Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Generated from Oklahoma State University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
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.
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 159 MUSI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 74 more MUSI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
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English Composition; See Academic Regulation 3.5; American History & Government; Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q); MATH or STAT course designated (Q); Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H); Courses designated (H); Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N); Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course; Courses designated (N); Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S);
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Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Minimum 2.50 GPA with minimum grade of “C” in all MUSI and JAZZ courses.; 4 hours from:; Music Composition; Four hours from:; Eight hours from:
Hours Subtotal15 required
Electives1 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 7 hours; All electives plus 3 hours of general education or college requirements, in addition to MUSI 3753, may need to be upper-division and must include 6 hours upper-division general education outside major department (see note 2.c.).
Hours Subtotal7 required
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See Academic Regulation 3.5; English Composition; American History & Government; Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q); MATH or STAT course designated (Q); Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H); Courses designated (H); Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N); Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course; Course designated (N); Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S); D
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English Composition; See Academic Regulation 3.5; American History & Government; Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q); MATH or STAT course designated (Q); Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H); Courses designated (H); Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N); Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course; Course designated (N); Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S); C
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English Composition; See Academic Regulation 3.5; American History & Government; Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q); Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H); Courses designated (H); Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N); Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course.; Courses designated (N) with one (L); Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S); Course designated (S);
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: MUSI 1532
Gateway: MUSI 1542
Gateway: MUSI 3832
Gateway: MUSI 2552
Gateway: MUSI 3722
Gateway: MUSI 3753
The deepest prerequisite chains in MUSI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at MUSI 2561
6 courses deep, ending at MUSI 3022
6 courses deep, ending at MUSI 3772
5 courses deep, ending at MUSI 5512
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College/Departmental Requirements1 required
Foreign Language; See note 3; 0-6 hours; Upper-Division General Education; Select 6 hours outside major department; See note 2.c.
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Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Minimum 2.50 GPA in all MUSI, JAZZ, and Professional Education courses with a minimum grade of "C" in each course.; Lower Division; Eight hours from:; Select 4 hours from:; Keyboard majors: select a minimum of 2 hours from lower-division Music Organization and up to 2 hours MUSI 4600 (Chamber Piano or Piano Duo).; Upper Division; Five hours from:; Professional Education; Certification; Select Inst
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Electives6 required · verify with the official sheet
May need to include 6 hours of a foreign language (see note 3); May need to include 6 hours upper-division general education outside major department (see note 2.c.)
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Minimum 2.50 GPA with minimum grade of "C" in all MUSI and JAZZ courses.; Select 2 hours of Applied Minor Music Lessons; 26 hours from:; 8 hours from:; 6 hours from:
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Electives8 required · verify with the official sheet
May need to include 6 hours upper-division general education outside major department (see note 2.c.)
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Arts & Humanities; (See note 2.a.); Natural & Mathematical Sciences; (See note 2.b.); Foreign Languages; (See note 3.); Non-Western Studies; (See note 2.d.); Upper-Division General Education; 6 hours outside major department; (See note 2.c.)
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Minimum GPA 2.50. Minimum grade of "C" in all AMST upper-division courses.; No more than 9 hours in Major Requirements may be taken from 2000-level courses.; 9 hours (6 hours must be upper-division):; AMST courses other than AMST 3223 and AMST 4973 and courses listed in the following four categories:; American History (3 hours must be upper-division); American Literary and Cultural Studies (3 hour
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