requirement: With the permission of the director of undergraduate studies, students who do not pass the audition for one of the ensembles may fulfill the performance requirement through private lessons (MUS 161 -MUS 187 ). For students in the minor who fulfill the performance requirement through lessons, the ensemble corequisite for private lessons (MUS 161 -MUS 187 ) will be waived.

Theory:

Notes:

Note: Students well-versed in music notation and basic theory (as demonstrated by the MUS 119  challenge examination) should take MUS 130 - Sound Structures 

History:

Two courses chosen from the following:

Performance:

Two semesters of one or more of the following: