MUSC150

Theory of Music I

Prerequisite: Departmental audition and entrance examination. Restriction: Must be in one of the following programs (Music (Liberal Arts Program); Music (Jazz Performance Option); Music (Winds & Percussions Performance Option); Music (Voice Performance Option); Music Composition; Music (Professional Program); Music (Piano Performance Option); Music Performance-Winds and Percussion; Music Theory and Composition; Music Performance-Piano; Music Performance-Jazz Studies; Music Performance-Voice; Music Performance-Strings; Music (Strings Performance Option)). A study of basic concepts and skills in tonal melody and harmony through analysis and composition.

Fall 2025

Richard Layton

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Gretchen Horlacher

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Average rating: 3.25

Sean Klink

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Alexandra Bryant

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.07 between 586 students*

A-: 20.99%

A: 20.31%

A+: 2.05%

B-: 8.19%

B: 14.85%

B+: 13.99%

C-: 1.54%

C: 3.41%

C+: 4.61%

D-: 0.68%

D: 1.02%

D+: 2.73%

F: 1.54%

W: 3.58%

other: 0.51%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.