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Music Theory Minor
Program type:
Minor
Format:
On Campus
Est. time to complete:
2-3 semesters
Credit Hours:
18
Add to your education and gain a better understanding of the cultural and intellectual
diversity of music.
The Minor in Music Theory is designed for undergraduate music majors who are interested
in the theoretical and analytical bases of music. It provides them with a solid and
well-rounded foundation in understanding, analyzing and comparing the melodic, harmonic
and formal structures of the styles of Western music and prepares them for advanced
study in music theory at the master’s and doctoral level.
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Request More InfoMusic Theory Minor Courses You Could Take
Eighteenth-Century Counterpoint (3 hrs)
Contrapuntal procedures of 18th-century composers. Writing inventions, chorale preludes
and other 18th-century forms.
Form Analysis (3 hrs)
Structural principles of 18th- and 19th-century music determined by analysis of major
composers’ works, larger instrumental and vocal forms.
Schenkerian Analysis (3 hrs)
Analysis of tonal music according to the theory of structural levels and methods of
graphic analysis developed by Heinrich Schenker.
Twentieth-Century Techniques (3 hrs)
Dodecaphonic and atonal set theory techniques as applied to representative works of
the 20th century.
Advanced Colloquium in Music Theory (3 hrs)
In consultation with the instructor, each student is to develop a major paper on a
specialized topic in music theory, as appropriate to advanced undergraduate standing.
Sixteenth-Century Counterpoint (3 hrs)
Contrapuntal procedures of 16th-century composers. Writing motets and madrigals in
two to four voices.
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