Minor in Music

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts offers a minor in music for students who wish to supplement their major field of specialization with a serious study of music history and theory. The program is open to and will enrich both musicians and non-musicians. This program requires the completion of two basic courses and three electives, for a total of at least 20 units. Students may also earn credit by taking lessons or participating in a choir or orchestra.

Required Courses (8 units)

• MUS - 201 Musicianship and Principles of Tonal Theory
• MUS - 301 History of Western Art Music I: Origins to 1750 OR
• MUS - 302 History of Western Art Music II: 1750 to the Present

Electives (12 units)

Students may fulfill the 12 units of electives in three ways:

• by taking three elective courses in Music;
• by taking two electives and one yearly cycle of instrumental or vocal instruction;
• by taking one elective and two yearly cycles of instrumental or vocal instruction.

Electives currently offered include:

• MUS - 124 USF Orchestra
• MUS - 110 Choir Directed Musical Instruction (instrumental and vocal lessons, choir)
• MUS - 210 Music of the Americas
• MUS - 216 History and Evolution of Popular Music
• MUS - 218 Survey of African Music
• MUS - 220 Women's Music Through the Ages
• MUS - 221 Mozart's Greatest Operas
• MUS - 222 Romantic Piano Music
• MUS - 223 History of Jazz
• MUS - 225 Music Appreciation
• MUS - 240 Digital Audio Synthesis for Multimedia Applications
• MUS - 250 Diatonic Harmony and Composition
• MUS - 301 History of Western Art Music I: Origins to 1750
• MUS - 302 History of Western Art Music II: 1750 to the Present
• MUS - 310 Music for Performance
• MUS - 350 Chromatic Harmony

For more information, see the program web page at www.usfca.edu/vpa/pa/music_minor.html