Skip to Main Content

U-MUS-MIN - Music - Minor

Download as PDF

Free Form Requisites

A minimum of 5.5 course credits is required for the score-focused minor, of which at least 3.0 full course credits must be above the 213 level.

  • Music 261 Theory and Practice of Tonal Music I

  • One course in music history, selected from the following:

    • Music 255S Music History I: Antiquity through Renaissance

    • Music 256S Music History II: 1600 through Mozart

    • Music 257 Music History III: Beethoven through WWI

    • Music 258 Music History IV: Post-WWI through the Present

  • Two semester courses in performance from among:

    • Music 101-108, 203-213 (excluding 210-3). These courses cover classical or jazz piano, organ, harpsichord, violin, cello, string bass, classical or jazz guitar, harp, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba, percussions, djembe, voice, and some ensembles.

    • Music 318 Instrumental Conducting

    • Music 319 Choral Conducting

    • Music 401 Advanced Study in Musical Performance

    • Music 418 Advanced Study in Conducting

  • Three elective courses, two must be above the level of Music 213. Music 120, 121, 129S, 130, 137, 140, 141, 143, 144, 146, 147, 161, 161-2, 162S, 163L, 190S, and Music courses numbered above 213 may count as an elective toward the minor.

For a list of Music courses offered, please refer to music.duke.edu/courses.

Students majoring or minoring in Music MUST complete the core requirements for a letter grade. S/U grading will NOT count toward the completion of the Music major or minor. 

Waiver of Music Minor Requirements

A request for waiver of any requirement for the music major or the music minor, together with supporting documentation where appropriate, should be submitted to the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS).

After reviewing the request, the DUS may decide that the student needs to take a departmental examination in the area before a final decision can be made. Waived courses earn no credit towards the 34-course graduation requirement, nor will grades for them appear on your transcript.)