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Music Minor

The Music Minor is open to EIU students who pass an audition demonstrating sufficient skills in music performance.

Total Hours: 22

Applied Study (4 credit hours)

Appropriate individual applied study courses specific to a student's instrument selected from:

MUS 0010R – MUS 0063R – Introductory Applied Study
MUS 1110R – MUS 1163R – Intermediate Applied Study

Music Theory (8 credit hours)

MUS 1501

Comprehensive Musicianship I. (4 credits)

MUS 1502

Comprehensive Musicianship II. (4 credits)

Music History (3 credit hours)

Choose From:

MUS 3553G

Survey of Western Musical Masterworks. (3 credits)

or MUS 3593G - Survey of Western Musical Masterworks, Honors. Credits: 3

MUS 3584

Music History and Literature I. (3 credits)

or MUS 3594 - Music History and Literature I, Honors. Credits: 3

MUS 3585

Music History and Literature II. (3 credits)

or MUS 3595 - Music History and Literature II, Honors. Credits: 3

Electives in Music* (7 credit hours)

*Must include three credit hours of upper-division music courses and can include up to four credit hours in ensembles. (MUS 3550G or MUS 3562G will fulfill both the Music Minor elective and Fine Arts General Education requirements.)

Information sourced from the 2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.