MUSI at Rice University

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 MUSI coursework.

• MDEM 222Medieval and Renaissance Erasopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• MUSI 222Medieval and Renaissance Erasopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• MUSI 321Baroque and Early Classical Erasopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• MUSI 322Classical and Romantic Erasopens 1 course (1 directly)
• MUSI 416Orchestrationopens 1 course (1 directly)
• MUSI 445Keyboard Harmony and Figured Bass Iopens 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 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 33 MUSI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 267 more MUSI 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 MUSI, 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 MUSI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at MUSI 421

  1. MDEM 222Medieval and Renaissance Eras
  2. MUSI 222Medieval and Renaissance Eras
  3. MUSI 321Baroque and Early Classical Eras
  4. MUSI 322Classical and Romantic Eras
  5. MUSI 421The Modern Era

• 3 courses deep, ending at MUSI 446

  1. MUSI 483Organ for Majors
  2. MUSI 445Keyboard Harmony and Figured Bass I
  3. MUSI 446Keyboard Harmony and Figured Bass II

• 3 courses deep, ending at MUSI 516

  1. MUSI 211Theory I
  2. MUSI 416Orchestration
  3. MUSI 516Advanced Orchestration

• 3 courses deep, ending at MUSI 712

  1. MUSI 512Analytical Systems
  2. MUSI 711Analytical Approaches
  3. MUSI 712Seminar in Advanced Analysis

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MUSI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUSI yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

MUSI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Rice campus feed.