MHIS at Virginia Commonwealth 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 MHIS coursework.

• MHIS 146Theory and Aural Skills II.opens 10 courses (2 directly)
• MHIS 245Theory and Aural Skills III.opens 8 courses (5 directly)
• MHIS 147Jazz Theory and Aural Skillsopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• MHIS 311Jazz Arranging I.opens 2 courses (1 directly)
• APPM 374Functional Piano Skillsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• MHIS 305Form and Analysis I.opens 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 MHIS 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 20 MHIS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more MHIS 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 MHIS, 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 MHIS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at MHIS 405

  1. MHIS 145Theory and Aural Skills I.
  2. MHIS 146Theory and Aural Skills II.
  3. MHIS 245Theory and Aural Skills III.
  4. MHIS 311Jazz Arranging I.
  5. MHIS 312Jazz Arranging II.
  6. MHIS 405Jazz Form and Analysis I.

• 5 courses deep, ending at MHIS 373

  1. MHIS 145Theory and Aural Skills I.
  2. MHIS 146Theory and Aural Skills II.
  3. MHIS 245Theory and Aural Skills III.

• 4 courses deep, ending at MHIS 256

  1. MHIS 145Theory and Aural Skills I.
  2. MHIS 146Theory and Aural Skills II.
  3. APPM 374Functional Piano Skills

• 2 courses deep, ending at MHIS 324

  1. MHIS 120Music in Culture
  2. MHIS 324Jazz History

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MHIS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MHIS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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