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Pathways toward the Music Major

First Year

  • Music Electives (6 credits of any music course, including applied music and ensembles, except 100).
  • 200, 201 and 202 are encouraged.
  • If 200 is completed, then 220 is a possibility.
  • The ethnomusicology course is a possibility.
  • If taking the Theory sequence, 211 and 312 are possibilities.

Sophomore Year

In addition to courses appropriate for first-year students:

  • If the Theory sequence is completed, then 203/303, 211, and 312 are possibilities.
  • Declaration of a Music major is made in April.

Junior Year

In addition to courses appropriate for first- and second-year students:

  • The Theory sequence must be completed during the Junior Year.

Senior Year

  • All required courses must be completed.
  • Senior Colloquium (2 credits, Fall)
  • For the Integrative Exercise, enrollment in 400 is in Winter and Spring Terms: presentations are given in Spring Term.