MU at Colorado State University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. MU 117Music Theory I
  2. MU 118Music Theory II
• 1. MU 131Introduction to Music History and Literature (GT-AH1)
  2. MU 117Music Theory I
  3. MU 118Music Theory II
  4. MU 335Music of the Common Practice Era

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 MU coursework.

• MU 118Music Theory IIopens 39 courses (10 directly)
• MU 217Music Theory IIIopens 15 courses (2 directly)
• MU 218Music Theory IVopens 13 courses (9 directly)
• MU 250Music Therapy Practiceopens 7 courses (5 directly)
• MU 335Music of the Common Practice Eraopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• MU 254Beginning Conductingopens 5 courses (2 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 MU 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 254 MU and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 137 more MU courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on MU, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 6 courses deep, ending at MU 418

  1. MU 117Music Theory I
  2. MU 118Music Theory II
  3. MU 217Music Theory III
  4. MU 218Music Theory IV
  5. MU 318Arranging and Orchestration
  6. MU 418Advanced Orchestration

• 6 courses deep, ending at MU 512

  1. MU 117Music Theory I
  2. MU 118Music Theory II
  3. MU 217Music Theory III

• 5 courses deep, ending at MU 415

  1. MU 117Music Theory I
  2. MU 118Music Theory II
  3. MU 225Jazz Theory

• 5 courses deep, ending at MU 673

  1. MU 117Music Theory I
  2. MU 118Music Theory II
  3. MU 273Composition Instruction

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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Department events

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