General Music Studies, Undergraduate Minor

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About the General Music Studies Undergraduate Minor

The undergraduate minor in general music studies seeks to educate students in a wide array of musical topics and issues. Students will gain an understanding of music in a global context with historical and contemporary viewpoints. This classroom-based minor can be completed with no previous musical training. Completion of this minor will satisfy the Creative Arts core requirement.

Required Courses (9 hours):

MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener 3 Semester Credit Hours ^††
OR
MUHL 1308 - Music in Western Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours (study abroad option)^†
And at least 6 hours from the following:
MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener 3 Semester Credit Hours^††
MUHL 1308 - Music in Western Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours (study abroad option)^†
MUHL 2304 - History of Jazz 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 2307 - Music and Globalization 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 2308 - Musics of Latin America 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 2310 - History of Rock and Roll 3 Semester Credit Hours

Elective Courses

(Choose 9 semester credit hours from the following courses. Courses taken to satisfy the required courses core cannot be repeated or otherwise used to fulfill the elective courses. Six hours must be upper level.)

MUSI 1000 - Special Topics in Music
MUSI 1300 - Creating the Critical Listener 3 Semester Credit Hours ^††
MUSI 2309 - Survey of Popular Music 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUSI 3000 - Advanced Special Topics in Music
MUHL 1308 - Music in Western Civilization 3 Semester Credit Hours (study abroad option)^†
MUHL 1309 - Introduction to Musical Cultures of the World 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 2304 - History of Jazz 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†
MUHL 2307 - Music and Globalization 3 Semester Credit Hours ^††
MUHL 2308 - Musics of Latin America 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†
MUHL 2309 - World Music Musicianship 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 2310 - History of Rock and Roll 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†
MUHL 2312 - Music of the Beatles 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 3305 - History of Mariachi 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 4300 - Special Topics in Music History and Literature 3 Semester Credit Hours ^*
MUHL 4307 - Women and Music: From Hildegard to Hip-Hop 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUHL 4338 - Music, Folklore, and Traditional Culture in Irish History 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†
MUTH 1300 - Songwriting 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†
MUTH 1301 - Music Theory Fundamentals 3 Semester Credit Hours
MUSI 2301 - Essential Elements of Music 3 Semester Credit Hours ^†
MUEN 1103 - Marching Band 1 Semester Credit Hours (Fulfills Personal Fitness and Wellness requirement)^**
MUEN 3101 - Choir 1 Semester Credit Hours (University Singers, Women’s Chorale, Matador Singers, University Choir, Lubbock Chorale)^**
MUEN 3102 - Opera Theatre 1 Semester Credit Hours (Opera and Opera Theatre)^**
MUEN 3103 - Band 1 Semester Credit Hours (Marching Band, University Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Symphonic Wind Ensemble)^**
MUEN 3104 - Orchestra 1 Semester Credit Hours (String Orchestra, University Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Bravura)^**
MUEN 3105 - Jazz Ensemble 1 Semester Credit Hours (Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II)^**
MUEN 3106 - Chamber Ensemble V1-6 Semester Credit Hours ^**
MUEN 3110 - Medium Ensemble V1-6 Semester Credit Hours ^**

Notes

* Offered in rotation. See advisor for currently available topics. Repeatable for credit with different topic designation.

** Ensemble audition may be required. Subject to availability.

† Fulfills Creative Arts core curriculum requirement.

†† Fulfills Creative Arts and Multicultural requirements.

MUHL 4300

Available topics for Music Minors

(Note: These courses rotate and are not available each semester. See advisor for the current semester’s schedule.)

Asian Pop Music
Charles Ives in His World
Classic Music
Frank Zappa
Great Musicians in Paris
Mozart and the Age of Revolution
Music and American Radical Politics
Music and Nationalism
Music and the Contemplative Mind
Music in the US
Music of the African Diaspora
Music, Mysticism, and Magic
Musical Iconography
Musics of Latin America
Romantic Music
Shakespeare and Music
Symphonic Literature
The Music of Duke Ellington
Women and Music
World Music