Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate MUSIC coursework.
Generated from University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 MUSIC 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 53 MUSIC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 142 more MUSIC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on MUSIC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
1 course from1 required
Choose 3 credits if you are a non-vocalist. Vocalists choose 0 credits.
Music Theory2 required · verify with the official sheet
Music Historyall required
School of Education Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose 3 credits from the following:
School of Education Student Teachingall required
Music Education BFA Coreall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Core Culture Coursesall required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in MUSIC. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 181
6 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 31
4 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 352
4 courses deep, ending at MUSIC 420
1 course from1 required
Media Systems Courseschoose 1
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Digital Composition Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select two of the following:
Understanding Digital Culture Courseschoose 1
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Practicing the Digital Arts Courseschoose 1
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Capstone Seminar1 required
Understanding Digital Culture Expanded Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
All MUSIC courses in the UW-Milwaukee catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under MUSIC yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
MUSIC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UW-Milwaukee campus feed.