2024-2025 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Music Minor
The music minor program is designed for students with previous training in music seeking non-music degrees who desire to increase their knowledge of music or further develop their skills in music.
Requirements for a Minor in Music
Music Theory and Aural Perception
There are eight credits required:
- MUS 130 - Music Theory I (3 credits)
- MUS 131 - Music Theory II (3 credits)
- MUS 133 - Aural Perception and Sight-Singing I (1 credit)
- MUS 134 - Aural Perception and Sight-Singing II (1 credit)
Music Literature and History
There are six credits required:
- MUS 119 - Survey of Music Literature I (3 credits)
- MUS 120 - Survey of Music Literature II (3 credits)
Keyboard Musicianship
There are two credits required (piano minors are exempt from this requirement):
Major Ensembles
There are four credits required (select according to major instrument):
- MUS 101 - University Singers (1 credit)
- MUS 102 - Concert Band (1 credit)
- MUS 103 - Grand Valley Symphony Orchestra (1 credit)
- MUS 107 - Grand Valley Marching Band (1 credit)
- MUS 112 - Wind Symphony (1 credit)
- MUS 117 - Grand Valley University Arts Chorale (1 credit)
Applied Music
There are four credits required:
- MUS 141 - Private Instruction in Voice and Instruments - Freshman (1 credit)
- MUS 142 - Private Instruction in Voice and Instruments - Freshman (1 credit)
- MUS 241 - Private Instruction in Voice and Instruments - Sophomore (1 credit)
- MUS 242 - Private Instruction in Voice and Instruments - Sophomore (1 credit)
Music Elective
There are three credits required. Select from the following (in consultation with your advisor):