MUS at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Intro sequences

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

• 1. MUS 107Musicianship I
  2. MUS 108Musicianship II
• 1. MUS 101Music Theory and Practice I
  2. MUS 102Music Theory and Practice II

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 MUS coursework.

• MUS 102Music Theory and Practice IIopens 28 courses (6 directly)
• MUS 108Musicianship IIopens 27 courses (5 directly)
• MUS 207Musicianship IIIopens 13 courses (3 directly)
• MUS 201Music Theory and Practice IIIopens 12 courses (2 directly)
• MUS 202Music Theory and Practice IVopens 10 courses (8 directly)
• MUS 208Musicianship IVopens 10 courses (8 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 MUS 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 126 MUS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 118 more MUS 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 MUS, 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 MUS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at MUS 456

  1. MUS 101Music Theory and Practice I
  2. MUS 102Music Theory and Practice II
  3. MUS 201Music Theory and Practice III
  4. MUS 202Music Theory and Practice IV
  5. MUS 160Jazz Piano Improvisation I
  6. MUS 161Jazz Piano Improvisation II
  7. MUS 456Adv Jazz Piano Improvisation

• 6 courses deep, ending at MUS 331

  1. MUS 101Music Theory and Practice I
  2. MUS 102Music Theory and Practice II
  3. MUS 242Elements of Conducting

• 6 courses deep, ending at MUS 455

  1. MUS 101Music Theory and Practice I
  2. MUS 102Music Theory and Practice II
  3. MUS 174Grp Instr Pno for Mus Maj III

• 6 courses deep, ending at MUS 549

  1. MUS 101Music Theory and Practice I
  2. MUS 102Music Theory and Practice II
  3. MUS 360Jazz Improv:Theory and Prac I

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MUS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUS yet.

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Department events

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