MUS at University of Illinois Chicago

Intro sequences

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

• 1. MUS 101Music Theory I.
  2. MUS 102Music Theory II.
• 1. MUS 103Ear Training I.
  2. MUS 101Music Theory I.
  3. MUS 102Music Theory II.
  4. MUS 170Keyboard Skills I.
  5. MUS 171Keyboard Skills II.
  6. MUS 104Ear Training 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 II.opens 38 courses (10 directly)
• MUS 170Keyboard Skills I.opens 38 courses (3 directly)
• MUS 104Ear Training II.opens 37 courses (10 directly)
• MUS 171Keyboard Skills II.opens 37 courses (3 directly)
• MUS 201Theory of Music III.opens 29 courses (7 directly)
• MUS 203Ear Training III.opens 28 courses (4 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 64 MUS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 more MUS 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 MUS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 12 courses deep, ending at MUS 313

  1. MUS 171Keyboard Skills II.
  2. MUS 104Ear Training II.
  3. MUS 201Theory of Music III.
  4. MUS 203Ear Training III.
  5. MUS 202Theory of Music IV.
  6. MUS 271Keyboard Skills IV.
  7. MUS 120Jazz Improvisation II.
  8. MUS 221Jazz Improvisation III.
  9. MUS 312Jazz Arranging I.
  10. MUS 313Jazz Arranging II.

• 10 courses deep, ending at MUS 311

  1. MUS 171Keyboard Skills II.
  2. MUS 104Ear Training II.
  3. MUS 201Theory of Music III.

• 9 courses deep, ending at MUS 232

  1. MUS 171Keyboard Skills II.
  2. MUS 104Ear Training II.
  3. MUS 201Theory of Music III.

• 9 courses deep, ending at MUS 303

  1. MUS 171Keyboard Skills II.
  2. MUS 104Ear Training II.
  3. MUS 201Theory of Music III.

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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