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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

World Music Minor


Requirements for the minor in world music


Entrance auditions

The department offers a minor in world music that is open to both music majors and non-majors who have had prior music performance experience and wish to study world music. Non-music majors who wish to pursue the minor in world music must audition. Contact the world music program coordinator at 248-370-2044 or stone@oakland.edu.

The minor in world music is designed to enhance students’ ability to negotiate the theoretical, practical, cultural, and historical aspects of teaching and performing traditions of world music. Students will study the practices of various world music traditions in order to sustain their own education in addition to the education of current and future students. The minor will focus on refining performance and improvisational skills through private instruction, world music ensembles, music history courses, and a summer study abroad/directed research.

Students must complete a minimum of 23 credits as follows:

World music ensembles - 4 credits selected from


Study abroad/research option - 1 course selected from


Non-credit requirements


Non-credit requirements:  World music ensembles - total of 8 semesters, minimum of 4 for credit