Courses
Music Courses
Fall 2026
Every semester the Music department offers multiple sections of four courses that satisfy the University Core requirement in the Arts. Each introduces a different area of musical knowledge.
- MUSA1100 Fundamentals of Music Theory聽
- MUSA2200 History of Western Art Music
- MUSA2300 Musics of the World
- MUSA2310 Popular Music
In addition, Music faculty regularly often offer Enduring Questions courses that fulfill the Arts requirement, are open only to first-year students, and have a co-requisite that fulfills another Core requirement. These courses appear as 1700-level courses.
Arts Core Courses
Fall 2026
The following courses fulfill the cultural diversity requirement and fulfill requirements or act as electives within the music major and minor.
- MUSA2300 Musics of the World
- MUSA2306 Musics of Africa
- MUSA2307 Musics of Asia
- MUSA2309 Music and Culture of the Middle East
- MUSA3303 Afro-Brazilian Musical Worlds
- MUSA3304 Musics of India
