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College
College of the Arts
Department
School of Music

E101 Center for the Performing Arts
Tel: 330-672-2172
E-mail: schoolofmusic@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/music

The world music minor program provides concentrated study of traditional and popular world music (style, performance, history, cultural associations and related arts). Students of any major can pursue this minor as part of their degree program.

Graduation Requirement: minimum 2.250 GPA in the minor is required.

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

MINOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENT (24 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits
KFA MUS 22111 The Understanding of Music 3
KFA/DG MUS 22121 Music as a World Phenomenon 3
DD MUS 22131 Survey of Rock Music History 3
  MUS 25312 World Music Ensemble (1) 1 3
  Choose two from the following 6
  MUS 42111 African Music and Cultures (3)  
  MUS 42141 Folk and Traditional Music of Western Continents (3)  
  MUS 42151 Asian Musics (3)  
  Choose two from the following 6
  MUS 42101 Roots of Rock (3)  
  MUS 42131 America's Music (3)  
DD MUS 42161 History of Jazz (3)  
DG MUS 42181 Popular World Music (3)  
  MINIMUM TOTAL 24
  1. Three semesters minimum