Music and Popular Culture Minor

The minor consists of a minimum of 5 full courses (or the equivalent) and 1 learning portfolio.

Note: Students must earn minimum grades of C- or P for all courses that apply toward the minor.

The music and popular culture minor allows students to explore the role of music in popular culture, broadly defined as the traditions, practices, and objects that dominate in a society at any given moment in history. In this minor, not only does music serve as a lens through which to understand mainstream cultural practices both historically and globally, but popular culture is also studied in order to provide a vantage point for understanding music in broader social and historical context.

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Summary of Requirements

One Full Foundations in Popular Culture Studies Course
Three Full Study of Music and Related Arts Courses
One Full Study of Culture Course
Learning Portfolio

Note(s) on Requirements

Courses must be taken in at least three different departments.
At least 16 credits must be taken outside of the student’s major.
If a student wishes to count a course that is not listed below toward the minor, they can petition the minor chair(s) for approval to apply the completed or in-progress course toward their minor.
In planning their schedules, students should be aware that some of the courses listed below have prerequisites.

Declaring the Minor

Students wishing to complete the music and popular culture minor should consult with an academic advisor or the minor chair and complete the interdivisional or Arts and Sciences minor declaration/change form. The form requires the signature of the minor chair.

Chair
James R. O’Leary, Associate Professor of Musicology

Detailed Minor Requirements