MUS at Western Kentucky University

Intro sequences

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

• 1. MUS 100Theory I 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  2. MUS 110Aural Theory I 1 Hour (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. MUS 101Theory II
• 1. MUS 110Aural Theory I 1 Hour (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  2. MUS 100Theory I 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  3. MUS 101Theory II

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 MUS coursework.

• MUS 101Theory IIopens 13 courses (4 directly)
• MUS 111Aural Theory II 1 Hour (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 11 courses (2 directly)
• MUS 200Theory III 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 9 courses (3 directly)
• MUS 210Aural Theory III 1 Hour (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 8 courses (2 directly)
• MUS 201Theory IV 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)opens 6 courses (6 directly)
• MUS 211Aural Theory IV 1 Hour (repeatable max of 3 hrs)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 MUS 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 36 MUS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 44 more MUS 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 MUS, 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 MUS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at MUS 304

  1. MUS 100Theory I 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  2. MUS 101Theory II
  3. MUS 200Theory III 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  4. MUS 201Theory IV 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  5. MUS 304Form and Analysis

• 3 courses deep, ending at MUS 331

  1. MUS 100Theory I 2 Hours (repeatable max of 3 hrs)
  2. MUS 335Reading Music Charts
  3. MUS 331Commercial Songwriting 2 Hours (repeatable max of 4 hrs)

• 2 courses deep, ending at MUS 103

  1. MUS 102Music Theory I for Non-Majors 3 Hours (repeatable max of 9 hrs)
  2. MUS 103Music Theory II for Non-Majors 3 Hours (repeatable max of 9 hrs)

• 2 courses deep, ending at MUS 153

  1. MUS 155Performance Attendance
  2. MUS 153Applied Music Principal 2 Hours (repeatable max of 10 hrs)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MUS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MUS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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