MUSI at George Mason 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 MUSI coursework.

• MUSI 351Keyboard Pedagogyopens 5 courses (1.3 directly)
• MUSI 456Pedagogy II.opens 3 courses (1 directly)
• MUSI 354Electronic Compositionopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• MUSI 355Recording Techniquesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• MUSI 338Music History in Society A.opens 2 courses (1 directly)
• MUSI 431Music History in Society III.opens 2 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 MUSI 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 96 MUSI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 163 more MUSI 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 MUSI, 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 MUSI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSI 458

  1. MUSI 214Aural Skills IV.
  2. MUSI 351Keyboard Pedagogy
  3. MUSI 456Pedagogy II.
  4. MUSI 457Pedagogy III.
  5. MUSI 458Pedagogy IV.

• 4 courses deep, ending at MUSI 262

  1. MUSI 113Aural Skills I.
  2. MUSI 260Composition I.
  3. MUSI 261Composition II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at MUSI 439

  1. MUSI 215Theory for Pop and Jazz Music
  2. MUSI 338Music History in Society A.
  3. MUSI 438Music History in Society B.

• 3 courses deep, ending at MUSI 274

  1. MUSI 172Keyboard Skills II.
  2. MUSI 273Keyboard Skills III.
  3. MUSI 274Jazz/Commercial Piano

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MUSI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUSI yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

MUSI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the GMU campus feed.