Music Minor
The Music Department offers a minor in music for students who desire documented competency in music. In addition to the standard core courses, each music minor (with the assistance of a faculty advisor) is invited to put together a sequence of courses which achieves his/her musical goals.
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- Music Minor Requirements and Curriculum
- Application/Declaration Form
- Submit an application no later than week 15 of the semester. Applications which are received after week 15 of spring semester or during the summer may not receive a response until fall semester.
- 2026-28 Catalog Form (fill in music@calpoly.edu as advisor)
- 2022-26 Catalog Form (fill in music@calpoly.edu as advisor)
- Submit an application no later than week 15 of the semester. Applications which are received after week 15 of spring semester or during the summer may not receive a response until fall semester.
- Semester Conversion Information
- If you are currently a music minor and change to the semester catalog:
- Your minor will automatically change to the semester catalog, a new minor form is not necessary.
- Refer to the 2026-28 minor semester requirements to make sure you meet those.
- Refer to the College of Liberal Arts Minor Semester Equivalency Guide for Music.
- If you are currently a minor who is staying on the quarter catalog:
- When you register for a semester course, the units will be converted to quarter units when applying to the DPR: quarter units X 1.5 = semester units. So, a 3 semester unit course will be worth 4.5 quarter units.
- If you are currently a music minor and change to the semester catalog: