MUSC at West Virginia University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. MUSC 162Written Theory
  2. MUSC 164Written Theory
• 1. MUSC 111Introduction to Music
  2. ENGL 102Composition, Rhetoric, and Research
  3. MUSC 271History of Western Musical Traditions
• 1. MUSC 113American Popular Music
  2. ENGL 102Composition, Rhetoric, and Research
  3. MUSC 271History of Western Musical Traditions
• 1. MUSC 114Music and the Immigrant Experience
  2. ENGL 102Composition, Rhetoric, and Research
  3. MUSC 271History of Western Musical Traditions

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 164Written Theoryopens 23 courses (5 directly)
• MUSC 262Written Theoryopens 13 courses (10 directly)
• MUSC 271History of Western Musical Traditionsopens 10 courses (5.5 directly)
• MUSC 272Music in Cross Cultural Traditionsopens 9 courses (4.5 directly)
• MUSC 163Aural Theoryopens 8 courses (3 directly)
• MUSC 205Clinical Foundations of Music Therapyopens 7 courses (2 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 104 MUSC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 254 more MUSC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

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.

• 8 courses deep, ending at MUSC 339A

  1. MUSC 339Music Therapy Practicum
  2. MUSC 330Principles and Practices of Music Therapy
  3. MUSC 339AMusic Therapy Practicum

• 6 courses deep, ending at MUSC 460S

  1. MUSC 162Written Theory
  2. MUSC 164Written Theory
  3. MUSC 262Written Theory

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSC 202S

  1. MUSC 161Aural Theory
  2. MUSC 163Aural Theory
  3. MUSC 200SFundamentals of Conducting

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUSC 239A

  1. MUSC 230SMusic Therapy Methods
  2. MUSC 239Music Therapy Practicum
  3. MUSC 231Music Therapy Methods

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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