Minor: Music

A formal minor in music is open to students of all majors except Music.

Requirements

 

Music Theory

Eight credit hours in Music Theory

MUS 101	MATERIALS IN MUSIC THEORY	3
MUS 102	MATERIALS IN MUSIC THEORY	3

Music Electives

Four credit hours chosen from the following

MUS 307	MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE I	3
MUS 308	MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE II	3
MUS 110	PRINCIPLES OF JAZZ IMPROVISATION	2
MUS 120	INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC TECHNOLOGY	2
MUS 205	MUSIC IN AMERICA	2
MUS 206	CROSSCURRENTS IN AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC	2
MUS 207	TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC	2
MUS 208	HISTORY OF JAZZ	2
MUS 281	INDEPENDENT STUDY	2-3
	Or
MUS 282	INDEPENDENT STUDY	2-3

MUS 307: up to 1750

MUS 308: 1750 to present

Applied Music

• Four credit hours of applied music with MUS 157 or MUS 158. May be chosen from any Principal Applied (e.g. MUS 131, MUS 151, MUS 161, etc.), or Secondary Applied (e.g. MUS 150A/B, 170A/B).
• Introductory courses are excluded (e.g. MUS 050X, MUS 070X)

Two credit hours of ensemble participation [2 credits]

Total Credit Hours: 18

Minor in Music Business (Music majors only)

The minor in music business is offered through a collaborative agreement with Belmont University. Students interested in the music business minor will be selected during their freshman year. They are required to enroll in courses in the same sequence prescribed for Belmont music business students and will be expected to meet the current criteria for selection and retention in Belmont’s music business program. The partnership permits cross-registration so that Fisk students remain Fisk University students. The cross - registration program may in the fall of the student’s sophomore year.