Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Oregon 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.
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.
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 41 MUS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 117 more MUS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
Lower-Division Core2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two courses from the following:
Upper-Division Corechoose 1
Remaining Core Ed, CLA Core, BA/BS Requirements and Electives15 required
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in MUS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at MUS 173
3 courses deep, ending at MUS 273
3 courses deep, ending at MUS 400
2 courses deep, ending at MUS 112
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Studio Instruction2 required · verify with the official sheet
MUP 100-level Individual Lessons; Select six credits from the appropriate instrument in your specialization:; MUP 200-level Individual Lessons; Select six credits from the appropriate instrument in your specialization:; MUP 300-level Individual Lessons; Select six credits from the appropriate instrument in your specialization:; MUP 400-level Individual Lessons; Select six credits from the appropri
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Lower Division Ensemble Elective; MUS 100-level Chamber Ensemble; Select six credits from the following ensembles based on your specialization:; MUS 300-level Chamber Ensemble; Select six credits from the following ensembles based on your specialization:; Upper Division Ensemble Electives; Select six credits from the following ensembles based on your specialization:
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Studio Instruction2 required · verify with the official sheet
MUP 100-level Individual Lessons; Select three credits based on your specialization:; MUP 200-level Individual Lessons; Select three credits based on your specialization:; MUP 300-level Individual Lessons; Select three credits based on your specialization:
Writing Intensive Course1 required
Complete the following WIC course instead of MUS 400 in the major:
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All MUS courses in the Oregon State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under MUS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
MUS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Oregon State campus feed.