Music

Required Courses

1. MU 200

   Thinking About Music
   3
2. MU 241

   Materials and Structures I

   As published: “Materials and Structures I 1”
   4
3. MU 242

   Materials and Structures II
   4
4. MU 243

   Topics in Music Theory and Analysis
   4

300-Level Topics Seminar/Survey in the Western Classical Tradition 2

1. MU 344

   Topics Seminar

   or: MU 345 Topics Seminar
   3-4

Recently offered seminars include “Beethoven,” “Minimalism,” “Western Music and Philosophy,” “Divas, Death, and Desire,” “18th-Century Music and Ideas”

300-Level Topics Seminar/Survey in a Non-Western or Popular Music Tradition 2

1. MU 344

   Topics Seminar

   or: MU 345 Topics Seminar
   3-4

Recently offered seminars include “Music and Revolution in the 20th Century,” “Asian Musicians Global Stages,” “Miles Davis,” “Black Atlantic Music,” “Cross-Cultural Perspectives”

Additional Topics Seminar

1. MU 344

   Topics Seminar

   or: MU 345 Topics Seminar
   3-4

200- or 300-Level MU Course

1. Select one 200- or 300-level MU course4 of 3 or more credits

   Not resolved to a course
   3-4

Additional Requirements

1. MU 363

   Coda in Music
   2

Private Musical Instruction

1. Select three semesters of private musical instruction in one area of performance

   Not resolved to a course
   6

Ensemble Performance

1. Select three semesters of ensemble performance selected from course offerings under Skidmore Ensembles

   Not resolved to a course
   3

Writing in the Major Requirement 4

Complete the following to fulfill the Writing Requirement in music:

One 300-level seminar or survey course dealing with the Western classical tradition

One 300-level seminar or survey course dealing with a non-Western or popular music tradition

One additional 300-level seminar

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