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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 MU coursework.

• MU 221Music Theory I.opens 23 courses (5 directly)
• MU 222Music Theory II.opens 18 courses (6 directly)
• MU 225Aural Skills II.opens 15 courses (3 directly)
• MU 324Aural Skills III.opens 12 courses (4 directly)
• MU 321Music Theory III.opens 12 courses (3.3 directly)
• MU 322Music Theory IV.opens 7 courses (6.5 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 MU 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 57 MU and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 25 more MU 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 MU, 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 MU. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at MU 459

  1. MU 100Fundamentals of Music
  2. MU 221Music Theory I.
  3. MU 222Music Theory II.
  4. MU 321Music Theory III.
  5. MU 322Music Theory IV.
  6. MU 359Composition I.
  7. MU 459Composition II.

• 6 courses deep, ending at MU 498

  1. MU 100Fundamentals of Music
  2. MU 221Music Theory I.
  3. MU 222Music Theory II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at MU 345

  1. MU 100Fundamentals of Music
  2. MU 115Computer Music I.
  3. MU 245Recording Technology I.

• 3 courses deep, ending at MU 333

  1. MUP 150Private Lessons: Piano
  2. MU 233Piano Literature I.
  3. MU 333Piano Literature II.

Grade medians

Professors

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