1) Musical skills (8 credits)

Students are required to demonstrate competency in basic musical skills by successfully completing the first-year music theory sequence (MTC 145  and MTC 146 ), and the corresponding first-year ear training sequence (MTC 147  and MTC 148 ).

• MTC 145 - Diatonic Harmony I
• MTC 146 - Diatonic Harmony II
• MTC 147 - Ear Training I
• MTC 148 - Ear Training II

2) Introduction to music history and culture (6 credits)

Students are required to complete two courses from the following list. One of these two courses must be from the European music history sequence (HOM 167  , HOM 267 , HOM 268 

• HOM 165 - Understanding Music I
• HOM 166 - Understanding Music II
• HOM 167 - Introduction to Music History
• HOM 195 - Performance Live
• HOM 267 - European Music before 1800
• HOM 268 - European and American Music Since 1914
• HOM 285 - Introduction to World Music

1) Breadth requirement (9 credits)

Students must complete at least one upper-division course in European Music (HOM 360s, 460s, 560s) and two courses from among the following areas: Music and Technology (HOM 310s, 410s, 510s), Latin American Music (HOM 320s, 420s, 520s), Music and Dance (HOM 350s, 450s, 550s), American Music (HOM 370s, 470s, 570s), and Ethnomusicology/World Music (HOM 380s, 480s, 580s). Students cannot take both non-European music courses in the same area.

2) Major electives (6 credits)

Students must take at least 6 additional upper-division credits. 3 of these credits may be earned in non-music HOA courses (i.e. art history or history of architecture). Candidates for departmental honors (see below) may use HOM 496  (3 credits) to count toward the fulfillment of this requirement.

3) Upper-Division Requirements

Students must fulfill at least one of these upper-division requirements with a 500-level course.

4) Junior Seminar: Musicology in Action

This course, required of all Music History and Culture majors, will normally be offered each spring semester. The specific content of the course will vary from year to year, but its purpose will remain the same; to stimulate critical thought about music and to hone our students’ research and writing skills.

• HOM 396 - Junior Seminar: Musicology in Action

5) Distinction in Music History and Cultures

(3 credits, required only for students earning a degree with distinction). Majors who have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 3.7 will be invited to earn a degree with distinction. In order to earn this honor, students are required to enroll in HOM 496 . These students will work independently, under the supervision of a faculty member, to complete a large-scale project in some aspect of music history or cultures. Students will determine the topic for their Distinction Project in consultation with a thesis advisor, whom they will chose from among the Music History and Culture faculty (in exceptional cases other faculty may serve in this capacity). The thesis will also be evaluated by a second reader, chosen by the thesis advisor (in consultation with the student) from other faculty in Music History and Cultures or related disciplines. In most cases, the project will take the form of a formal essay approximately 6000 words in length. Alternative types of projects are also possible, provided that they meet with the approval of the Music History and Cultures faculty. Regardless of the topic, the project should constitute original work, serving as a persuasive demonstration of the student’s skills and talents as well as a vivid component of the student’s credentials.

• HOM 496 - Distinction Project in Music History and Cultures