The Music Minor combines courses in music theory, history, and world music, with practical application through ensemble participation and applied music study. This combination of the academic and practical strives to offer students a more profound understanding of the art of music, and in a broader sense an introduction to cultural development and the communication of ideas.

The music minor requires 20 credits of upper-level music offerings. At least four credits must be for ensemble participation, four credits from Music Theory I and four credits from an upper-level music history course. The remaining eight credits are fulfilled through additional upper-level music history, theory and world music courses, and ensemble participation.

Minor Advisors
Professor Ed Shell (06-1104)
Professor Michael Ruhling (6-A252).

Required Courses
0505-499 Music Theory I

Required Ensembles
Four credits (four quarters) must come from participation in one of the ensembles. Up to an additional four credits may go towards the minor.

• 0505-401 RIT Singers
• 0505-402 RIT Orchestra
• 0505-403 RIT Concert Band
• 0504-404 RIT Worlds of Music Ensemble
• 0504-405 RIT Jazz Ensemble

Note: All ensembles are 1 credit hour only. 4 quarters required to complete 1 upper-level course.

Music History Electives
Four credits must come from one of the music history courses listed below. Up to an additional eight credits of these courses may go towards the minor.

• 0505-442 Music in the United States
• 0505-447 The American Musical Theater
• 0505-448 20th Century American Music
• 0505-450 Music and the Stage
• 0505-454 American Orchestra and its Repertoire
• 0505-455 Survey of Jazz
• 0505-459 Era of Haydn and Mozart
• 0505-466 Sounds of Protest
• 0505-470 American Popular Song
• 0505-471 American Popular and Rock Music
• 0505-482 Beethoven
• 0505-483 Bach and the Baroque
• 0505-484 Romanticism in Music

Music Theory and World Music Electives
Music Theory and World Music Electives: Up to eight credits may go towards the minor.

• 0505-485 Music Theory II
• 0505-461 World Music I
• 0505-462 World Music II