MUSC at University of South Carolina

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 MUSC coursework.

• MUSC 115Music Theory Iopens 20 courses (4 directly)
• MUSC 215Music Theory IIopens 11 courses (6.5 directly)
• MUSC 118Aural Skills IIopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• MUSC 565Advanced Audio Recording Techniquesopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• MUSC 217Aural Skills IIIopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• MUSC 353History of Western Music Iopens 4 courses (0.5 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 MUSC 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 72 MUSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 259 more MUSC 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 MUSC, 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 MUSC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSC 320

  1. MUSC 114Introduction to Music Theory
  2. MUSC 115Music Theory I
  3. MUSC 215Music Theory II
  4. MUSC 319Jazz Theory I
  5. MUSC 320Jazz Theory II

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSC 334

  1. MUSC 117Aural Skills I
  2. MUSC 118Aural Skills II
  3. MUSC 217Aural Skills III

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSC 445

  1. MUSC 114Introduction to Music Theory
  2. MUSC 115Music Theory I
  3. MUSC 353History of Western Music I

• 4 courses deep, ending at MUSC 330

  1. MUSC 219Jazz Improvisation I
  2. MUSC 220Jazz Improvisation II
  3. MUSC 329Jazz Improvisation III

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUSC yet.

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Department events

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