The 15-credit music minor gives students a basic grounding in music history and theory. In addition to the required courses noted below, students can study a range of subjects such as surveys of special music genres (theater music, film music, popular music, world music, and so on); performance in vocal and instrumental ensembles; and private lessons in voice, a wide variety of instruments and composition.

The minor is offered by the School of the Arts, Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences, at the Florham Campus, Madison, New Jersey.

Requirements

Required Courses (9 credits)

 

Electives (6 credits)

All courses are 3 credits except where indicated otherwise.

  • MUSIC 1015/THEA 1015 Basic Vocal Technique
  • MUSIC 1020/1022/1023/1024/1025/1026/1027/1028 Chorus I-VIII (1 credit)
  • MUSIH 1021 Popular Music and Jazz
  • MUSIC 1050/1052/1053/1054/1055/1056/1057/1058 Band I-VIII (1 credit)
  • MUSIC 1361/1362/1363/1364/1365/1366/1367/1368 Private Instruction in Bass I – VIII
  • MUSIC 1375 1386/1387/1388/1425/1426/1427/1428 Private instruction in Piano I-VIII (1 credit)
  • MUSIC 1376 /1380/1401/1402/1405/1406/1407/1408  Private instruction in Voice I-VIII (1 credit)
  • MUSIC 1377 /1378/1379/1381/1435/1436/1437/1438  Private instruction in Woodwinds I-VIII (1 credit)
  • MUSIC 1391 /1392/1393/1394/1415/1416/1417/1418  Private instruction in Guitar I-VIII (1 credit)
  • MUSIC 1396/1397/1398/1399/1411/1412/1413/1414 Private Instruction in Violin I – VIII
  • MUSIC 1441/1442/1443/1444/1445/1446/1447/1448 Private Instruction in Strings I – VIII
  • MUSIC 2015 Vocal Technique II
  • MUSIH 2205 Music for the Movies
  • MUSIC 2339/THEA 2339 Musical Theater Workshop
  • MUSIH 3344 /THEAH 3344 History of the Musical
  • MUSIC 4800 Independent Study in Music (1–3 credits)