Music Minor

Minor Programs: Music, Theater & Performance Studies, and Performing Arts

DPA offers three minors. The requirements for a minor in Music or Theater & Performance Studies include a combination of scholarly and creative courses. The Performing Arts minor is designed for students working across various performing arts disciplines, including Theater and Performance Studies, Music, Dance, and Public Speaking. The Performing Arts minor includes three 3-credit courses in any of these four disciplines and three additional courses from any other area/s in the department. Four 1-credit Music or Dance performance credits or three 1-credit Theater performance credits may be bundled into a single 3-credit course upon request by the student to their dean. Performing Arts Minors concentrating in TPST, Music, or Dance can count up to two total bundles toward the degree (either each bundling from a different performing arts field or, if approved by the Program Director, two in the same field.)

For course listings for Music and Theater, see the Schedule of Classes

Minor in Music

The Music Program at Georgetown offers a minor that combines courses in music history, criticism, theory, composition, audio technology, and performance. Students who choose this minor can specialize in various musical forms linked to American culture (including jazz, rock, dance, film, and popular music), music from around the world, and Western European art music spanning the 17th century to the present. Students may count four 1-credit performance ensembles as one upper-level course.

Requirements for the Minor

19 credit hours; 6 music courses and colloquium

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Fundamentals Courses
Select two of the following:		6
MUSC 1041	Music Theory I
MUSC 1042	Music Theory II
MUSC 1051	Recording Arts I
MUSC 1052	Recording Arts II
MUSC 1061	Writing About Music
MUSC 1071	Filming Music
MUSC 1081	Live Music in Context
Core Topic Course
Select one of the following:		3
MUSC 1140	Music Culture:Euro Trad
MUSC 1150	Music in Multicultural World
MUSC 1160	Jazz History
MUSC 1170	Rock History
Select three additional academic courses in music		9
Select one one-credit Performing Arts Colloquium		1
Total Credits		19

Please refer to the major above for descriptions of these courses. Note that one course may be fulfilled by related courses in other fields or study abroad, if approved by the Program Director.