MUSA at Colorado Mesa University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MUSA coursework.

• MUSA 114Theory I-Introductionopens 15 courses (2 directly)
• MUSA 116Ear Training and Sightsinging Iopens 15 courses (2 directly)
• MUSA 115Theory II-Diatonic Conceptsopens 12 courses (3 directly)
• MUSA 117Ear Training and Sightsinging IIopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• MUSA 214Theory III - Chromatic Conceptsopens 9 courses (7 directly)
• MUSA 131Class Piano IIopens 6 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate MUSA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 48 MUSA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 25 more MUSA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in MUSA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at MUSA 442A

  1. MUSA 116Ear Training and Sightsinging I
  2. MUSA 114Theory I-Introduction
  3. MUSA 115Theory II-Diatonic Concepts
  4. MUSA 214Theory III - Chromatic Concepts
  5. MUSA 215Theory IV - Twentieth Century Form and Analysis
  6. MUSA 442ATeaching Special Ensembles: Choral

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSA 302

  1. MUSA 130Class Piano I
  2. MUSA 131Class Piano II
  3. MUSA 230Class Piano III

• 2 courses deep, ending at MUSA 229

  1. MUSA 129Singer's Diction I: English and Italian
  2. MUSA 229Singer's Diction II: German and French

• 2 courses deep, ending at MUSA 311

  1. MUSA 111Music Technology
  2. MUSA 311Advanced Music Technology

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MUSA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUSA yet.

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Department events

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