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University of Wisconsin–Madison · Mead Witter School of Music

Our programs, side by side

64 programs share one school: 155 courses between them, and most degrees share a good part of theirs with another. Each program's own guide walks through it in order. This page lays them next to each other, so you can see what they have in common and where each goes its own way.

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The programs

Music major (BA or BS)

Bachelor of Music

Master of Music

Master of Arts

Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Musical Arts

Doctoral minor

What every bachelor’s degree starts with

Every bachelor's degree here requires MUSIC-121, MUSIC-171, MUSIC-122, MUSIC-172, MUSIC-211, MUSIC-212, MUSIC-221, MUSIC-271. Each degree also names its own Music core group, and they are not quite the same.

Music core

The school’s common courses, and which degrees require them. A small label names the group a degree files a course under when it is not its Music core.

CourseBPWCompGtrJazzOrgPnoStrVceEdCEdIBA-CBA-SBA-P
MUSIC-121 MUSICA PRACTICA 13 cr✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
MUSIC-171 MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 11 cr✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
MUSIC-122 MUSICA PRACTICA 23 cr✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
MUSIC-172 MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 21 cr✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
MUSIC-211 SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC3 cr✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
MUSIC-212 SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC3 cr✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
MUSIC-221 MUSICA PRACTICA 33 cr✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3 and 4✓Musica Practica 3 and 4✓Additional music theory○Additional music theory and history◇Musica Practica 3 pathway
MUSIC-271 MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 31 cr✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3✓Musica Practica 3 and 4✓Musica Practica 3 and 4✓Additional music theory○Additional music theory and history◇Musica Practica 3 pathway

MUSIC-121, MUSIC-171, MUSIC-122, MUSIC-172, MUSIC-211, MUSIC-212, MUSIC-221, MUSIC-271: BPW Comp Gtr Jazz Org Pno Str Vce EdC EdI BA-C BA-S BA-P. MUSIC-221 sits under Musica Practica 3 in BPW Comp Gtr Jazz Org Pno Str Vce; under Musica Practica 3 and 4 in EdC EdI; under Additional music theory in BA-C; under Additional music theory and history in BA-S; under Musica Practica 3 pathway in BA-P. MUSIC-271 sits under Musica Practica 3 in BPW Comp Gtr Jazz Org Pno Str Vce; under Musica Practica 3 and 4 in EdC EdI; under Additional music theory in BA-C; under Additional music theory and history in BA-S; under Musica Practica 3 pathway in BA-P.

Program Requirements

Every course an undergraduate degree requires or offers as an elective, and which degrees take it: first the sequences the catalog numbers as one (a course's I and II), then the rest by area. Within each grouping, courses are listed by prefix and number, to look up, not in the order to take them; each degree’s map shows what comes first.

Program Requirements

Courses the school numbers as one sequence, and how far along each degree goes; then every other course a degree requires or offers as an elective, by area, in the order its prerequisites put it. ✓ required ○ one of an elective menu ◇ in a pathway

CourseBPWCompGtrJazzOrgPnoStrVceEdCEdIBA-CBA-SBA-P
LANGUAGE DICTION FOR SINGING
MUSIC-467 LANGUAGE DICTION FOR SINGING I2 cr–––––––✓–––––
MUSIC-468 LANGUAGE DICTION FOR SINGING II2 cr–––––––✓–––––
Theory and aural skills
MUSIC-222 MUSICA PRACTICA 43 cr✓✓✓–✓✓✓✓✓✓✓○–
MUSIC-229 JAZZ THEORY & COMPOSITION3 cr–––✓–––––––○◇
MUSIC-272 MUSICA PRACTICA: AURAL SKILLS 41 cr✓✓✓–✓✓✓✓✓✓✓○–
MUSIC-329 JAZZ ARRANGING3 cr–––✓–––––––––
MUSIC-331 JAZZ IMPROVISATION3 cr○○○✓○○○○○○–○◇
MUSIC-332 JAZZ IMPROVISATION3 cr○○○✓○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-523 ORCHESTRATION I3 cr–✓––––––––✓○–
MUSIC-621 RENAISSANCE POLYPHONY3 cr–✓––○–––––○○–
MUSIC-622 BAROQUE COUNTERPOINT3 cr–✓––○–––––○○–
MUSIC-623 FORM AND ANALYSIS2-3 cr–○––––––––○––
MUSIC-624 FORM AND ANALYSIS II2-3 cr–○––––––––○––
History and culture
MUSIC-102 JAZZ IN 20TH-CENTURY AMERICA3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-103 INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-202 DELTA BLUES3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-203 AMERICAN ETHNICITIES AND POPULAR SONG3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-318 CULTURAL CROSS CURRENTS: WEST AFRICAN DANCE/MUSIC IN THE AMERICAS3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-319 TOPICS IN MUSIC AND ETHNICITY IN THE UNITED STATES3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-405 SEMINAR: CULTURAL STUDY OF MUSIC3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-411 SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-412 SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-413 SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE BAROQUE ERA3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-414 SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE CLASSIC ERA3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-415 SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE ROMANTIC ERA3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-416 SURVEY OF MUSIC IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-417 JAZZ HISTORIES3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-418 MUSIC AND THE CITY3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-419 MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-423 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN POPULAR MUSIC STUDIES3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-511 HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICES3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
MUSIC-513 SURVEY OF OPERA3 cr○○○○○○○○–––○○
Global Music Cultures, outside the school
AFRICAN-233 GLOBAL HIPHOP AND SOCIAL JUSTICE3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
AFROAMER-154 HIP-HOP AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
AFROAMER-156 BLACK MUSIC AND AMERICAN CULTURAL HISTORY3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
ANTHRO-340 MUSIC, RACE, AND CULTURE IN BRAZIL3 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
JEWISH-213 JEWS AND AMERICAN POP. CULTURE3-4 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
LITTRANS-233 RUSSIAN LIFE AND CULTURE THROUGH LITERATURE AND ART (TO 1917)3-4 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
LITTRANS-234 SOVIET LIFE AND CULTURE THROUGH LITERATURE AND ART (FROM 1917)3-4 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
Keyboard
MUSPERF-102 BEGINNING CLASS PIANO2 cr–––––––––––✓✓
MUSPERF-103 ELEMENTARY CLASS PIANO2 cr✓–✓–––✓○✓✓–––
MUSPERF-104 INTERMEDIATE CLASS PIANO2 cr✓–✓–––✓○✓✓✓––
MUSPERF-108 JAZZ CLASS PIANO2 cr–––✓––––○○–––
MUSPERF-200 ELEMENTARY/INTERMEDIATE PIANO FOR NON-PIANO MAJORS2 cr–✓–––––✓––○––
MUSPERF-242 ACCOMPANYING2 cr––––✓✓–––––○○
MUSPERF-251 KEYBOARD SKILLS2 cr––––✓✓–––––○○
MUSPERF-342 PIANO ACCOMPANYING LAB1 cr––––○✓––––––○
Applied lessons, 200-level
MUSPERF-201 INTERMEDIATE PIANO2-4 cr–––––✓––○○–○○
MUSPERF-203 ELEMENTARY/INTERMEDIATE ORGAN2-4 cr––––✓––––––––
MUSPERF-205 INTERMEDIATE VOICE2-4 cr–––––––✓○––○○
MUSPERF-207 INTERMEDIATE FLUTE2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-209 INTERMEDIATE OBOE2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-211 INTERMEDIATE CLARINET2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-213 INTERMEDIATE SAXOPHONE2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-215 INTERMEDIATE BASSOON2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-217 INTERMEDIATE HORN2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-219 INTERMEDIATE TRUMPET2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-221 INTERMEDIATE TROMBONE2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-223 INTERMEDIATE EUPHONIUM2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-225 INTERMEDIATE TUBA2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-227 INTERMEDIATE PERCUSSION2-4 cr○––––––––○–○○
MUSPERF-231 INTERMEDIATE VIOLIN2-4 cr––––––○––○–○○
MUSPERF-233 INTERMEDIATE VIOLA2-4 cr––––––○––○–○○
MUSPERF-235 INTERMEDIATE CELLO2-4 cr––––––○––○–○○
MUSPERF-237 INTERMEDIATE DOUBLE BASS2-4 cr––––––○––○–○○
MUSPERF-239 INTERMEDIATE HARP2-4 cr––––––○––○–○○
MUSPERF-240 INTERMEDIATE GUITAR2-4 cr––✓–––––○○–○○
MUSPERF-241 INTERMEDIATE JAZZ2-4 cr–––✓–––––○–○○
Applied lessons, 400-level
MUSPERF-401 ADVANCED PIANO2-4 cr–––––✓––○○––○
MUSPERF-403 ADVANCED ORGAN2-4 cr––––✓––––––––
MUSPERF-405 ADVANCED VOICE2-4 cr–––––––✓○–––○
MUSPERF-407 ADVANCED FLUTE2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-409 ADVANCED OBOE2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-411 ADVANCED CLARINET2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-413 ADVANCED SAXOPHONE2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-415 ADVANCED BASSOON2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-417 ADVANCED HORN2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-419 ADVANCED TRUMPET2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-421 ADVANCED TROMBONE2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-423 ADVANCED EUPHONIUM2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-425 ADVANCED TUBA2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-427 ADVANCED PERCUSSION2-4 cr○––––––––○––○
MUSPERF-431 ADVANCED VIOLIN2-4 cr––––––○––○––○
MUSPERF-433 ADVANCED VIOLA2-4 cr––––––○––○––○
MUSPERF-435 ADVANCED CELLO2-4 cr––––––○––○––○
MUSPERF-437 ADVANCED DOUBLE BASS2-4 cr––––––○––○––○
MUSPERF-439 ADVANCED HARP2-4 cr––––––○––○––○
MUSPERF-440 ADVANCED GUITAR2-4 cr––✓–––––○○––○
MUSPERF-441 ADVANCED JAZZ2-4 cr–––✓–––––○––○
Senior recital
MUSPERF-499 SENIOR RECITAL2 cr✓–✓✓✓✓✓✓–––––
Composition, arranging and improvisation
MUSPERF-249 INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION2-4 cr–✓––––––––○––
MUSPERF-449 ADVANCED COMPOSITION2-4 cr–✓––––––––✓––
MUSPERF-457 JAZZ COMPOSITION AND ARRANGING3 cr–○–––––––––––
MUSPERF-498 COMPOSITION CAPSTONE PROJECT2 cr–✓–––––––––––
Conducting, pedagogy and diction
MUSIC-252 INTRODUCTION TO CONDUCTING AND PEDAGOGY2 cr✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓––○––
MUSIC-253 CONDUCTING2 cr–○––––––✓✓○––
MUSIC-254 CONDUCTING2 cr–○––––––✓✓○––
MUSIC-340 PEDAGOGY1-2 cr––✓––✓✓––––––
MUSIC-346 REPERTOIRE1-2 cr––✓––✓✓✓–––––
MUSIC-466 DICTION FOR SINGERS2 cr––––––––✓––––
Instrumental and voice fundamentals
MUSPERF-21 BRASS FUNDAMENTALS1 cr––––––––○○–––
MUSPERF-22 STRINGS FUNDAMENTALS1 cr––––––––○○–––
MUSPERF-23 WOODWIND FUNDAMENTALS1 cr––––––––○○–––
MUSPERF-27 FUNDAMENTALS-PERCUSSION1 cr––––––––○○–––
MUSPERF-143 INTRODUCTION TO PERFORMANCE: VOICE1 cr–––––––––✓–––
Music education and teacher preparation
CURRIC-305 INTEGRATING THE TEACHING OF READING WITH OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS3 cr––––––––✓✓–––
EDPOL-300 SCHOOL AND SOCIETY3 cr––––––––○○–––
EDPOL-412 HISTORY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION3 cr––––––––○○–––
EDPSYCH-301 HOW PEOPLE LEARN3 cr––––––––✓✓–––
EDPSYCH-320 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD2-3 cr––––––––○○–––
EDPSYCH-321 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE2-3 cr––––––––○○–––
MUSIC-300 PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC EDUCATION2 cr––––––––✓✓–––
MUSIC-301 MUSIC LEARNING AND TEACHING 12 cr––––––––✓✓–––
MUSIC-302 MUSIC LEARNING AND TEACHING 22 cr––––––––✓✓–––
MUSIC-304 COMPOSITION, ARRANGEMENT, AND ORCHESTRATION FOR THE MUSIC TEACHER2 cr––––––––✓✓–––
MUSIC-337 PRACTICUM IN TEACHING MUSIC1 cr––––––––✓✓–––
MUSIC-409 STUDENT TEACHING IN GENERAL AND VOCAL MUSIC6-12 cr––––––––✓––––
MUSIC-410 STUDENT TEACHING IN GENERAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC6-12 cr–––––––––✓–––
MUSIC-420 TEACHING POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 11 cr––––––––✓✓–––
MUSIC-421 TEACHING POPULAR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC 21 cr––––––––✓✓–––
RPSE-506 STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSIVE SCHOOLING3 cr––––––––✓✓–––
Languages for singers and scholars
FRENCH-101 FIRST SEMESTER FRENCH4 cr–––––––✓–––––
FRENCH-102 SECOND SEMESTER FRENCH4 cr–––––––○–––––
GERMAN-101 FIRST SEMESTER GERMAN4 cr–––––––✓–––––
GERMAN-102 SECOND SEMESTER GERMAN4 cr–––––––○–––––
GERMAN-267 YIDDISH SONG AND THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE3-4 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
ITALIAN-101 FIRST SEMESTER ITALIAN4 cr–––––––✓–––––
ITALIAN-102 SECOND SEMESTER ITALIAN4 cr–––––––○–––––
Ensembles
MUSIC-40 WIND ENSEMBLE1 cr○○○○–––––○○○○
MUSIC-41 CONCERT BAND1 cr○○○○–––––○○○○
MUSIC-50 CONCERT CHOIR1 cr–○○–○––○○○–○○
MUSIC-52 TREBLE CHOIR1 cr–○○–○––○○○○○○
MUSIC-56 CHORALE1 cr–○○–○––○○○○○○
MUSIC-58 MADRIGAL SINGERS1 cr–○○–○––○––○○○
MUSIC-62 UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA1 cr○○○○––✓––○○○○
MUSIC-256 UNIVERSITY OPERA1-2 cr–––––––○–––○○
MUSIC-257 OPERA WORKSHOP2 cr–––––––○–––○○
MUSIC-260 GLOBAL HAND DRUMMING ENSEMBLE: SURVEY OF SELECTED GLOBAL HAND DRUMMING TRADITIONS1 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-262 JAZZ ENSEMBLE1 cr○○○✓○○○○○○–○○
MUSIC-265 ENSEMBLE-WOODWIND1 cr○–––––○––––––
MUSIC-266 RESISTANCE MUSIC ENSEMBLE1 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-267 ENSEMBLE-BRASS1 cr○–––––○––––––
MUSIC-268 ENSEMBLE-PERCUSSION1 cr○○○○○○○○○○–○–
MUSIC-269 ENSEMBLE-STRING1 cr○–––––✓––––––
MUSIC-270 ENSEMBLE-GUITAR1 cr––✓––––––––○○
MUSIC-461 COLLEGIUM MUSICUM1 cr○–––––○○–––○○
MUSIC-573 CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE1 cr–○–––––––––––