Program Overview
A music minor consists of 16 credits from the music curriculum. Students may fulfill the Music minor by fulfilling the requirements in one of the three tracks listed below:
- Music Humanities serves students who neither perform nor compose but wish to have an in depth appreciative experience of music from a wide cultural perspective.
- Composition is for students with a more substantial history of creating music, whether technologically-based, notated, or improvised.
- Performance caters to students active in the ensembles program or private lessons, with two options: 1) for those who don’t have/need more detailed technical knowledge of theory or technology, and 2) for performers with stronger technical/theoretical backgrounds.
Course topics may include:
- Deep Listening
- World Music
- The Multimedia Century
- Exploring Music @ Rensselaer
- Western Music Appreciation
- Composition
- Music and Technology
- Music and Sound
Plus, students can select a performance track:
- Performance Ensemble
- Private Music Lessons
See course catalog for details