CMUS at George Washington University

Intro sequences

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

• 1. CMUS 1101Elements of Music Theory
  2. CMUS 1102Comprehensive Musicianship I.
• 1. CMUS 1106Introduction to Performance
  2. CMUS 1701Performance Study I.
• 1. CMUS 1501Performance Study Foundations
  2. CMUS 1701Performance Study I.
• 1. CMUS 1502Performance Study Foundations
  2. CMUS 1701Performance Study I.

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 CMUS coursework.

• CMUS 1102Comprehensive Musicianship I.opens 4 courses (2.5 directly)
• CMUS 1701Performance Study I.opens 4 courses (1 directly)
• CMUS 1702Performance Study I.opens 4 courses (1 directly)
• CMUS 2501Performance Study II (1).opens 2 courses (0.5 directly)
• CMUS 2502Performance Study II (2).opens 2 courses (0.5 directly)
• CMUS 3502Performance Study III.opens 1 course (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 CMUS 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 22 CMUS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 26 more CMUS 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 CMUS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at CMUS 4502

  1. CMUS 1106Introduction to Performance
  2. CMUS 1701Performance Study I.
  3. CMUS 2501Performance Study II (1).
  4. CMUS 3502Performance Study III.
  5. CMUS 4502Performance Study IV.

• 3 courses deep, ending at CMUS 2101

  1. CMUS 1101Elements of Music Theory
  2. CMUS 1102Comprehensive Musicianship I.
  3. CMUS 2101Harmony

• 2 courses deep, ending at CMUS 1085

  1. CMUS 1083Symphonic Band
  2. CMUS 1085Wind Ensemble

• 2 courses deep, ending at CMUS 2160

  1. CMUS 1161Sing the Body Electric: Intersections of Music, Sound, and Technology
  2. CMUS 2160Mediated Sound: Identity and Cultural Power

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CMUS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CMUS yet.

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Department events

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