Music Minor

The Department of Music provides many opportunities to students who wish to study music within a strong liberal arts curriculum. We foster creative endeavor and critical inquiry through courses, ensembles, and lessons on instruments or voice that explore music from a variety of perspectives.

Requirements

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:

  • take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
  • earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.

For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.

The minor in music requires 15 hours as follows:

Core Requirements
One of:3
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Foundations in Music F
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Fundamentals of Tonal Music I
Tonal Theory I H
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Survey of Western Music History
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Great Musical Works
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Rock Music
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Country Music
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Jazz
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to World Musics
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to the Music of the Américas
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Black Music
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Music and Dance
The Art and Culture of the DJ
Beat Making Lab
Rap Lab
Rock Lab
Music Production I
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Music of South Asia
Introduction to Composition
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Women and Music (three hours)
One of:3
Piano Literature
Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, and Strings Techniques
Keyboard, Vocal, and Elementary Music Techniques
IDEAs in Action General Education logo World Musics in Theory and Practice
Introduction to Music Technology
Performance in Southeast Asia: Gongs, Punks, and Shadow Plays
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Gender on the Musical Stage
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Musical Movements: Migration, Exile, and Diaspora
Music Production II
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Music in the Community
Jazz Innovators
Popular Song in American Culture
Bach and Handel
Haydn and Mozart
Beethoven and His Era
Musical Modernism
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Music as Culture H
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Opera as Drama H
The Orchestra and Its Music
Sounds of War and Revolution
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Music and Politics
Media and Social Change in Africa
Bluegrass Music, Culture, and History
Studies in Jazz
IDEAs in Action General Education logo UNC Summer Jazz Workshop
Inside the Song: Analysis of Songcraft
Seminar in Music H
The remaining nine hours are to be taken from other MUSC courses (which may include lessons or ensembles) subject to prerequisites and other admissions requirements.9
Total Hours15
H

Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

F

FY-Launch class sections may be available. A FY-Launch section fulfills the same requirements as a standard section of that course, but also fulfills the FY-SEMINAR/FY-LAUNCH First-Year Foundations requirement. Students can search for FY-Launch sections in ConnectCarolina using the FY-LAUNCH attribute.

Music (MUSC) course descriptions

Department of Music

Visit Program Website

Hill Hall, CB# 3320

(919) 962-1039

Chair

Jocelyn Neal

jneal@email.unc.edu

Associate Chair for Performance, Composition, and Music Education

Evan Feldman

evanfeldman@unc.edu

Associate Chair for Academic Studies

Mark Katz

mkatz@unc.edu

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Lee Weisert

weisert@email.unc.edu

Registrar

Angeline Warren

awarren@email.unc.edu

Co-Chair, Undergraduate Admission and Scholarships Committee

Juan Álamo

jalamo@email.unc.edu

Co-Chair, Undergraduate Admission and Scholarships Committee

LaToya Lain

lalain@email.unc.edu