2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Music Production, Technology, and Composition (MPTC) Minor

I. Music Theory - 3 Credit Hours Required3
Select one of the following:
Theory Fundamentals
European-American Music Theory
II. Music History/Literature - 3 Credit Hours Required3
Select one of the following:
Survey of Western Music
Survey of Western Music
History of Electronic Music 1
Music as Global Culture 2
Jazz History
III. Upper Level - 15 Credit Hours Required15
Choose one of the tracks below:
Track A: Music Recording and Production
Advanced Theory - 3 Credit Hours Required
Select one of the following:
Theory Fundamentals
European-American Music Theory
Technology Core - 6 Credit Hours Required
Take Both:
Audio Technology For Music
Audio Technology For Music
Technology Advanced - 6 Credit Hours Required
Take Both:
Music and Media Production
Music and Media Production
Track B: Creative Technologies in Music
Creative Technologies Core - 3 Credit Hours Required
Digital Sound Manipulation
Creative Technologies Ensemble - 3 Credit Hours Required
Take all of the following:
Instrumental Ensemble Music (1 credit hour, reapeatable for credit)
Instrumental Ensemble Music (1 credit hour, reapeatable for credit)
Instrumental Ensemble Music (1 credit hour, reapeatable for credit)
Creative Technology Advanced - 9 Credit Hours Required
Take all of the following:
Computer Music and Multimedia Design
Computer Music and Multimedia Design
Topics in Advanced Electroacoustic Research
Track C: Music Composition
Advanced Music Theory - 3 Credit Hours Required
Choose One:
Theory Fundamentals
European-American Music Theory
Music Composition - 4 Credit Hours Required
Take Both:
Music Composition
Music Composition
Music Performance (Ensemble) - 2 Credit Hours Required
Choose Two:
Instrumental Ensemble Music (1 credit hour, reapeatable for credit)
Instrumental Ensemble Music (1 credit hour, reapeatable for credit)
Choral Ensemble Music (1 credit hour, reapeatable for credit)
Choral Ensemble Music (1 credit hour, reapeatable for credit)
Music Technology - 6 Credit Hours Required
Take Both:
Digital Sound Manipulation
Computer Music and Multimedia Design
Total Credits21
1

Students choosing the upper-level Track B in Creative Technologies in Music in section III should select MUS 3164.

2

Students choosing the upper-level Track A or C in section III that wish to enroll in MUS 3714 must complete MUS 2026 by the spring semester of their junior year to satisfy prerequisites needed to enroll.

Graduation Requirements

A GPA of 2.0 or higher is required int he minor. All courses listed for this minor are included in the minor GPA calculations.

No more than 50% of the graded course credits required for the minor in Music Production, Technology, and Composition may be double-counted with a student's major.