Undergraduate Catalog F12-S13 with Spring 2013 Course Updates

Music Minor

A minor in music in one of two areas - music theory or music literature/history - requires 21 semester hours in music, of which at least nine must be advanced. Nine of the total hours must be taken in residence, of which at least nine must be advanced. Nine of the total hours must be taken in residence, of which at least six must be advanced. A 2.00 minimum grade point average is required in all minor courses attempted at the University of Houston. All courses to be applied to the minor, including transfer courses, must be approved by the School of Music.

Music Literature/History Minor
Required lower division courses
Requirements Hours
MUSI 2170. Aural Skills III
1
MUSI 2171. Aural Skills IV
1
MUSI 2210. Music Theory III
2
MUSI 2214. Techniques in Music After 1900
2
MUSI 2361. Music and Culture
3
MUSI 2362. Music History I
3
Nine additional advanced hours from the following courses listed below
Courses Hours
MUSI 3363. Music History II
3
MUSI 3364. Music History III
3
MUSI 4357. Music in the Seventeenth Century
3
MUSI 4358. Music of Bach and Handel
3
MUSI 4360. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and the Classical Style
3
MUSI 4361. Music of the Romantic Period I (1800 - 1848)
3
MUSI 4363. Music of the Romantic Period II (1848 - 1914)
3
MUSI 4364. Music of the Twentieth Century I
3
MUSI 4365. Music of the Twentieth Century II
3
MUSI 4366. Music in the United States
3
MUSI 4380. Opera Literature
3
MUSI 4382. Symphonic Music
3
MUSI 4386. Choral Literature
3
MUSI 4388. Piano Literature
3
MUSI 4397. Selected Topics
3

Total Hours: 21


Music Theory Minor
Required lower division courses
Requirement Hours
MUSI 2170. Aural Skills III
1
MUSI 2171. Aural Skills IV
1
MUSI 2210. Music Theory III
2
MUSI 2214. Techniques in Music After 1900
2
Required upper division courses
Requirement Hours
MUSI 3300. Listening to Music Masterworks
3
MUSI 3301. Listening to World Music
3
Nine additional advanced hours from the following courses listed below
Courses Hours
MUSI 3215. Introduction to Large Forms
2
MUSI 3216. Analysis
2
MUSI 4301. Modal Counterpoint
3
MUSI 4302. Eighteenth Century Counterpoint
3
MUSI 4303. Style Analysis
3
MUSI 4304. Chromatic Harmony
3
MUSI 4312. Orchestration
3
MUSI 4397. Selected Topics
3

 Total Hours: 21

Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
This Page Last Updated: July 11, 2012