Music Minor

The Music Department offers two distinct Minors: Music and ICAM. To declare a Minor:

  1. Click on the Major and Minor link under Tools on My TritonLink.
  2. The department will review your minor request and determine if it is approved or denied. You will receive an automated email from the Registrar indicating the department's decision.
  3. If you have questions about which courses to take or how to submit the request, please stop in the Music Department office.

 

Music Minor

Lower Division Requirements
Select any two lower-division music courses from Music 1-15, 33. Performance ensembles (Music 95B-95W) and individual lessons (Music 32) are excluded.

Upper Division Requirements
Select any five upper-division music courses. Upper-division performance ensembles (Music 130-132, and 134) are included and may be taken multiple times to satisfy upper-division requirements.

 

ICAM Minor

Lower-Division Requirements - two courses total

ICAM 40/VIS 40 Introduction to Computing in the Arts I
choose one from VIS 1 Introduction to Art-Making I: Two-Dimensional Practices
MUS 4 Introduction to Western Music

Upper-Division Requirements - five courses total

Survey ICAM 110 Computing in the Arts: Current Practice

Foundations - choose one

 ICAM 101/VIS 140 Digital Imaging: Image and Interactivity
ICAM 102/VIS 145A Digital Media I: Time, Movement, and Sound
ICAM 103/MUS 170 Musical Acoustics
Advanced Courses - choose two ICAM 120 Virtual Environment
MUS 171 Computer Music I
MUS 172 Computer Music II
MUS 173 Mixing and Editing
MUS 174A/B Audio and MIDI Studio Techniques
MUS 176 Music Technology Seminar
VIS 132 Computer Programming for the Arts I
VIS 141B Computer Programming for the Arts II
VIS 145B Digital Media II
VIS 147A Electronic Technologies for Art I
VIS 147B Electronic Technologies for Art II
Theory and History ICAM 150 History of Art and Technology (VIS 159)

 

 

Prerequisites
Please be sure to check the prerequisites for courses when completing a Minor Declaration Form. Students will not be admitted to certain courses without having completed the prerequisite requirements.

 

Transferring Courses

  • Courses taken at another college or at a community college may be used to fulfill lower-division requirements only. A photocopy of the course description from the originating institution's catalog or course syllabus must be attached to the minor form.
  • The Music Department does not accept Advanced Placement (AP) courses to apply toward the minor.

The Music Department allows students to take minor courses for letter and/or pass/no pass grading options. Please check with your college for their policy.