Undergraduate Bulletin

Spring 2025

Major SBC Courses for the BA in Music

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2).

SBC Category

Required Major Courses

Optional Major Courses (See Note 3)

ARTS MUS 130 MUS 208, MUS 341
GLO MUS 350, MUS 351, MUS 352 MUS 303, MUS 307, MUS 309, MUS 311, MUS 317
HUM   MUS 313
LANG (see Note 4)    
QPS    
SBS    
SNW    
TECH   MUS 208, MUS 310, MUS 341, MUS 344, MUS 437
USA   MUS 304, MUS 306, MUS 308, MUS 310, MUS 320
WRT    
STAS   MUS 300
EXP+   MUS 444, MUS 475, MUS 476, MUS 488
HFA+ MUS 350, MUS 351, MUS 352 MUS 303, MUS 304, MUS 306, MUS 307, MUS 308, MUS 309, MUS 320, MUS 450, MUS 451
SBS+   MUS 311, MUS 313, MUS 314, MUS 317
STEM+    
CER    
DIV (see Note 5)   MUS 313, MUS 451
ESI MUS 350, MUS 351, MUS 352 MUS 313, MUS 451
SPK   MUS 458
WRTD MUS 459  

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG). 

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

  • Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
  • Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
  • Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later