Aug 08, 2024

2024-2025 Hope College Catalog

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2024-2025 Hope College Catalog

Music Minor

The music minor consists of 20 credits.

Basic Musicianship

MUS 080 - Concert Attendance Credits: 0 must be taken 4 times
MUS 102 - Perspectives in Music Credits: 3
MUS 111 - Theory I Credits: 3
MUS 112 - Theory II Credits: 3
MUS 113 - Aural Skills I Credits: 1
MUS 114 - Aural Skills II Credits: 1

Music History (1 course)

MUS 104 - World Music Credits: 3
MUS 105 - Survey of American Music: Jazz, Folk, Blues to Pop Credits: 3
MUS 321 - Music Literature Before 1750 Credits: 3
MUS 323 - Music Literature After 1750 Credits: 3
MUS 328 - Music in the Church Credits: 3

Keyboard Skills

Choose one of the below groups of courses.

Beginning Keyboard Skills

MUS 197 - Keyboard Skills I Credits: 1
MUS 198 - Keyboard Skills II Credits: 1

Intermediate Keyboard Skills

MUS 297 - Keyboard Skills III Credits: 1
MUS 298 - Keyboard Skills IV Credits: 1

Piano/Organ Keyboard Skills

MUS 397 - Keyboard Skills for Piano and Organ Students I Credits: 1
MUS 398 - Keyboard Skills for Piano and Organ Students II Credits: 1

Ensembles (2 courses)

MUSE 115 - Chapel Choir Credits: 0-1
MUSE 116 - College Chorus Credits: 0-1
MUSE 117 - Spera Credits: 0-1
MUSE 120 - Orchestra Credits: 0-1
MUSE 130 - Wind Ensemble Credits: 0-1
MUSE 133 - Concert Band Credits: 0-1
MUSE 135 - Jazz Arts Collective Credits: 0-1
MUSE 140 - Collegium Musicum - Vocal Credits: 0-1
MUSE 155 - Opera Workshop Credits: 0-1
MUSE 160 - Chamber Ensembles Credits: 0-0.5

Private Instruction (4 credits)

Any MUSA course, but all 4 credits must be taken in the same instrument.