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General Requirements & Courses
General Requirements
- Students will complete 45 credit hours to fulfill requirements in each track.
- No course for the major may be taken S/U.
- 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.
- 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. Courses in the regular rotation for options in the History and Culture categories A, B, and C are listed below.
Other 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.
- 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)
(Students may not count the same course for two categories)
History and Culture Category A Courses designed to build broad-based knowledge of Western classical repertoires | |
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MUS 280 | Early Music Explorations |
MUS 281 | Baroque Music |
MUS 282 | Haydn, Mozart, & Beethoven |
MUS 283 | 19th Century Music |
MUS 284 | Music & Contemporary Society |
History and Culture Category B Courses designed to build knowledge of music outside of the Western classical tradition | |
MUS 204 | Music Cultures of the World |
MUS 211 | Tango Music & Dance |
MUS 215 | Jazz: Its Evolution & Essence |
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 381 | Music & Storytelling |
History/Culture/Theory Category C Courses designed to teach essential research and writing skills in historical musicology, ethnomusicology or theory | |
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 381W | Music & Storytelling |
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 461 | Discipline of Ethnomusicology |
MUS 463W | Seminar in Ethnomusicology |
MUS 464W | Studies in Music Theory |
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.