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General Requirements & Courses
General Requirements
- Students will complete 45 credit hours to fulfill requirements in each track.
- A total of 16 hours of MUS 300, 320, and 310 may be applied toward the 124 academic hours requirements for graduation, although all applied music and ensembles must be taken for credit. Students may not apply MUS 300, 310, or 320 as electives in any of the tracks.
- Performance track students enrolled in MUS 320 must also be co-enrolled in a MUS 300 ensemble. Any MUS 300 ensemble will count toward this requirement.
- MUS 190 may not be counted towards the major.
- No course for the major may be taken S/U.
- Music majors on all three tracks are required to take the core Theory courses MUS 121, MUS 122, and MUS 221, and the introductory History and Culture course MUS 200.
- See further details for requirements on the Composition Track, Performance Track, and History, Culture, and Theory Track, respectively.
- Options in History and Culture are listed below.
- Unless otherwise indicated, no additional 100-level courses may be counted towards the major.
Other information
- Students must either be exempted from or registered for MUS 120 Keyboard Skills by the time they begin MUS 121 Music Theory.
- MUS 120 Keyboard Skills is for music majors & minors, and for anyone signed up for MUS 121 Music Theory.
- Students enrolled in piano lessons (MUS 320) are exempt from MUS 120 Keyboard Skills. Students may also receive an exemption by passing a proficiency exam. This must be scheduled and completed before the add/drop/swap deadline. Please email Dr. Dinkins-Matthews for additional information.
- AP Music Theory Exam — A score of 4 will transfer to Emory as MUS 114. A score of 5 on both the written and aural components will transfer to Emory as MUS 121 and the student may move on to MUS 122 in the spring semester. IB theory is not accepted.
- Students who test out of MUS 121 must replace those credits toward the major with an additional elective.
- Any transfer credits from another institution, before or after enrolling at Emory, must be approved in writing by the Director of Undergraduate Studies in order to count toward the music major or minor, even if the College has accepted credit for the courses.
- No more than three credit hours of Supervised Reading or Study Abroad courses may count toward fulfillment of the music major.
- An internship may not count toward the music major.
History and Culture Courses (all Tracks)
History and Culture Courses designed to build broad-based knowledge of Western classical repertoires and music outside of the Western classical tradition | |
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MUS 204 | Music Cultures of the World |
MUS 207 | Cultures and Arts of Indonesia |
MUS 211 | Tango Music & Dance |
MUS 215 | Jazz: Its Evolution & Essence |
MUS 252 | Performing Arts and Devotion |
MUS 270 | Special Topics in Music |
MUS 280 | Early Music Explorations |
MUS 281 | Baroque Music |
MUS 282 | Haydn, Mozart, & Beethoven |
MUS 283 | 19th Century Music |
MUS 284 | Music & Contemporary Society |
MUS 302 | American Music |
MUS 303 | Black Music: Culture, Commerce, & the Racial Imagination |
MUS 304 | Music & Cultural Revolution since the 1960s |
MUS 306 | Music of the Harlem Renaissance |
MUS 370 | Special Topics in Music |
MUS 381 | Music & Storytelling |
MUS 382 | The Art of Listening |
MUS 463 | Seminar in Ethnomusicology |
MUS 470 | Special Topics in Music |
History/Culture/Theory Continuing Communication Courses designed to teach essential research and writing skills in historical musicology, ethnomusicology or theory | |
MUS 252W | Performing Arts and Devotion |
MUS 270W | Special Topics in Music |
MUS 306W | Music of the Harlem Renaissance |
MUS 356W | Women, Music, & Culture |
MUS 360W | Writing About Music |
MUS 364W | Romanticism in Music |
MUS 365W | Wagner & Wagnerism |
MUS 366W | Topics in Philosophy of Music |
MUS 370W | Special Topics in Music |
MUS 374W | The Soundscapes of China |
MUS 376W | Indigenous Music of the Arctic |
MUS 379W | North American Indigenous Music and Modernity |
MUS 381W | Music & Storytelling |
MUS 382W | The Art of Listening |
MUS 383W | Music & Film |
MUS 455W | Music in Emory's Special Collections |
MUS 456W | Analysis & Archival Study |
MUS 460W | Studies in Music History & Culture |
MUS 461W | Discipline of Ethnomusicology |
MUS 464W | Studies in Music Theory |
MUS 470W | Special Topics in Music |
Concert Attendance
Attendance at concerts is an important part of the student's musical education. When possible, students should be present at concerts sponsored by the Department of Music. Several music courses require students to attend concerts at Emory or in the Atlanta area. See the Events Calendar for a list of artists performing at Emory during the current academic year.